Researchers

Brenda Bannan-Ritland; Principal Investigator; bbannan[at]gmu[dot]edu

Is an Associate Professor at George Mason Univerisity (GMU) Graduate School of Education (GSE) Instructional Technology department. Interests include design research methodology.

Was awarded a five-year CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct design based research in elementary (4th grade) inquiry-based science and reading comprehension activities working closely with teachers to collaboratively design and develop a technology support system for use in the classroom investigating both child and teacher learning processes.

John Baek; Year 1-3 Graduate Research Assistant (GRA); jbaek[at]gmu[dot]edu

Is a PhD candidate at GSE. Interests include design research methodology.

Presented work supported by this grant at the 2005 National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) conference in Dallas [See Paper]. Conducted qualitative interviewing, video recording, and design research management for this project.

Erin Peters; Year 2-3 GRA; epeters1[at]gmu[dot]edu

Is a GSE doctoral student, specializing in Science Education Leadership.

Conducted qualitative interviewing for this project.

Jolin Qutub; Year 2-3 GRA; jqutub1[at]gmu[dot]edu

Is a GSE doctoral student, specializing in Instructional Technology.

Conducted qualitative interviewing for this project.

Qing Xia; Computer Programmer; harrison_xia[at]msn[dot]com

Has his Computer Science Masters degree from Netherlands.

Sudhindra Shetty; Software Programmer; sshetty2[at]gmu[dot]edu

Graduating Spring 2009 as a Master in Information Systems.

Patricia Martinez; Year 2-3 GRA;

Is a GSE doctoral student, specializing in Multicultural Education.

Lin Shi; Year 1 GRA; GMU

Is a GSE doctoral student, specializing in Instructional Technology. Conducted qualitative interviewing and video recording for this project.

Xiao Han; Year 1 GRA; University of Houston;

Presented work supported by this grant at the 2005 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in Montreal [See Paper]. Conducted qualitative interviewing and video recording for this project.