Reports and Publications

FIE Makes a Difference - 2014 Annual Report

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Florida Institute of Education - 2010 Annual Report

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Florida Institute of Education - 2009 Annual Report

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Florida Institute of Education - 2008 Annual Report

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Florida Institute of Education - 2007 Annual Report

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Florida Institute of Education - 2006 Annual Report

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Field-Testing an Early Literacy and Learning Curriculum, January 2007, Janice Wood

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What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read - Society for Research and Child Development (SRCD) 2005 Biennial Meeting: Poster Symposium

• What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read: The Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) - Janice Wood

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• What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read: Lessons Learned From the Early Literacy and Learning Model - Stephanie Wehry, Cheryl Fountain

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• What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read: A Pilot Study of the Reliability of a Fidelity-of-Implementation Instrument - Madelaine Cosgrove

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• What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read: Modeling Nested Data Using Two Different Estimators and Score Metrics - Stephanie Wehry

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Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) Annual Report 2001-2002

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Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) 2000: Lessons Learned From Two Years of Curriculum Implementation-Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM): Instrument Reliability and Validity, Fidelity of Implementation, and Impact on Children.

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Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) (April 2005), Montreal, Canada - Madelaine Cosgrove, Cheryl Fountain, Janice Wood

Creating Connections: Linking Policy, Practice, and Research across Early Childhood Development, Care, and Education: Launching the Next Decade for Policy and Practice, Head; Start's Ninth National Research Conference, June 2008, Washington DC.

• Print Concepts: Building a Strong Foundation for Future Reading Success - Bronwyn McLemore, Janice Wood, Stephanie Wehry, and Madelaine Cosgrove

   

• Characteristics of Participants and Non-Participants in a Literacy-Oriented Family Involvement Program -

  Rebecca England, Cheryl Fountain, Afesa Adams, and Stephanie Wehry

   

• Young Naturalists: Concept Mapping as an Instructional Tool for Conceptual Development of Preschool Children - Janice Hunter, Heather Monroe-Ossi

What Works When Teaching Young Children to Read and Write: Lessons Learned from the Early Literacy and Learning Model.

Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work; Start's 7th National Research Conference, June 2004, Washington DC - Janice Wood, Stephanie Wehry, Bronwyn McLemore

Early Learning Coalition of Duval -The ELC of Duval 2006-2012 Reports

ELC Website

Jacksonville Early Literacy Partnership - Year 2 Implementation Report 2005-2006 Executive Summary

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Enhancing Children's Learning in Family Child Care Homes: 2011-12 Annual Report

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Literature Review: Incubator Programs

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Early Literacy Practices and Beliefs Among Hispanic

Families in Jacksonville, Florida

Maira Martelo

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The Impact of Coaching for Prek-5 Teachers

A Florida Institute of Education Brief on Teaching Practice

Marguerite Walsh

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Developing a Model of Convergence of Resources to Support Children's Academic Achievement (November 2011)

Katherine Kasten & Carolyn Herrington

Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida and

Center on Education Policy, Learning Systems Institute at the Florida State University

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Neighborhood Asset Mapping: Moving Toward Convergence (June 2011)

Mona Vosoughi & Heather Monroe-Ossi

Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida

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Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H., Fountain, C., & Wehry, S. (2016). Lessons learned from a blended professional development pilot program designed to integrate literacy and technology into primary classroom instruction. In G. Chamblee & L. Langub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 737-742). Savannah, GA, United States: Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/p/171762

McLemore, B., & Wehry, S. (2016). Robotics and programming in prekindergarten (RAPP): An innovative approach to introducing 4- and 5-year olds to robotics. In Proceedings of Global Learn-Global Conference on Learning and Technology (pp. 169-175). Limerick, Ireland Publishers: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/172724/

Carlson, D., Wehry, S., & McLemore, B. (2016). The teachers' voice: Using photovoice and concept mapping to evaluate an innovative prekindergarten robotics program. In A. Cañas, P. Reiska, & J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping. CMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol 635 (pp. 241-254). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_19

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_19

Monroe-Ossi, H., Wehry, S., & Fountain, C. (2016). Structural equation modeling (SEM): Simply a rotated concept map. In A. Cañas, P. Reiska, & J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping. CMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol 635 (pp. 181-194). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_14

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_14

McLemore, B., Wehry, S., Carlson, D., Monroe-Ossi, H., Fountain, C., & Cosgrove, M. (2016). Using concept mapping to assess 4- and 5-year old children's knowledge in the robotics and programming for prekindergarten project. In A. Cañas, P. Reiska, & J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping. CMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol 635 (pp. 287-302). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_23

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_23

McLemore, B., Wehry, S., & Carlson, D. (2016). Using concept mapping to compare intentionally taught outcomes with actual outcomes of a prekindergarten robotics and problem-solving curriculum. In A. Cañas, P. Reiska, & J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, Vol. 2 (pp. 248-255). Tallinn, Estonia: Tallinn University.

https://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2016Proceedings/cmc2016%20-%20Vol%202.pdf (pdf, pp. 261-268)

Wehry, S., Carlson, D., & McLemore, B. (2016). The teachers' voice: Forming a theoretical framework combining a prekindergarten STEM curriculum and a learning curriculum. In A. Cañas, P. Reiska, & J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, Vol. 2 (pp. 217-225). Tallinn, Estonia: Talllinn University.

https://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2016Proceedings/cmc2016%20-%20Vol%202.pdf (pdf, pp. 230-419)

Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H., & Parris, S. R. (2015). Improving comprehension of fictional texts in the secondary classroom. In S. R. Parris & K. Headley (Eds.), Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices (3rd ed., pp. 266-277). New York City, NY: Guilford Publications.

Monroe-Ossi, H., McLemore, B., Ohlson, T., & Maki, K. (2014). iPads with a purpose: Selecting apps to meet the differing instructional needs of young children. In T. Bastiaens (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1397-1400). New Orleans, LA, United States. San Diego, CA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/148825/

Ohlson, T., Wehry, S., Monroe-Ossi, H., McLemore, B., Maki, K., & Fountain, C. (2014). Assessing inservice teachers' perceptions of their TPACK development, a paper and poster presentation. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE-Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2598-2603). Jacksonville, FL, United States. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/p/131179/

Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T., Wehry, S., & Fountain, C. (2013). Technology integration in the primary grades: Enhancing literacy instruction through iPads and teacher professional development. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE-Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 4404-4407). New Orleans, LA, United States. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/p/48820/

Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T., Wehry, S., & Fountain, C. (2013). iPad integration in the primary grades: Enhancing literacy instruction through teacher professional development. In J. Herrington, A. Couros, & V. Irvine (Eds.), Proceedings of EdMedia 2013: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 2175-2178). Victoria, Canada. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

https://www.learntechlib.org/p/112273/

Hunter, J., Monroe-Ossis, H., Wehry, S., McLemore, B., & Fountain, C. (2012). Improving the odds: Using concept mapping strategies and informational books to build children and educators' background knowledge. In A. Cañas, J. Novak, & J. Vanhear (Eds.), Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Concept Mapping, Vol. 2 (pp. 266-273). Valetta, Malta: University of Malta.

https://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2012Proceedings/cmc2012%20-%20Vol%202.pdf (pdf, pp. 27-34)

McLemore, B., Monroe-Ossi, H., Wehry, S., & Hunter, J. (2012). Using concept maps to promote the emergent literacy skills of 3- to 5-year-old children. In A. Cañas, J. Novak, & J. Vanhear (Eds.) Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Concept Mapping, Vol. 2 (pp. 460-467). Valetta, Malta: University of Malta.

https://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2012Proceedings/cmc2012%20-%20Vol%202.pdf (pdf, pp. 221-228)

Monroe-Ossi, H., Wehry, S., Fountain, C., & Cobb, S. (2012). Concept mapping applications and assessment in an after school program for adolescent students. In A. Cañas, J. Novak, & J. Vanhear (Eds.). Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Concept Mapping, Vol 1 (pp. 120-127). Valetta, Malta: University of Malta.

https://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2012Proceedings/cmc2012%20-%20Vol%201.pdf (pdf pp. 131-138).

Wehry, S., Monroe-Ossi, H., Cobb, S., & Fountain, C. (2012), Concept mapping strategies: Content, tools and assessment for human geography, Journal of Geography, 111(3) 83-92.

https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2011.604094

Ohlson, T., & Monroe-Ossi, H. (2019). Supporting Academics and Igniting Learning (SAIL) into Summer Literacy. Presented at the National Summer Learning Association Conference: October 22, Atlanta, Georgia.

Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H., & Hunter, T. (2019). Engaging Families through Literacy-Focused Texting Tips and Activities. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference: March 21, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Carlson, D., McLemore, B., & Wehry, S. (2019). Engaging the youngest students with robotics, programming, and coding, presented at the Future Education Technology Conference (FETC): January 27, Orlando, FL.

Monroe-Ossi, H. & Ohlson, T. (2017) Early Childhood Teaching and Learning: Emergent Writing Development and Tablet Technology. Presented at the Young Child Expo and Conference, New York, NY.

Monroe-Ossi, H. (2017, April). Exploring the Validity of a TPACK Measurement Tool. Poster session presented at the American Educational Research Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX.

Ohlson, T., & Monroe-Ossi, H. (2016). The Intergration of Emergent Writing, Research-based Instructional Strategies, and Technology: Engaging Children and Maximizing Learning. Presented at the International Literacy Association (ILA) Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H., McLemore, B., Wehry, S., Carlson, D., & Fountain, C. (2016) Exploring Robotics and Programming in Early Childhood, presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

McLemore, B., & Wehry, S. (2016). Robotics and Programming in Prekindergarten (RAPP): An Innovative Approach to Introducing 4- and 5-Year Olds to Robotics, presented at the Global Learn International Conference in Limerick, Ireland.

Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T., Wehry, S., & Fountain, C. (2016). Lessons Learned from a Blended Professional Learning Pilot Designed to Integrate Literacy and Technology into Primary Classroom Instruction. Presented at the Society for Instructional Technology in Education (SITE) Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.

Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T., & Fountain, C. (2016). Online Professional Development: Making the Most of Multimedia Learning. Presented at the Future of Educational Technology (FETC) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H. & McLemore, B. (2015). Meeting the Needs of All Learners: Exploring the Use of iPads during Literacy Instruction. Presented at the International Literacy Association (ILA) Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Monroe-Ossi, H., McLemore, B., Maki, K., & Ohlson, T. (2015). The I's of Literacy-Focused Professional Development: iPads, Integration, & Interaction. Presented at the Future of Educational Technology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T., & McLemore, B. (2015). iPads with Purpose: Selecting Apps to Meet the Differing Instructional Needs of Young Children. Presented virtually at the E-Learn World Conference on E-Learning, Las Vegas, NV.

Ohlson, T., Monroe-Ossi, H., & Fountain, C. (2014). Blended Professional Learning: A Model for Technology Integration. Presented at the Learning Forward National Conference, Nashville, TN.

Ohlson, T., Wehry, S., Monroe-Ossi, H., McLemore, B., Maki, K., & Fountain, C. (2014). Assessing in-service teachers' perceptions of their TPACK development. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013, Jacksonville, FL.

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Monroe-Ossi, H., Ohlson, T. Wehry, S. & Fountain, C. (2014). Professional learning and TPACK: Examining teachers' development. Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Education Research Association, Jacksonville, FL.

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Daniel, L., Monroe-Ossi, H., Williams, R., Hart, A. & Dickinson, W. (2014). Heuristics for understanding and interpreting multivariate statistical methods. Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Education Research Association, Jacksonville, FL

"Birth to Five Matters" 2010 Presentation, Cheryl Fountain, Ed.D. Downloadable PDF file - 1.6 MB

"Preschool Quality Matters" 2010 Presentation, Cheryl Fountain, Ed.D. Downloadable PDF file - 1.6 MB