CURRICULUM VITAE (current as of August 2005)
Academic History:
Ph.D.
Adult and Community Education (emphasis
in Research Methods and Applied Statistics),
University of
Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma,
July, 1989
M.P.H. Health Education, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December, 1982
B.S. Biology, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, June, 1981 (emphasis in Human Biology, minor in Foods and Nutrition)
A.S. Nursing, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, June, 1979
Experience:
2002-present Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult/Higher and Secondary Education, College of Education, Morehead State University (teaching graduate and undergraduate Human Growth and Development; graduate Research Methods in Education)
2000-2002 Instructor, Department of Leadership and Secondary Education, College of Education, Morehead State University
1992-2000 Staff Associate, Appalachia Educational Laboratory (half-time) (conducting longitudinal qualitative educational policy research)
1991-92 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Leadership and Secondary
Education, College of Education, Morehead State University
(teaching graduate Research Methods)
1990-91 Director, Bureau of Educational Research Services, College of Education, University of Oklahoma (half-time) (supervising graduate assistants, advising faculty and doctoral students on research design and data analysis; analyzing quantitative data using SAS; conducting ERIC searches for faculty and students)
1989-90 Research Associate, Department of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Oklahoma City Public Schools (half-time) (conducting evaluations of federal programs)
1989-91 Adjunct Instructor, Departments of Educational Psychology and
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, College of
Education, University of
Oklahoma (teaching graduate courses in Research Methods, Principles of Measurement,
Introductory Statistics, and
Adult Learning Theory)
1985‑89
Research Associate, Bureau of Educational Research Services, College of Education, University of Oklahoma (advising
faculty and doctoral students on
research design and data analysis; analyzing quantitative data using SAS; conducting
ERIC searches for faculty and students)
1984‑85 Research Assistant, Bureau of Educational Research Services, College of Education, University of Oklahoma (same duties as above)
1982‑84 Tutor, Title IV, Indian Education, Norman, Oklahoma
1980‑81 School Health Nurse, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California
Publications:
Books –
Kannapel,
P. J., Aagaard, L., Reeves, C. A., & Coe, P. (2000). Elementary change:
School
reform in rural Kentucky. Charleston, WV:
Appalachia
Educational Laboratory.
Langenbach, M., Vaughn, C., and Aagaard, L. (1994). An introduction to
educational research. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Book Chapters –
Barnett, D., & Aagaard, L. (in press). Online vs. face-to-face instruction - similarities, differences, and efficacy. In C. L. Fulmer and F. Dembowski (Eds.),Crediting the past, challenging the present, and changing the future (2005 yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
Barnett, D., Aagaard, L., & Stanley, R. (2003). Professors and practitioners: Investigating the partnership. In F.C. Lunenburg and C.S. Carr (Eds.), Shaping the future: Policy, partnerships, and emerging perspectives, (2003 yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration), pp. 377-388. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
Kannapel,
P. J., Aagaard, L., Coe, P., & Reeves, C. A. (2001). The impact of
standards-based reform on teaching and learning in
Kentucky.
In S. Fuhrman (Ed.), From the capitol to the classroom:
Standards-based reform in the states, (one hundredth yearbook of the
National
Society for the Study of Education), pp. 242-262. Chicago: National
Society for the Study of Education.
Kannapel,
P. J., Coe, P., Aagaard, L., Moore, B. D., & Reeves, C. A. (2000). Teacher
responses to rewards and sanctions: Effects of
and
reactions to Kentucky's high stakes accountability program. In B. L. Whitford and K. Jones (Eds.), Accountability, assessment,
and teacher
commitment: Lessons from Kentucky's reform effort, pp. 127‑146. Albany:
State University of New York Press.
Crawford,
J., and Aagaard, L. (1991). Exceeding expectations: Activities and attitudes
in an inner city school with large
achievement gains.
Chapter in Readings in equal education, Volume 11,
Chicago: AMS Press.
Monograph:
Barnett, D., & Aagaard, L. (2004). Online vs. face-to-face instruction - similarities, differences, and efficacy. Published as an Occasional Research Paper from the Center for Educational Research and Leadership, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY.
Journal Articles –
Skidmore, R., & Aagaard, L. (2004). The relationship between testing condition and student test scores. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 31(4), 304-313.
Kannapel,
P. J., Aagaard, L., Coe, P., & Reeves, C. A. (2000). Implementation of
Kentucky's
nongraded primary program.
Education
Policy Analysis Archives, 8(34).
Kannapel,
P. J., Coe, P., Aagaard, L., & Reeves, C. A. (1999). Mandated achievement in
rural Kentucky:
Contrasting responses. Journal
of Research in Rural Education, 15(1),
5-15.
Kannapel,
P. J., Coe, P., Aagaard, L., & Reeves, C. A. (1999). A rejoinder to Toni Haas’
reply. Journal of Research in Rural Education,
15(1),
17-18.
Kannapel,
P. J., Moore, B. D., Coe, P., & Aagaard, L. (1995). Six heads are better than
one?
School-based decision making in rural
Kentucky. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 11 (1), 15-23.
Everett,
L.W., Vaughn-Roberson, C.A., & Aagaard, L. (1992). Woman educational administrator: No longer a
contradiction in terms.
Women in Management Review,
7(Spring), 21-24.
Aagaard, L. (1991). The Bagby Human Resources Center: A case study in unrealized potential. Community Education Research Digest, 5(2).
Dillon, C., & Aagaard, L. (1991). Questions and research strategies: Another perspective. The American Journal of Distance Education, 4(3).
Langenbach, M. & Aagaard, L. (1990). A factor analytic study of the adult classroom environment scale. Adult Education Quarterly, 40(2), 95-102.
Langenbach, M., North, M. Y., Aagaard, L., & Chown, W. (1990). Televised
instruction in Oklahoma
prisons: A study of recidivism and
disciplinary actions. Journal of
Correctional Education, 41(2).
Research Newsletters:
Notes From the Field: Education Reform in Rural Kentucky. A publication of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Charleston, WV. This research bulletin shared findings on AEL's ten-year study of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act in four rural, Kentucky school districts. Issues from 1993-1998 were written by the research team of Lola Aagaard, Pam Coe, Patty Kannapel, and Beverly Moore. The 2000 issue was written by Lola Aagaard, Susan Biemesderfer, Pam Coe, Patty Kannapel, and Cindy Reeves.
KERA in the classroom.
(2000, March). Volume 7, Number 1.
Evolution of the primary program in six
Kentucky schools.
(1998, September). Volume 6, Number 1.
Five years of education reform in rural
Kentucky.
(1996, February). Volume 5, Number 1.
Instruction and assessment in
accountable and nonaccountable grades.
(1994, December). Volume 4, Number 1.
School-based decisionmaking after two
years.
(1993, December). Volume 3, Number 2.
Kentucky's primary program.
(1993, May). Volume 3, Number 1.
Book reviews:
Aagaard,
L. (2002). Review of: Brookfield, S., & Preskill, S. (1999). Discussion as
a way of
teaching: Tools and techniques for
democratic
classrooms.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available on the Morehead State
University Center for Teaching and Learning website,
http://www.moreheadstate.edu/units/ctl/aagardrevw.html
Unpublished evaluation reports:
Aagaard,
L. (2003). Evaluation of the Kentucky Network Project to Reduce High-Risk
Drinking Among College Students.
Morehead State
University.
Aagaard, L. (1990). Danforth Principal Preparation Program Evaluation. University of Oklahoma.
Aagaard,
L. (1990). Evaluation of the 1989-90 Title VII PROMISE Partners Bilingual
Gifted
and Talented Program.
Oklahoma City Public
Schools.
Aagaard,
L. (1990). Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools’ Cross-Age
Tutoring Program, 1989-90.
Oklahoma City Public
Schools.
Aagaard,
L., & Raia, F. (1990). Evaluation of the 1989-90 Comprehensive Drug and
Alcohol
Education Program.
Oklahoma City Public
Schools.
Aagaard, L., & Raia, F. (1990). Evaluation of the 1989-90 Title V Indian Education Program. Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Kleine,
P. F., & Aagaard, L. (1985). Oklahoma City Public Schools' Bilingual Parent Training Program Evaluation.
Oklahoma City Public
Schools.
Conference Papers:
Miller, T., Aagaard, L., & Lewis, J. (2004, November). Is teaching via the Internet a viable alternative to teaching in a face-to-face class? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midsouth Educational Research Association, Gatlinburg, TN.
Aagaard, L., & Skidmore, R. (2004, November). Student study habits and the relationship to test scores in an undergraduate course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midsouth Educational Research Association, Gatlinburg, TN.
Aagaard, L., & Boram, R. (2003, November). Cognitive development of fourth graders in a high-stakes state. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midsouth Educational Research Association, Biloxi, MS.
Skidmore, R., & Aagaard, L. (2003, November). The relationship between testing conditions and undergraduate student test scores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midsouth Educational Research Association, Biloxi, MS.
Skidmore, R., & Aagaard, L. (2003, October). Structured field experience activities for an undergraduate course in human growth and development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Teachers of Educational Psychology, Oxford, OH.
Aagaard,
L., & Skidmore, R. (2002, November). Preservice teacher perceptions of their
best and
worst K-12 teachers.
Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Midsouth Educational Research Association, Chattanooga, TN.
Aagaard,
L., Kannapel, P. J., Reeves, C. A., & Coe, P. (1999, May). Community and
educator
goals for rural schools.
Paper presented
at the Qualitative Research in Rural Education Conference,
Morgantown, WV.
Reeves,
C. A., Kannapel, P. J., Coe, P., & Aagaard, L. (1999, May). Race in a rural
place.
Paper presented at the Qualitative
Research in
Rural Education Conference, Morgantown, WV.
Kannapel,
P. J., Aagaard, L., & Coe, P. (1998, April). Kentucky’s multiage primary
program:
Varying levels of implementation.
Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Diego, CA.
Kannapel, P. J., Coe, P., & Aagaard, L. (1998, April). A pair-a-digms or the clash of the Titans: Top-down meets bottom-up reform in Kentucky. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Coe, P., Kannapel, P. J., & Aagaard, L. (1997, November). State, local, and ethnographic perspectives on school reform: Trying to know the unknowable? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D. C.
Kannapel, P. J., Aagaard, L., & Coe, P. (1997, March). Kentucky education reform after six years: Positive results, critical issues. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Kannapel, P. J., Coe, P., Aagaard, L., & Moore, B. D. (1996, April). “I don’t give a hoot if somebody is going to pay me $3600:” Local school district reactions to Kentucky’s high stakes accountability program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Kannapel, P. J., Coe, P., Aagaard, L., & Moore, B. D. (1996, April). Vulnerability and invulnerability to change in two rural Kentucky school districts. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Coe, P., Kannapel, P. J., & Aagaard, L. (1996, April). Two Eastern Kentucky “Lighthouse” districts resist and embrace reform. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Kannapel, P. J., Moore, B. D., Coe, P., & Aagaard, L. (1995, April). Opposition to outcome-based education in Kentucky. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Kannapel, P. J., Moore, B. D., Coe, P., & Aagaard, L. (1994, April). School-based decision making in rural Kentucky schools: Interim findings of a five-year longitudinal study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Aagaard, L., Coe, P., Moore, B. D., & Kannapel, P. J. (1994, April). A qualitative look at Kentucky's primary program: Interim findings from a five-year study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Aagaard,
L., Vaughn, C. A., & Langenbach, M. (1992, April). The conceptual cube: A
didactic tool for beginners in educational
research.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
Aagaard,
L., & Kleine, P. F. (1991, April). Dealing in dreams: Administrators of
educational
innovations. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Redding,
T., & Aagaard, L. (1991, February). Amateur radio operators: A descriptive investigation of the construct of
self-direction.
Paper presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Adult Self-Directed
Learning, Norman, OK. (Paper printed in conference
proceedings.)
Aagaard,
L. (1990, October). The paradox of critical practice: A case study.
Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the American
Association for Adult and Continuing Education,
Salt Lake
City, UT.
Crandall,
S., & Aagaard, L. (1990, October). Society’s challenge to medication
education:
Volunteers to care for the underserved.
Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Adult and
Continuing Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
Aagaard,
L. (1989, April). Ending the tyranny of significance testing:
Recommendations for
improving adult education research and
reporting.
Poster presented at the Adult Education Research Conference, Madison, Wisconsin,
April. (Abstract printed in the conference
proceedings.)
Langenbach, M., & Aagaard, L. (1988, May). The further development of an
Adult Classroom
Environment Scale.
Paper presented at the
Adult Education Research Conference, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada. (Paper printed in conference proceedings.)
Langenbach, M., & Aagaard, L. (1988, March). Self-directed learning
projects: Categories and relationships. Paper presented at the
Second
North American Symposium on Adult Self-Directed Learning, Norman, OK.
Langenbach, M., & Aagaard, L. (1987). A factor analytic study of an Adult
Classroom
Environment Scale.
Paper presented at the Lifelong
Learning Research Conference, College Park, MD.
(Paper printed in conference proceedings.)
Aagaard,
L. (1987). The use of exploratory data analysis in adult education research.
Paper
presented at the Adult Education
Research
Conference, Laramie, WY. (Paper printed in conference proceedings.)
Aagaard,
L. (1986). A case for qualification: Interviewing for improved
instructional design in
health education.
Poster presented at the
Adult Education Research Conference, Syracuse, NY.
(Abstract printed in conference proceedings.)
Camp, D.,
& Aagaard, L. (1986). Getting more mileage from magazines -- Juvenile
periodicals: A neglected language arts
vehicle.
Paper presented at the National Reading
and Language Arts Educators'
Conference, Kansas City, MO.
Flagler,
S., & Aagaard, L. (1986). Repeater rates in pediatric poison exposure
victims. (1986).
Paper presented at the Oklahoma
Psychological Association spring conference, Norman, OK.
Aagaard,
L. (1984). The relationship of selected psychological variables and smoking
cessation. Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain
Educational Research Association annual conference, Oklahoma City, OK.
Other Research Presentations (with no formal papers):
Research findings on KERA’s influence on curriculum, 1990-2000. (2000, December). Panel participant (along with P. Coe) at “All Children Can Learn”: A National Conference on Kentucky’s Education Reform: The First Ten Years, Louisville, KY.
Research findings on Kentucky primary program. (1998, April). Presented to Issue Group on Teaching and Learning, subcommittee of Gov. Patton’s Task Force on Public Education, Kentucky General Assembly, Frankfort, KY. (Joint presentation with P. Kannapel.)
KERA and Communication Education. (1994, September). Panel participant (along with P. Kannapel) at the Kentucky Communication Association, Lexington, KY.
Grant Proposals:
Boram, R., & Aagaard, L. (2003, April). Beginning science teachers learn astronomy instructional skills. Proposal to the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium for $7,996. (Unfunded)
Graduate Courses Taught or Co-taught:
Research, Measurement, and Statistics:
Human Development:
Advanced
Human Growth and Development (birth through adolescence)
Human
Development in Adulthood
Adult Education:
Program/Curriculum Development and Evaluation
Seminar
in Adult Learning Theory
Principles of Adult and Higher Education
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Human Growth and Development (birth through adolescence)
Membership in Professional Organizations:
American Educational Research Association –
Divisions:
Measurement and Research Methodology
Teaching and Teacher Education
Educational Policy and Politics
Special Interest Groups:
Professors of Educational Research
Restructuring Public Education
Rural Education
Mid-South Educational Research Association
Midwest Association for Teachers of Educational Psychology
Offices in Professional Organization:
2005 Program Committee Member, Mid-South Educational Research Association
2004 Program Committee Member, Mid-South Educational Research Association
2004 Proposal reviewer, American Education Research Association
2003 Program Committee Member, Mid-South Educational Research Association
1992 Proposal Reviewer, Mid-South Educational Research Association
1988-89 Program Co-Chair, Graduate Student Committee of the American Educational Research Association.
1987-88 Program Chair, Graduate Student Committee of the American Educational Research Association.
1986-87
Student representative for Division D (Measurement and Research
Methodology), American Educational
Research
Association.
Awards:
Golden Quill Award. (2000). Publication award from AEL (Appalachia Educational Laboratory), Charleston, WV.
Kellogg
Fellowship with the Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and
Higher Education. (1988-89).
University of Oklahoma.
A. E. Clark Memorial Scholarship. (1987). University of Oklahoma.