Coronavirus Resources

The coronavirus pandemic has swept the United States and globally, upending the personal and professional lives of millions of people, including students, educators, and education researchers. At all levels of education, instructors, institution leaders, and policy makers are facing an unprecedented challenge, trying to ensure that high quality and equitable teaching and learning continues under rapidly changing and unpredictable conditions. 

AERA has developed a  resource page to give the education research community, educators, policy makers, and others open access to updates from the scholarly community and important content. Relevant AERA-published research is also available below.

AERA Journal Articles 
 

• Online/Distance/Digital Learning
  • Overview
  • Impact/Efficacy/Outcomes
  • Engagement
  • Math
  • Reading/Literacy
  • Games
     
• Equity in and Access to Online Learning/Technology
      
• Online Teaching/Professional Development
   
• Online Bullying
   
• Trauma-Informed Practices
   
• School Budget Cut

Online/Distance/Digital Learning

Overview

• Effects of a Science of Learning Course on College Students’ Learning With a Computer
  Jeffrey A. Greene, Nikki G. Lobczowski, Rebekah Freed, Brian M. Cartiff, Cynthia Demetriou, A. T. Panter
  American Educational Research Journal, July 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/SSQF6PYDZUKGSIGJCNNR/full
   
• Updated Meta-Analysis of Learner Control Within Educational Technology
  Abbey C. Karich, Matthew K. Burns, Kathrin E. Maki 
  Review of Educational Research, September 2014
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/JGT9I8Q9ENUEYNQZXR2A/full
   
• A Meta-Analysis of Three Types of Interaction Treatments in Distance Education
  Robert M. Bernard, Philip C. Abrami, Eugene Borokhovski, C. Anne Wade, Rana M. Tamim, Michael A. Surkes, Edward Clement Bethel 
  Review of Educational Research, September 2009
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/PH5SPBFJTKRWYHNJQNTV/full
   
• Learning Anytime, Anywhere: Advanced Distributed Learning and the Changing Face of Education
  J. D. Fletcher, Sigmund Tobias, Robert A. Wisher
  Educational Researcher, March 2007
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/K3MBCRPDUQ5TNRKT6TPG/full
   
• Going the Distance With Online Education
  Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns, Gaea Leinhardt
  Review of Educational Research, Winter 2006
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/WJ2FVD9DTPB3RQ5AUMXS/full
   
• How Does Distance Education Compare With Classroom Instruction? A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature
  Robert M. Bernard, Philip C. Abrami Yiping Lou, Evgueni Borokhovski, Anne Wade, Lori Wozney, Peter Andrew Wallet, Manon Fiset Binru Huang
  Review of Educational Research, Fall 2004
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/J7G6CHJHU8YGNTCFRYHC/full
   
• Small Group and Individual Learning with Technology: A Meta-Analysis
  Yiping Lou, Philip C. Abrami, Sylvia d’Apollonia
  Review of Educational Research, Fall 2001
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/U3PD9YNXDZFZWA92ADUV/full

Impact/Efficacy/Outcomes
 

• A Look Inside Online Educational Settings in High School: Promise and Pitfalls for Improving Educational Opportunities and Outcomes
  Carolyn J. Heinrich, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, Annalee Good, Huiping (Emily) Cheng
  American Educational Research Journal, March 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/5QGCQEMVS9NACSNFDADW/full
   
• Online Learning, Offline Outcomes: Online Course Taking and High School Student Performance
  Cassandra M. D. Hart, Dan Berger, Brian Jacob, Susanna Loeb, Michael Hill 
  AERA Open, February 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/ARRDKXZW4UQAAU4Q937H/full
   
• One-to-One Technology and Student Outcomes: Evidence From Mooresville’s Digital Conversion Initiative
  Marie Hull, Katherine Duch
  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, September 2018
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/CPNDABVFEWRIPPVRQHZB/full
   
• Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
  Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Negin Dahya, Elizabeth Adelman
  American Educational Research Journal, December 2017
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/CMATFCMP2KHYK6Y2SS5G/full
   
• Impacts and Characteristics of Computer-Based Science Inquiry Learning Environments for Precollege Students
  Dermot F. Donnelly, Marcia C. Linn, Sten Ludvigsen
  Review of Educational Research, December 2014
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/JF8H9IJQJEZ5CMJTKTFF/full
   
• The Effectiveness of Distance Education Across Virginia's Community Colleges: Evidence From Introductory College-Level Math and English Courses
  Di Xu, Shanna Smith Jaggars
  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, September 2011
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/NYQECHXYAFC7HGG2GGIP/full
   
• What Forty Years of Research Says About the Impact of Technology on Learning: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis and Validation Study
  Rana M. Tamim, Robert M. Bernard, Eugene Borokhovski, Philip C. Abrami, Richard F. Schmid 
  Review of Educational Research, March 2011
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/YCSIGMADN25QTYWYCKS9/full

Engagement
 

• Reassessing Disparities in Online Learner Student Engagement in Higher Education
  Justin Paulsen, Alexander C. McCormick
  Educational Researcher, January 2020
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/DU4KVWH8HPTAEKRSQVWD/full
   
• Behavioral Engagement Shifts Among At-Risk High School Students Enrolled in Online Courses
  Jennifer Darling-Aduana 
  AERA Open, November 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/3Q4NKJ9T8TI5YUDDKXB5/full

Math

• An Efficacy Study of a Digital Core Curriculum for Grade 5 Mathematics
  Nicole Shechtman, Jeremy Roschelle, Mingyu Feng, Corinne Singleton 
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419850482

• Online Mathematics Homework Increases Student Achievement
  Jeremy Roschelle, Mingyu Feng, Robert F. Murphy, Craig A. Mason 
  AERA Open, October 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/CMPX9AGDKUGZ6YGAZG8Q/full
   
• Integration of Technology, Curriculum, and Professional Development for Advancing Middle School Mathematics: Three Large-Scale Studies
  Jeremy Roschelle, Nicole Shechtman, Deborah Tatar, Stephen Hegedus, Bill Hopkins, Susan Empson, Jennifer Knudsen, Lawrence P. Gallagher
  American Educational Research Journal,, 2010
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/VTYVPUJY6KNYQIBPUA9Y/full

Reading/Literacy

• Screens, Apps, and Digital Books for Young Children: The Promise of Multimedia
  Adriana G. Bus, Susan B. Neuman, Kathleen Roskos 
  AERA Open, 2020
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858420901494

• Organizing Shared Digital Reading in Groups: Optimizing the Affordances of Text and Medium
  Trude Hoel, Elise Seip
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419883822
   
• Computerized Electronic Features Direct Children’s Attention to Print in Single- and Dual-Language e-Books
  W. Quin Yow, Sridhar Priyashri
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419878126
   
• How App Books’ Affordances Are Related to Young Children’s Reading Behaviors and Outcomes
  Tanya Christ, X. Christine Wang, Ming Ming Chiu, Ekaterina Strekalova-Hughes 
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419859843 
   
• Educational and Fun? Parent Versus Preschooler Perceptions and Co-Use of Digital and Print Media
  Gabrielle A. Strouse, Lisa A. Newland, Daniel J. Mourlam 
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419861085

• Digital or Print? A Comparison of Preschoolers’ Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Engagement From a Print Book and an e-Book
  Stephanie M. Reich, Joanna C. Yau, Ying Xu, Tallin Muskat, Jessica Uvalle, Daniela Cannata
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419878389

• Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K–2 Literacy Intervention With Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities
  James S. Kim, Catherine A. Asher, Mary Burkhauser, Laura Mesite, Diana Leyva 
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419872701  

• Digital Versus Paper Reading Processes and Links to Comprehension for Middle School Students
  Amanda P. Goodwin, Sun-Joo Cho, Dan Reynolds, Katherine Brady, Jorge Salas 
  American Educational Research Journal, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/PVDEFEXAC8DKKKAAP5IC/full 

• Examining Adolescents’ Strategic Processing During Online Reading With a Question-Generating Task
  Byeong-Young Cho, Lindsay Woodward, Dan Li, Wendy Barlow
  American Educational Research Journal, 2017
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/YQ3YW2TICS6PC7SVVKPE/full 
   
• Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia and Interactive Features in Technology-Enhanced Storybooks: A Meta-Analysis
  Zsofia K. Takacs, Elise K. Swart, Adriana G. Bus 
  Review of Educational Research, 2015
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/WHFACJP2VPME4IEXEPVV/full
   
• A Review of the “Digital Turn” in the New Literacy Studies
  Kathy Ann Mills
  Review of Educational Research, 2010
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/BQUMN99DKJHCZF5VUP4M/full

Games

• Using Escribo Play Video Games to Improve Phonological Awareness, Early Reading, and Writing in Preschool
  Americo N. Amorim, Lieny Jeon, Yolanda Abel, Eduardo F. Felisberto, Leopoldo N. F. Barbosa, Natália Martins Dias
  Educational Researcher, 2020
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/23CK3SEIPQXTGE44PIUI/full
   
• A Digital Early Spelling Game: The Role of Auditory and Visual Support
  Adi Elimelech, Dorit Aram
  AERA Open, 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419857702
   
• Digital Games, Design, and Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  Douglas B. Clark, Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Stephen S. Killingsworth 
  Review of Educational Research, 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/XWKXAUNQK7AZGRNRSXSQ/full

Equity in and Access to Online Learning/Technology 

• Exploring Issues of Implementation, Equity, and Student Achievement With Educational Software in the DC Public Schools
  June Ahn, Austin Beck, John Rice, Michelle Foster 
  AERA Open, 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858416667726
   
• Improving Access to, Quality, and the Effectiveness of Digital Tutoring in K–12 Education
  Patricia Burch, Annalee Good, Carolyn Heinrich 
  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/ST7XJQ4MBBVSG4XTJUXH/full
   
• The State of Wiki Usage in U.S. K–12 Schools: Leveraging Web 2.0 Data Warehouses to Assess Quality and Equity in Online Learning Environments
  Justin Reich, Richard Murnane, John Willett 
  Educational Researcher, 2012
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/RQUV6VTQY8B76C4IPNJF/full
   
• New Technology and Digital Worlds: Analyzing Evidence of Equity in Access, Use, and Outcomes
  Mark Warschauer, Tina Matuchniak
  Review of Educational Research, 2010
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/TYSRZX7TQENMKKFGWGVI/full
   
• Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective
  Yong Zhao, Kenneth A. Frank 
  American Educational Research Journal, 2003
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/MUPNZXWQP2HDW2JSDMQE/full
   
• Integrating Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Evaluation in a Technology-Supported Genetics Learning Environment
  Daniel T. Hickey, Ann C. H. Kindfield, Paul Horwitz, Mary Ann T. Christie
  American Educational Research Journal, 2003
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/VEUIFFY8IM2YHPEXRBVK/full
   
• High Access and Low Use of Technologies in High School Classrooms: Explaining an Apparent Paradox
  Larry Cuban, Heather Kirkpatrick, Craig Peck
  American Educational Research Journal, 2001
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/R3TPTTKQQZZUKHPQCS87/full 

Online Teaching/Professional Development

• Teacher Coaching in a Simulated Environment
  Julie Cohen, Vivian Wong, Anandita Krishnamachari, Rebekah Berlin 
  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, February 2020
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/DSVGDIYXMFJQGMHIP3WQ/full
   
• Investigating Technology-Enhanced Teacher Professional Development in Rural, High-Poverty Middle Schools
  Margaret R. Blanchard, Catherine E. LePrevost, A. Dell Tolin, Kristie S. Gutierrez 
  Educational Researcher, April 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/NAKHTWIPGD5I7CFV7MZQ/full
   
• Teachers Choosing Rich Tasks: The Moderating Impact of Technology on Student Learning, Enjoyment, and Preparation
  Peter Aubusson, Paul Burke, Sandy Schuck, Matthew Kearney, Bart Frischknecht 
  Educational Researcher, June 2014
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/HWUATTTIF7GUGNHDZZI4/full
   
• The Lecture as a Transmedial Pedagogical Form: A Historical Analysis
  Norm Friesen
  Educational Researcher, April 2011
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/4QDZQRZIUY89SCHYYVDY/full
   
• Professional Development in Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning: Knowns, Unknowns, and Ways to Pursue Better Questions and Answers
  Kimberly A. Lawless, James W. Pellegrino
  Review of Educational Research, December 2007
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/BPMFWICNPBUF6TPHKWQB/full
   
• Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research
  Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Julie A. Thomas, William Y. Lan, Sandi Cooper, Terence C. Ahern, Shana M. Shaw, Xiaoming Liu
  Review of Educational Research, Spring 2006
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/GZ5WT5HMANPACPQPRRPW/full
   
• A Framework for Understanding Teaching With the Internet 
  Raven McCrory Wallace
  American Educational Research Journal, Summer 2004
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/4PBGTCJJEEAG6AH2CSKF/full
   
• Chapter 5: Technology’s Contribution to Teaching and Policy: Efficiency, Standardization, or Transformation?
  Barbara Means, Jeremy Roschelle, William Penuel, Nora Sabelli, Geneva Haertel 
  Review of Research in Education, January 2003
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/UR2PR5EJKXGJJYI47MSB/full
   
• Tracing Teachers’ Use of Technology in a Laptop Computer School: The Interplay of Teacher Beliefs, Social Dynamics, and Institutional Culture
  Mark Windschitl, Kurt Sahl
  American Educational Research Journal, Spring 2002
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/D8XBBQWY6E9CP7UAXP8U/full

Online Bullying

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cyber-Victimization and Educational Outcomes for Adolescents
  Joseph H. Gardella, Benjamin W. Fisher, Abbie R. Teurbe-Tolon
  Review of Educational Research, January 2017
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/JISVBRR4BJPEDHE6S4GR/full

Trauma-Informed Practices

• Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools Across Two Decades: An Interdisciplinary Review of Research
  M. Shelley Thomas, Shantel Crosby, Judi Vanderhaar
  Review of Research in Education, May 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/6VGGYQIIKBQDXJFASMNU/full
   
• A Systematic Review of School-Based Social-Emotional Interventions for Refugee and War-Traumatized Youth
  Amanda L. Sullivan, Gregory R. Simonson
  Review of Educational Research, June 2016
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/ZHFKFGQZM7VDFFX6BEG4/full
   
• Listening to the Speaking Wound: A Trauma Studies Perspective on Student Positioning in Schools
  Elizabeth Dutro, Andrea C. Bien
  American Educational Research Journal, February 2014
  https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/UXQVPTPDE886BZGIYNGF/full

School Budget Cuts

• Schooling During the Great Recession: Patterns of School Spending and Student Achievement Using Population Data
  Kenneth Shores, Matthew P. Steinberg
  AERA Open, September 2019
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858419877431