Publications

Research Links

Albert, J., Blanchard, M., Grable, L., & Reed, R. (2010). “It’s ELEMENTary, my dear Watson”: A crime scene investigation with a technological twist. Science Scope, 34(4), 16-22.

Albert, J. L., Blanchard, M. R., Kier, M. W., Carrier, S. J., & Gardner, G. E. (2013). Supporting teachers’ technology integration: A descriptive analysis of social and teaching presence in technical support sessions. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Albert, J. L., Blanchard, M. R., Keene, K. A. & Kinton, J. H. (2014). The Great Iced Tea Debate. Science Scope.

Alsbury, T. L., Blanchard, M. R., Gutierrez, K. S., Allred, C. M., & Tolin, A. D. (2018). District Strategic Teaming: Leadership for Systemic and Sustainable Reform. Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 3(2), 139-177.

Blanchard, M. R., Sharp, J., & Grable, L. L. (2009). Videoconferencing versus face-to-face: Comparing the satisfaction of rural, middle school teachers with two different follow-up methods to teacher professional development. Proceedings of the Association for Science Teacher Education 2009. Retrieved 2-24-10 from http://theaste.org/cgi-bin/2009conference/2009proceedings.pl.

Blanchard, M. R., Grable, L. L. & Sharp, J. (2009). Scaffolding technology integration of middle school science and mathematics: Comparing the results of two models of teacher professional development. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 4015-4019). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Blanchard, M. R., Southerland, S. A., & Granger, D. E. (2009). No silver bullet for inquiry: Making sense of teacher change following an inquiry-based research experience for teachers. Science Education, 93(2), 322-360.

Blanchard, M., Sharp, J., & Grable, L. (2009). Rev your engines! Linking physical science and math with car labs. The Science Teacher, 76(2), 35-40.

Blanchard, M. R., Harris, J., & Hofer, M. (2010). “Grounded” technology integration using science learning activity types. Learning & Leading With Technology, 37(6), 32-34.

Blanchard, M. & Albert, J. (2011). No Matter the Weather, We’ll Measure Together. Science Scope, 34(9), 66-70.

Blanchard, M. R.,Osborne, J. W., Wallwork, C. & Harris, B. S. (2013). Progress on implementing inquiry in North Carolina: Nearly 1,000 elementary, middle and high school science teachers weigh in. Science Educator, 22(1), 37-49.

Blanchard, M.R., Hoyle, K. S., & Gutierrez, K.S. (2017). Teacher’s Toolkit: How to start a STEM club. Science Scope, 41(3), 88-94. (Click here for additional resources)

Blanchard, M., Stevens, V., Kier, M., & Albert, J. (2017). Teacher’s Toolkit: STEM Career Bingo. Science Scope, 41(1), 72-75.

Davis, H, A., Blanchard, M. R., & Jones, M. G. (2012). Understanding the role of science teacher relationships in promoting adolescents’ motivation to engage in science: Examining Four Class Cases. Proceedings of the Association for Science Teacher Education 2012. Retrieved 4-01-12 from http://theaste.org/publications/proceedings/2012proceedings.pl

Gutierrez, K.S., Blanchard, M.R., & Hoyle, K. S. (2017). Integrating Technology: Weather Versus Climate. Science Scope, 41(3), 76-86. (Click here for additional resources)

Gutierrez, K. S. Blanchard M. R., & Busch, K. C. (2022). What Effective Design Strategies Do Rural, Underserved Students in STEM Clubs Value while Learning about Climate Change? Environmental Education Research, 28(7), 1043-1069.

Harris, J. B., Hofer, M. J., Schmidt, D. A., Blanchard, M. R., Young, C. A., Grandgenett, N. F., van Olphen, M. C. R. (2010). “Grounded” technology integration: Instructional planning using curriculum-based activity type taxonomies. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 18(4), 573-605.

Hofer, M., Harris, J., Blanchard, M., Grandgenett, N., Schmidt, D., van Olphen, M. & Young, C. (2009). Operationalizing TPACK for Educators: The Activity Types Approach to Technology Integration, Part 2. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 4103-4106). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Hoyle, K. S., Harper, L. A., Gutierrez, K. S., & Blanchard, M. R. (2018). Teachers’ Toolkit: Communicate effectively with parents and family members through a STEM newsletter. Science Scope, 41(8), 82-85.

Hoyle, K. S., Gutierrez, K. S., Harper, L. A., Hollingsworth, B. D., & Blanchard, M. R. (2019). Jumping to conclusions: Developing biomathematical predictive models. Science Scope, 42(8), 70-76. (Click here for additional resources)

Kier, M. W., Blanchard, M. R., Osborne, J. W., & Albert, J. L. (2013). The Development of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS). Research in Science Education, 44(3), 461–481. doi:10.1007/s11165-013-9389-3

Kier, M.W., Blanchard, M.R., & Albert, J.L. (2014). Connecting students to STEM Careers. Science Scope.

Madden, L., Jones, M., G., & Blanchard, M. (2013). Shared photonarratives in an online master’s course: Reflection, context and community. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 13(1). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol13/iss1/science/article1.cfm

Sampson, V. D. & Blanchard, M. R. (2012). Science teachers and scientific argumentation: Trends in Views and Practice. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 49(9), 1122-1148.

Southerland, S. A., Rose, K., Blanchard, M. R. (2009). One teacher’s journey toward reformed teaching. In J. Gess-Newsome, J. A. Luft, & R. L. Bell (Eds.), Reforming Secondary Science Instruction. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association.

Southerland, S. A., Sowell, S., Blanchard, M. R., & Granger, D. E. (2011). Exploring the construct of pedagogical discontentment: A tool to understand science teachers’ openness to reform. Research in Science Education, 41(3), 299-317.

Tugurian, L. & Blanchard, M. (2010). Lights, cameras, action! It’s science Friday. Science and Children, 48(1), 43-45.