Valeria Amburgey, Ed.D.

SCHOLARLY & CREATIVE RECORD


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Grants

  2005-2006 Distance Education – HICE Paper, College of Education and Human Services Indirect Cost Committee, Amount Funded $1,952.31
  2003-2006 Teacher Education Model Program, Commonwealth Consortium for Teacher Education Model Programs, Amount Funded $150,426.77
  Fall 2004 SSMA 2004 Travel, College of Education and Human Services Indirect Cost Committee, Amount Funded $1,055.72
  Spring 2004 AACTE 2004 Travel, College of Education and Human Services Indirect Cost Committee, Amount Funded $1,055.72
  2003-2006 Teacher Quality Enhancement, Education Professional Standards Board, Amount Funded $79,996.59 for year one, $79,963.83 for year two and $102,578.40 for year three (EPSB contribution only)
  2002 Preparing Teachers to Use Technology Resources, College of Education Indirect Cost Committee, Amount Funded $1118.20
  2001-2002 Anchoring Instruction with Digital Video in Teacher Education, Office of Information Technology, Northern Kentucky University, with Anjana Arora, Rajeev Swami, Steve Walker and Rosa Weaver, Amount Funded $8,435
  2001-2002 Collaboration, Outreach and Dissemination, additional funding from the United States Department of Education (PT3 Grant).  Amount Funded $21,000 (U S DOE contribution only)
  2001 The TLT Project, School of Education Indirect Cost Committee, Amount Funded $2214
  2000-2001 Internet Applications for Mathematics and Science Teachers: An Outreach Program to Infuse Technology in the Mathematics and Science Learning Environment, funded by CINSAM, with Chuck Frank and Al Lipping, Amount Funded $24,000.00
  2000-2003 The Teaching, Learning & Technology (TLT) Project, three-year Implementation Grant funded by the United States Department of Education (PT3 Grant), co-directed with Linda Sheffield, Amount Funded $366,881.00 for Year 1 --- $1,118,060.00 total three-year funding (U S DOE contribution only)
  2000-2001 Coordinating Probability and Statistics Concepts Across Grades 4 through 9, funded by the Kentucky Council on Higher Education (Eisenhower Grant), co-directed with Linda Sheffield, Amount Funded: $59,995 (Eisenhower contribution only)
  1999 Advising Incentive, funded by Northern Kentucky University, co-directed with Lee Coates, Marge Artzer, Al Seed, and Mary Kirk, Amount Funded $500.00.
  1999-2000 Preparing New Teachers for Technology-Rich School Environments, funded by the United States Department of Education (PT3 Grant), co-directed with Linda Sheffield, Amount Funded: $153,243 (U S DOE contribution only)
  1999 How Students Really Learn - Reflections on the Annenberg/CPB Channel's Series: Looking at Learning…Again, Kentucky Department of Education Professional Development Program (Unfunded).
  1999 Integrating the Internet and Web-based activities into the Classroom, Kentucky Department of Education Professional Development Program (Unfunded).
  1999-2000 Coordinating Algebra Concepts Across Grades 4 through 9, funded by the Kentucky Council on Higher Education (Eisenhower Grant), co-directed with Linda Sheffield, Amount Funded: $59,895 (Eisenhower contribution only)

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Editorships

  2003-2009 Editor, The Math-Science Connector, Newsletter for the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA), Columbus, OH
  Fall 1995-Spring 2000 Handbook for EDU 306: Teaching elementary school mathematics, Unpublished handbook. Northern Kentucky University, School of Education, Highland Heights, KY
  June 1985 Proceedings for the Fourth Annual Micros on Parade (MOP) Conference, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX, (ERIC # ED 268 964) [Co-editor with Terry A. Olivier].
  Fall 1982 Keeping TABS on Math, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX

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Books

 

Amburgey, V (2006).  One model of professional development for higher education faculty.  In D. LaMont Johnson & Kulwadee Kongrith (Eds.), Teaching Teachers to Use Technology (pp. 105-113).  New York:  The Haworth Press, Inc. [co-published in Computer in the Schools journal].

 

International Society for Technology in Education (2002).  National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers:  Preparing Teachers to Use Technology. Eugene, OR: ISTE [member of the writing team for this book]

Writer

 

Module 3: Geometry in Grades K-2 (1990), Mathematics Staff Development Project.  Texas Education Agency, Austin, TX. [member of the writing team for this project].

 

Articles

 

Amburgey, V. & Sheffield, L. (In Progress). If the line fits: developing a deeper understanding of linear relationships.

 

Amburgey, V. (2006).  One model of professional development for higher education faculty. Computers in the Schools. 3/4, 105-113. [co-published in the Teaching Teachers to Use Technology book published by Haworth Press and described above in the book section].

 

Amburgey, V. & Huss, J. (2004). Assessing the utilization of technology in a teacher education program. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (pp. 3155-3160). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

 

Amburgey, V. (2003). Addressing the barriers to technology integration into the teacher education program. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 3322-3327). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

 

Amburgey, V. (Spring 2002).  How many cupcakes:  problems involving logical reasoning.  The Kentucky Journal for Teachers of Mathematics.  Lexington, KY: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

Amburgey, V. (2002). Providing for student professional development as part of the teaching, learning and technology project. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (pp. 1489-1490). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

 

Amburgey, V. (2001). Teaching, learning and technology: providing for higher education faculty professional development. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (pp. 1842-1846). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

 

Amburgey, V. & Sheffield, L. (Fall 2000).  Teaching the middle grades core content through the use of physical models, graphing calculators, and computer spreadsheets. The Kentucky Journal for Teachers of Mathematics.  Lexington, KY: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

Amburgey, V. (Spring 1998).  Mathematics time traveler discovers century old problems. The Kentucky Journal for Teachers of Mathematics.  Lexington, KY: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

Amburgey, V. (Feb. 1995).  Exploring activities for middle school mathematics.  In T3•Teachers Teaching with Technology Conference Materials - K-8.  Salt Lake City, UT: The Teachers Teaching with Technology Program.

 

Widmer, C. C. & Amburgey, V. (Winter 1993). Meeting technology guidelines for teacher preparation. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education.  Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. (ERIC # EJ492123)

 

Amburgey, V. (Spring 1993).  Spreadsheets in the elementary classroom. The Kentucky Journal for Teachers of Mathematics.  Murray, KY: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

Amburgey, V. (Feb. 1990).  Are you ready for a big macro? In Proceedings for the tenth annual Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Statewide Conference - Technology:  the next frontier.  Lubbock, TX: Texas Computer Education Association,.

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Citations/Contributions

  1981 An annotated bibliography relating to the diagnostic and prescriptive instruction of mathematic, volume 2, Research Council for the Diagnostic/Prescriptive Teaching of Mathematics, Kent, OH
  1980 Module book for ELED 4315, University of Houston, Houston, TX

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Reviewer

  2006-2007 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 18th International Conference
  2005-2006 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 17th International Conference
  2004-2005 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 16th International Conference

Reviews

  Nov. 1985 "Multi-Play-Cation" (computer software), Arithmetic Teacher, 33(3), p. 54
  May 1984 "Musical Mathematics" (computer software), Arithmetic Teacher, 31(9), p. 31
  Mar. 1984 Place Value Activity Cards (supplementary materials), Arithmetic Teacher, 31(7), p. 62-63
  Oct. 1983 "Division 1" (computer software), Arithmetic Teacher, 31(2), p. 55-56
  Jan. 1983 Computers and Data Processing (book), Arithmetic Teacher, 30(5), P.59

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Referee

  1998 School Science and Mathematics Journal (Oct. 1999 -- special edition on gifted education) published by SSMA
  1999 -2002 The Kentucky Journal for Teachers of Mathematics published by KCTM
  1993-1994 School Science and Mathematics Journal published by SSMA
 

Instructional Television

  Spring 1989 Rational Numbers, 2 one-hour presentations for elementary students, Sam Houston State University Instructional Television Network, Huntsville, TX
 

Interactive Television

  Spring 1998 EDU 603 - Special Topics in Technology in Education:  Teaching with Technology, a 3-credit semester course taught for Northern Kentucky University via Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN), Highland Heights, KY
  May 1985 Calculating Computers, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Apr. 1985 Taking A Chance, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Mar. 1985 Graphing Around, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Feb. 1985 The Art of Mensuration, InterAct Television Network Houston, TX, Region IV Education Service Center,
    Shaping Up Mathematically, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Jan. 1985 What are Pattern Blocks and Attribute Kits?, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Duplication, Triplication and Separation, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Instructional Strategies for Implementation of Chapter 75, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Perplexing, Puzzling Problems, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Nov. 1984 A Difference of Sums, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Oct. 1984 Problem Solving in Texas, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Simplifying the Non-negative Rational, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Sept. 1984 Preview of Indonesian Festival, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Whole Numbers and the Place Value System, InterAct Television Network , Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Fall 1984 CUIN 6345 - INSTRUCTIONAL APPLICATIONS OF THE MICROCOMPUTER, a 3 credit semester course taught for University of Houston, Houston, TX
  May 1984 Writing Math Criterion Referenced Test Items, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Mar. 1984 Teacher Made Math Materials, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Feb. 1984 Error Patterns in Arithmetic, Part V, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Talkback Math, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Jan. 1984 Error Patterns in Arithmetic, Part IV, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Dec. 1983 Error Patterns in Arithmetic, Part III, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Nov. 1983 Error Patterns in Arithmetic, Part II, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Talkback Math, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Oct. 1983 Error Patterns in Arithmetic, Part I, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Sept. 1983 Instructional Techniques in the Subtraction of Whole Numbers, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
  Sept. 1983 Place Value & Our Number System, Part I, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
    Place Value & Our Number System, Part II, InterAct Television Network, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX

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Dissertation Topic

  • An Investigation of Verbal Problems Found in American Arithmetic Textbooks Published Between 1870 and 1966

Unpublished Research

  • Two studies on computer attitudes of undergraduate and/or graduate students.
  • A KERA related survey of Delta Kappa Gamma members teaching in Kentucky. 

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Last modified April 19, 2008