Faculty Directory
Laura O'Dwyer
Department Chair, Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Professor
Laura O'Dwyer
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 336E
Telephone: 617-552-8089
Email: laura.odwyer.1@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ph.D., Boston College
- M.S., National University of Ireland, Galway
- B.S., National University of Ireland, Galway
Courses
Readings and Research in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Readings and Research in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Multilevel Regression Models
Research Interests
Examining the impacts of technology-based interventions, experimental design, hierarchical linear modeling and power analysis, international comparative studies.
Expertise
- Research Methods, Evaluation & Psychometrics
Department
Publications
- O’Dwyer, L.M., & Bernauer, J.A. (2014). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Shields, K.A., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (in press). Remedial education and completing college: Exploring differences by credential and institutional level. The Journal of Higher Education.
- Newton, A.D., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (in press). Propensity score analysis for examining the effects of a district-level intervention: A model for school-university partnerships. In R.M. Reardon & J. Leonard (Eds.), Exploring the Community Impact of Research - Practice Partnerships in Education.Ěý
- O’Dwyer, L.M. (in press). Experimental designs. In Frey B.B. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational research, measurement and evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- O’Dwyer, L.M., Wang, Y., & Shields, K.A. (2015) Teaching for Conceptual Understanding: A Cross-national Comparison of the Relationship between Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Student Achievement in Mathematics. Large Scale Assessment. 3, 1. DOI 10.1186/s40536-014-0011-6.
- Dulaney, A., Vasilyeva, M., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2015). Individual differences in cognitive resources and elementary school mathematics achievement: Examining the roles of storage and attention. Learning and Individual Differences. 37, 55.63.
- O’Dwyer, L.M., & Parker, C.E. (2014). (REL 2014–046). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Central.
- Peoples, S.M. & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2014) The Nature of Science Instrument-Elementary (NOSI-E): The End of the Road? Journal of Applied Measurement. 15(4):338-58.
- Parker, C.E., O’Dwyer, L.M., & Irwin, C., 2014, (REL 2014–020), Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands.
- O’Dwyer, L.M., & Parker, C.E. (2014). (REL 2014–046). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Central.
- Grady, M. W., & O’Dwyer, L. M. (2014). (REL 2014–027). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands.
- Peoples, S.M., O’Dwyer, L.M., Wang, Y., Brown, J., Shields, K., Rosca, C. (2013). Development and Application of the Elementary School Science Classroom Environment Scale (ESSCES): Measuring Student Perceptions of Constructivism within the Science Classroom. Journal of Learning Environments.
- Dash, S., Magidin de Kramer, R., O’Dwyer, L. M., Masters, J., & Russell, M. (2012). Impact of online professional development on teacher quality and student achievement in fifth grade mathematics. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 45(1) p.1.
- Masters, J., Magidin de Kramer, R., O’Dwyer, L.M., Dash, S., & Russell, M. (2012). The effects of online teacher professional development on fourth grade students’ knowledge and practices in English Language Arts. The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 20(1), 21-46.
- de Kramer, R., Masters, J., O’Dwyer, L. M., Dash, S. & Russell, M., (2012). The Effects of Online Teacher Professional Development on Seventh Grade Teachers' and Students' Knowledge and Practices in English Language Arts. Teacher Educator, 47, 236–259.
- Poteat, V. P., O’Dwyer, L. M., & Mereish, E. H. (2012). Changes in how students use and are called homophobic epithets over time: Patterns predicted by gender, bullying, and victimization status.ĚýJournal of Educational Psychology, 104, 393-406.
- Wang, Y. & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2011). Teacher-directed Student-use of Technology and Mathematics Achievement: Examining Trends in International Patterns. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 30(1).
- Gobert, J., O’Dwyer, L. M., Horwitz, P., Buckley, B. Levy, S., Wilensky, W. (2011). An examination of students’ epistemologies in biology, chemistry, and physics: Domain differences and interactions with learning in rich, technology-based science environments. International Journal of Science Education, 33(5), 653.
- Hoyle, C., O’Dwyer, L.M., & Chang, Q. (2011). . (Issues & Answers Report, REL 2011–No. 102). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands.
- Masters, J., de Kramer, R., O’Dwyer, L. M., Dash, S. & Russell, M., (2010). The Effects of Online Professional Development on Fourth Grade English Language Arts Teachers’ Knowledge and Instructional Practices. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 43(3), 355-375
- Bebell, D., O’Dwyer, L.M., Russell, M., & Hoffman, T. (2010). Concerns, considerations and new ideas for data collection and research in educational technology studies. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 43(1),29-52.
- Gobert, J., O’Dwyer, L. M., Horwitz, P., Buckley, B. Levy, S., Wilensky, W. (2011). Examining the Relationship Between Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Models and Conceptual Learning in Biology, Physics, and Chemistry.. International Journal of Science Education, 33(5), 653.
- Horwitz, P., Gobert, J., Buckley, B.C., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2010) Learning genetics with dragons: From computer-based manipulatives to hypermodels. In Jacobson, M. J., & Reimann, P. (Eds.) (pp. 61-87) Designs for learning environments of the future: International perspectives from the learning sciences. Springer.
- Russell, M., O’Dwyer, L.M., & Miranda, H. (2009). Diagnosing students’ misconceptions in algebra: Results from an experimental pilot study. Behavior Research Methods, 41(2), 414-424.
Awards
- April 2015 - Recipient of the AERA Learning Environments SIG/Springer Award for the best journal article (with Peoples, Wang, Brown, and Rosca)
- April 2014 - Recipient of the Outstanding Research Award from Division E, Counseling and Human Development, of the American Education Research Association (AERA) (with Poteat and Mereish).