Laura M. O'Dwyer

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Campion Hall
Room 336E

617.552.8089

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Boston College
M.S., B.S., National University of Ireland, Galway

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

Interests include international comparative studies and the effects of organizational characteristics on individual outcomes. Recent work has focused on the impacts of school organizational characteristics on the adoption of technology as a teaching and learning tool.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

O’Dwyer, L.M., Russell, M., Bebell, D. (2006) Identifying Teacher, School and District Characteristics Associated with Middle and High School Teachers’ Use of Technology: A Multilevel Perspective. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 33(4), 369-393.

O’Dwyer, L.M. (2005). Examining the variability of mathematics performance and its correlates using data from TIMSS ’95 and TIMSS ’99. Educational Research and Evaluation. 11(2), 155 – 177.

O’Dwyer, L. M., Russell, M., Bebell, D., & Tucker-Seeley, K. R. (2005). Examining the relationship between home and school computer use and students’ English/language arts test scores. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 3(3). Available from http://www.jtla.org.

Russell M., Bebell, D., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2005) Tracking the arc of new teachers’ technology use. In C. Vrasidas and G.V. Glass (Eds.), Current Perspectives on Applied Information Technologies: Preparing Teachers to Teach With Technology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

O’Dwyer, L. M., Russell, M. & Bebell, D. J. (2004, September 14). Identifying teacher, school and district characteristics associated with elementary teachers’ use of technology: A multilevel perspective. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(48). Retrieved September 14, 2004 from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n48/.

Bebell, D., Russell, M., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2004). Measuring teachers’ technology uses: Why multiple-measures are more revealing. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 37(1), 45-63.

Russell, M., Bebell, D., O’Dwyer, L.M., & O’Connor, K.M. (2003) Examining Teacher Technology Use: Implications for Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Preparation. Journal of Teacher Education 54 (4), pp. 297-310.

O’Dwyer, L.M. (2002). Extending the application of multilevel modeling to data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. In D.F. Robitaille and A.E. Beaton (Eds.), Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Results: A Synthesis of Current Research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 359-373.

Beaton, A.E & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2002). Separating School, Classroom and Student Variances and their Relationship to Socio-Economic Status. In D.F. Robitaille and A.E. Beaton (Eds.), Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Results: A Synthesis of Current Research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 211-231.

Madaus, G.F & O’Dwyer, L.M. (1999) A Short History of Performance Assessment: Lessons Learned. Phi Delta Kappan, 80 (9), pp. 688 – 695.