Selecting a Topic

The Educational Research Exchange is appropriate for a wide variety of topics and research may be at various stages (e.g., proposal, literature review, data collection, etc.). Some topics are easily understood by a non-expert while others may challenge the most experienced of professionals. There is no right or wrong level of complexity; sometimes the best demonstration of professional knowledge is the ability to explain it to the uninitiated.

All types of research may be submitted including but not limited to: o Qualitative o Quantitative o Literature Reviews o Meta-analysis o Position Papers

There is a wide variety of presentations given at the ERE Conference. Here are a few samples of presentation titles from the past number of years. These titles are provided to convey the diversity of participant research interests:

Paper Sessions: o The Relationship Between Teacher Quality and Equity in Student Achievement o Math Anxiety: Just Another Gender Issue, or is There More to The Story? o The Relationship Between Metacognition, Test Anxiety, and Test Performance o The Smell of Work: Using Reciprocal Teaching and Modeling to Teach Poetry o Internationalization of Higher Education: Chinese Perspective o Studying the Impact of Structure Learning Assistance on English-Language Learning o Parental Involvement of Chinese Immigrant Families In Supporting Child: Heritage Language Maintenance And Achievement

O Community Building and Social Presence: The Sixth Generation of Distance Education

O Online Social Networking And Texting: A New Replacement for Face-To-Face Interaction and Personal Relationship Formation In Adolescents o The Influence of Family on Part-time Education Doctoral Students

Poster Sessions: o What Schools Can Do to Stop School Bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Students o Attribution Theory: An Outlook on Attributional Training and its Effects on achievement. o Infusing Feminist Teaching Ideals and Strategies into the Classroom and Beyond o College Student Anxiety: Triggers and Treatments o Special Education Accommodations for Pennsylvania's Cyber School-age Students o A Literature Review: Bullying, Mobbing and Other Uncivil Faculty Behaviors in Academic Institutions o Gifted Assessment: How Dynamic Is Your Thinking? o The Relationship Between Narcissism and Academic Major o Children's Social Skills and the Influence of Video Games