Assistant Professor, Teacher Education / Director, Institute for Education

Office: Valade 218 - amilner@adrian.edu

Biography

Position

Andrea R. Milner is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education department as well as Director of the Institute for Education.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Curriculum & Instruction, August 2008. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (http://www.utoledo.edu/index.html)

Specialization: Science Education
Minor: Educational Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Templin

Dissertation title: The Effects of Constructivist Classroom Contextual Factors in a Life Science Laboratory and a Traditional Science Classroom on Elementary Students’ Motivation and Learning Strategies

Master of Education, Elementary & Early Childhood Education, May 2001. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.

Bachelor of Education, Elementary Education, March 1993. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.

License

Current State of Ohio Teaching License (Grades 1-8); Generalist (http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDefaultPage.aspx?page=1)

Line of inquiry

Research on the effects constructivist classroom contextual factors have on student motivation and learning strategy use. Investigations of innovative strategies, techniques, and methods to facilitate learning environments that will ignite motivation and stimulate learning strategy use in a manner that will positively transform students’ experience of education within the classroom and enable students to then transfer that experience to their life out in the “real world”.

Selected Professional Experience and Service

Associate Editor, School Science and Mathematics Journal (SSMA) (http://www.ssma.org/school-science-and-mathematics), 2011 – present.
Director, Institute for Education, Adrian College (http://www.adrian.edu/institutes/Education/index.php), 2011 – present.
Committee member, Honors Advisory Committee (http://www.adrian.edu/academics/HONR/index.php) 2011 – present.
Committee member, OneLenawee (http://www.onelenawee.org/education.html), 2011 – present.
Assessor/Reviewer/Presider, National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) (http://www.narst.org/), 2008 – present.
Interim Director, Coalition for Advancing Teaching and Learning in STEMM (CATALyST) (http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/pdf/2009%20Annual%20report_lr.pdf), Fall 2008 – Summer 2009.
Co-Director, Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (NWO) (http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/communities/ccc/index.htm), Fall 2008 – Summer 2009.
Co-organizer, NWO Future Teacher Conference (http://cosmos.bgsu.edu/nwoFutureTeacherConf/pdf/FTC%202009%20program7.pdf), 2009.
Guest reviewer, Journal of Science Teacher Education (JSTE) (http://theaste.org/publications/JSTE.htm), 2008 - 2009.

Courses taught at Adrian College

Adolescent Behavior
Teaching of Science and Mathematics in the Elementary School
Child Development
Assessment and Evaluation
Educational Psychology
Methods and Materials for Early Childhood Education
Teaching of Secondary Science
Teaching of Mathematics
Seminar in Associate Teaching

Publications

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Milner, A.R., Sondergeld, T., Demir, K., Johnson, C., & Czerniak, C. (2012). Elementary teachers’ beliefs and needs about teaching science: Examining the impact of pre/post NCLB testing in science. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 23, 111-132. (Online First, March 25, 2011).
Milner, A.R., Templin, M.A., & Czerniak, C.M. (2011). Elementary science students’ motivation and learning strategy use: Constructivist classroom contextual factors in a life science laboratory and traditional classroom. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 22 (2), 15 (Online First, June 20, 2010).

Book Chapter

Sondergeld, T., Milner, A.R., Coleman, L.J., & Sutherland, T. (2011). Lessons from the field: Examining the challenges and successes of a voluntary math and science enrichment program for gifted urban middle school students. Secondary STEM Educational Reform. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Editorial

Milner, A.R. (2012). Letter from the Editor. School Science and Mathematics, 112 (5), 267 (Online First, May 1, 2012).

National Accreditation

Milner, A.R. (2012). Inquiry Brief. Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC).

Selected Professional Presentations

National

NARST, Indianapolis, IN, 2012; Examining the Challenges and Successes of an Accelerated Science and Math Program for High Potential Urban Middle School Students. Toni Sondergeld, Andrea R. Milner, and Laurence Coleman.
SSMA, Birmingham, AL, 2012; Publishing in the SSMJ Journal; Serving as a Reviewer for the School Science and Mathematics Journal. Carla Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Shelly Harkness, University of Cincinnati; Andrea Milner, Adrian College, and Tammy Waldron, University of Cincinnati.
SSMA, Colorado Springs, CO, 2011; Meet the SSMJ Editor and Staff: Publishing in the SSMJ Journal. Carla Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Shelly Harkness, University of Cincinnati; Andrea Milner, Adrian College.
NARST, Orlando, FL, 2011; Accelerating Achievement in Math and Science in Gifted Urban Students (AAMSUS): A Project-based; Guided Inquiry Program and the Nature of Science. Andrea R. Milner, Toni Sondergeld, and Laurence Coleman.
NARST, Philadelphia, PA, 2010; Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching Science: Examining the Impact of Pre/Post NCLB Testing in Science. Andrea R. Milner, Toni Sondergeld, Kadir Demir, Carla Johnson, and Charlene Czerniak.
Hawaii International Conference on Education, 2010, Elementary Teachers’ Needs: Examining the Impact of Pre/Post NCLB Testing in Science. Andrea R. Milner, Toni Sondergeld, Kadir Demir, Carla Johnson, and Charlene Czerniak.
NARST, Anaheim, CA, 2009; The effects of constructivist classroom contextual factors in a life science laboratory and traditional science classroom on elementary students’ motivation and learning strategies. Andrea R. Milner, Mark A. Templin, and Charlene M. Czerniak.

Regional

NWO (Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2012; Case Study: Strategies Modeling and Reading Together Through Integrating Science (SMARTTIS). Andrea R. Milner and Vanessa Morrison.
NWO (Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education), Perrysburg, OH, 2011; Discussion of Student Evaluations of Teachers (SETs). Raymond Heitger and Andrea R. Milner.
NWO (Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education), Perrysburg, OH, 2010; Locally Focused Modules: Science teachers, science students, and scientists collaborating for understanding. Andrea R. Milner, Gary Powell, and Kimberly Lemon.
NWO (Northwest Ohio Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education), Perrysburg, OH, 2009; Locally Focused Modules: Science teachers, science students, and scientists collaborating for understanding. Andrea R. Milner and Kimberly Lemon.

Professional affiliations

American Educational Research Association (AERA) http://www.aera.net/
Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) http://theaste.org/
National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) http://www.narst.org/
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) http://www.nctm.org/
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) http://www.nsta.org/
School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA) http://www.ssma.org/