Research Presentations & Publications

DISSERTATION

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2014). Using Rasch models to develop and validate
an environmental thinking learning progression. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., Clinchot, M., Daniels, H. & Bennie, F. (2012). Across the city
and across grades: Investigating energy flow in the Boston Harbor Ecosystem. Science
Scope, 36(3), 39-42.
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Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., McNeill, K. L., & Hoffman, E. M. (2012). Connecting urban youth
with their environment: The impact of an urban ecology course on student content
knowledge, environmental awareness and responsible behaviors. Research in Science
Education, 42(5), 1007-1026.
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BOOK CHAPTERS

Martell, C. C., & Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2012). Throwing out the textbook: A teacher research
study of changing texts in the history classroom. In H. Hickman & B. J. Porfilio
(Eds.), The new politics of the textbook: Critical analysis in the core content areas.
(pp. 305-320). Boston: Sense Publishers.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Hashimoto-Martell, E.A., Daniels, H., Bennie, F. & Clinchot, M. (2013, April). Reconfiguring
the Urban Science Experience: The Power of Diversity, Social Context, and the Local
Environment. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the National Association for Research
in Science Teaching, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., Daniels, H., Bennie, F. & Clinchot, M. (2012, April). Vertical
collaborative inquiry: Assessing elementary and middle school students’ models
of energy transfer in ecosystems. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2012, March). Building bridges across the borders: Elementary
student conceptions of science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2011, April). Exploring science identities of elementary
students of color. Presented as part of the Invited Presidential Session,
Practitioner research: Counternarratives on practice at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Martell, C. C. & Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2011, April). Throwing out the
history textbook: Changing social studies texts and the impact on students.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, LA.

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2011, February). “Can I be a scientist?”
Scientific identities of elementary students of color. Presentation at the Annual
Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA.

Martell, C. C. & Hashimoto-Martell, E. A. (2011, February). Taking on the
history textbook: A critical examination of texts used in a social studies
classroom. Presentation at the Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum,
Philadelphia, PA.

Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., McNeill, K. L., & Hoffman, E. M. (2010, May).
The Impact of an urban ecology course on students’ scientific learning,
environmental awareness and stewardship. Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Bennie, F., Clinchot, M., Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., Ripley, H. (2010, April).
Investigating how students use models to visually represent knowledge of energy
transfer in an ecosystem. Poster presented at the Boston Science Partnership
Showcase, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.

Douglas, E., Hashimoto-Martell, E. A., Balicki, S., Oglavie, D. & Fairbank, C.
(2009, December). Teaching science to science teachers: Lessons taught and lessons
learned. Presentation at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, CA.