Presentations & Publications

Gallagher, M. A., King, L. A., Suh, J. M., & Hargrove, D. L. (2019). The richness of mathematics noticed by teacher candidates in a Professional Development School model. School-University Partnerships, 12(1), pp. 36-44.

Anderson, B. & Gallagher, M. A. (2019). Responsive professional development for vocabulary instruction. Action in Teacher Education, 41(4), 361-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/01626620.2019.1616632

Gallagher, M. A., Taboada Barber, A., Beck, J., & Buehl, M. M. (2019). Academic vocabulary knowledge of middle schoolers of diverse language backgrounds. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 35(2), 84-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2018.1510796

Pellegrino, A., Peters Burton, E., & Gallagher, M. (2018). Considering the nature and history of science in secondary science textbooks. The High School Journal, 102(1), 18-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hsj.2018.0018

Taboada Barber, A., Buehl, M. M., Beck, J. S., Ramirez, E. M., Gallagher, M., Richey Nuland, L. N., & Archer, C. J. (2018). Literacy in social studies: The influence of cognitive and motivational practices on the reading comprehension of English Learners and non-English Learners. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 34(1) 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2017.1344942

Parsons, S. A., Vaughn, M., Scales, R. Q., Gallagher, M. A., Davis, S. G., Parsons, A. W., Pierczynski, M., Allen, M. (2018). Teachers’ instructional adaptations: A research synthesis. Review of Educational Research, 88, 205-242. https://doi-org.mutex.gmu.edu/10.3102/0034654317743198

Parsons, S., Gallagher, M. A., & the George Mason University Content Analysis Team. (2016). A content analysis of nine literacy journals, 2009-2014. Journal of Literacy Research, 48(4), 476-502. doi: 10.1177/1086296X16680053

Gallagher, M. A., & Anderson, B. (2016). Get “all jazzed up” for vocabulary instruction: Strategies that engage. The Reading Teacher, 70(3), 273-282. doi: 10.1002/trtr.1498

Taboada Barber, A., Gallagher, M. A., Buehl, M. M., Smith, P., & Beck, J. (2016). Examining student engagement and reading instructional activities: English learners’ profiles. Literacy Research and Instruction. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2016.1167987

Parsons, S. A., Parker, A. K., Daoud, N., Bruyning, A. K., Gallagher, M., & Groth, L. (2016). Striving to enact the professional development school philosophy: George Mason University's elementary education program. Teacher Educators' Journal, 9, 136-155.

Vaughn, M., Parsons, S. A., Gallagher, M. A., Branen, J. (2016). Teachers’ adaptive instruction supporting students’ literacy learning. The Reading Teacher, 69, 539-547. doi: 10.1002/trtr.1426

Peters-Burton, E., Pellegrino, A., & Gallagher, M. (2015). Humanizing the disciplines: Historical thinking and students’ understanding of the Nature of Science. The Georgia Social Studies Journal, 5(1), 54-67.

Book Chapters

*Indicates undergraduate student collaborator

Weiland, T. & Gallagher, M. A. (2022). Health, race, and ratios. In B. Conway, L. Id-Deen, M. C. Raygoza, A. Ruiz, J. W. Staley, & E. Thanheiser, (Eds.), Middle school mathematics lessons to explore, understand, and respond to social injustice (pp. 159-172). Corwin and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Gallagher, M. A., & Jones, J.* (2021). Supporting students’ critical literacy: Mathematical modeling and economic decisions. In J. Suh, M. H. Wickstrom, & L. English (Eds.), Exploring mathematical modeling with young learners, 373-388. Springer.

Gallagher, M. A., & Melancon, C. (2020). Swimming against the current in a sea of low expectations: Louisiana teachers building their own professional capital. In. N. Keefer & T. Flint (Eds.), Critical perspectives on teaching in the American South. Rowman Littlefield.

Ruiz, M. I., & Gallagher, M. A. (2020). Designing professional development to support teachers’ productive beliefs, knowledge, and practices for teaching mathematics to English language learners. In M. Civil & L. de Oliveira (Eds.), Teaching mathematics to English language learners: Preparing pre-service and in-service teachers, 47-71. Palgrave Macmillan.

Gallagher, M. A. (2019). Planning for engaging instruction: The 3C’s. In P. Sheppard & Gallagher, M. A. (Eds.). Strengthening mathematical reasoning among middle school students with hidden or unmet potential. Rowman Littlefield.

Watts, J., Gallagher, M. A., & Sheppard, P. (2019). Geometry city project. In P. Sheppard & Gallagher, M. A. (Eds.). Strengthening mathematical reasoning among middle school students with hidden or unmet potential. Rowman Littlefield.

Gallagher, M. A., Parsons, S. A., Parker, A. K., Groth, L., Brown, E. L., Baker, C., & Suh, J. M. (2018). The importance of collaboration: Embedding courses in clinical practice. In K. Zenkov & K. Pytash (Eds.), Clinical experiences in teacher preparation: Critical, project-based interventions in diverse classrooms (pp. 49-70). Routledge.

Suh, J. M. & Gallagher, M. A. (2018). Preservice teachers decomposing ambitious mathematics teaching: Video analysis and Professional Learning Communities. In D. Polly (Ed.), Innovative Practices in Teacher Preparation and Graduate-Level Teacher Education Programs, pp. 37- 47. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Pellegrino, A., Zenkov, K., & Gallagher, M. A., Long, L. (2016). Picturing new notions of civic engagement in the US: Youth-facilitated, visually-based explorations of the perspectives of our least franchised and most diverse citizens. In S. Greene, K. Burke, & M. McKenna (Eds.), Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement. Routledge.

Taboada Barber, A. & Gallagher, M. (2015). Supporting self regulated reading for English Language Learners in a middle school social studies class. In T.J. Cleary (Ed.), Self-Regulated Learning Interventions with At-Risk Populations: Academic, Mental Health, and Contextual Considerations. American Psychological Association.

Evaluation Reports

Bland, L. C., Miller, A., Mattix-Foster, A., Sapp, E., Knipe, J., Ramirez, E., Gallagher, M., Apollon, M., Konapasky, A., & Menditto, A. (2014). Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Scale-Up Initiative: Evaluation Report. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Gallagher, M. A., Rougee, A., Suh, J. M., & Jensen, J. (2019). Teaching prospective teachers to notice high leverage practices. In S. Otten, Z. de Araujo, A. Candela, C. Munter, & C. Haines (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (1295-1303). St. Louis, MO.

Suh, J. M., Gallagher, M. A., Birkhead, S., & Seshaiyer, P. (2019). Elementary teachers’ confidence in enacting mathematical modeling and their perspectives on the nature of mathematics. In S. Otten, Z. de Araujo, A. Candela, C. Munter, & C. Haines (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (542-546). St. Louis, MO.

Suh, J. M., Turner, E., Anhalt, C., Carlson, M., Wickstrom, M., Osana, H. P., Yanisko, E., Roth McDuffie, A., Matson, K., Gallagher, M. A., Bennett, A. B., Seshaiyer, P. (2019). Explore the nature of mathematical modeling in the early grades. In S. Otten, Z. de Araujo, A. Candela, C. Munter, & C. Haines (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (1967-1978). St. Louis, MO.

Suh, J. M., & Gallagher, M. A. (2016). Pre-service teachers engaged in team teaching and collective observation using the Mathematics Quality of Instruction. In M. B. Wood, E. E. Turner, M. Civil, & J. A. Eli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 965-966). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona. ISBN 978-0-692-62876-8

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations

Gallagher, M. A. (Keynote). (2021, September). Números Mesoamericanos: Valorando el Conocimiento de los Alumnos Indígenas. [Mesoamerican Numbers: Valuing the Knowledge of Indigenous Students.] Séptimo Congreso Internacional de Matemática Educativa [Seventh International Conference of Mathematics Education]. (Virtual conference)

National Conference Presentations

Gallagher, M. A., Jensen, J. L., Mitchell, M. L., & Scrivner, S. (2022, February). Equitably attending to and interpreting multilingual learners’ mathematical thinking: Resources for teacher educators. Discussion session to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Henderson, NV.

Bostic, J. Carney, M., Casey, S, Engledowl, C., Folger, T., Gallagher, M., Howell, H., Smith, W., Tjoe, H., & Wilhelm, A. (2022, February). Choose Your Instruments Wisely: Supporting Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Research and Practice. Symposium to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Henderson, NV.

Gallagher, M. A., Byrd, J., Habib, E., Willson, C. (2021, July). HydroLearn: Improving students’ conceptual understanding and technical skills in a civil engineering senior design course. Paper session to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education. Long Beach, CA. (Virtual conference)

Gallagher, M. A. & Meunier, E. (2021, June). Promoting equity for indigenous Latinx students. Paper session to be presented at the biannual meeting of TODOS: Mathematics for all. Scottsdale, AZ. (Virtual conference)

Haj-Broussard, M. & Gallagher, M. A. (2021, April). Multilingual learners’ achievement and linguistic proficiency in additive and subtractive language learning contexts. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. (Virtual conference)

Suh, J., Capen, L., & Gallagher, M. A. (2021, February). Supporting teachers to instantiate ambitious teaching practices through virtual video peer coaching. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (Virtual conference)

Jensen, J., & Gallagher, M. A. (2021, February). Mining for gold: A framework for interpreting student thinking using a lens of mathematical knowledge for teaching and anti-bias. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (Virtual conference)

Haj-Broussard, M., Gallagher, M. A., Young, M., & Honneger, M. (2020, April). Looking at the first language: l1 development in various English learning contexts. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. http://tinyurl.com/v2tplse (Conference canceled)

Gallagher, M. A., Rougee, A., & Suh, J. M. (2020, February). Implementing lessons to teach prospective teachers to notice high leverage practices. Discussion session to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ.

Jensen, J., & Gallagher, M. A. (2020, February). Transfer of eliciting and interpreting student thinking from literacy to mathematics. Brief research report to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ.

Byrd, J., Gallagher, M. A., Habib, E., Ames, D. P., & Tarboton, D. G. (2019, December). HydroLearn: An online platform for collaborative development and sharing of active-learning resources in hydrology education. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Gallagher, M. A., Rougee, A., Suh, J. M., & Jensen, J. (2019, November). Teaching prospective teachers to notice high leverage practices. Brief report presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North America. St. Louis, MO.

Suh, J. M., Gallagher, M. A., Birkhead, S., & Seshaiyer, P. (2019, November). Elementary teachers’ confidence in enacting mathematical modeling and their perspectives on the nature of mathematics. Brief report presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North America. St. Louis, MO.

Suh, J. M., Turner, E., Anhalt, C., Carlson, M., Wickstrom, M., Osana, H. P., Yanisko, E., Roth McDuffie, A., Matson, K., Gallagher, M. A., Bennett, A. B., Seshaiyer, P. (2019, November). Explore the nature of mathematical modeling in the early grades. Working Group presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North America. St. Louis, MO.

Haj-Broussard, M, Gallagher, M. A., Honeggar, M., Ruiz, M., Keefer, N., Young, M., Patrick, A., Rancel, M. (2019, November) English transformation center for sustainable and scalable success (ETCS3). Poster presented at the Office of English Language Acquisition 2019 Directors Meeting. Washington, DC.

Vaughn, M., Parsons, S. A., & Gallagher, M. A. (2019, November). Adaptive Teaching Inventory: Developing a measure of teacher adaptability. Roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Corpus Christi, TX.

Parsons, S. A., Gallagher, M. A., Ives, S., & Leggett, A. (2019, November). A content analysis of 15 literacy journals, 2007-2016. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore, MD.

Habib, E., Gallagher, M. A., Tarboton, D., & Ames, D. (2019, July). Facilitating the development, adaptation, and sharing of active-learning resources in hydrology education. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Provo, Utah.

Gallagher, M. A., & Ruiz, M. I. (2019, April). Teachers’ use of instructional practices for teaching mathematics to emergent bilinguals. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Bruce-Davis, M., Adams, M. S., & Gallagher, M. A. (2019, April). A collective case study of how teacher candidates modify lessons and coteach in lesson studies. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Parsons, S. A., Gallagher, M. A., Vaughn, M., Scales, R. Q., Ankrum, J. W., & Hayden, E. (2019, April). The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers: A validation study. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gallagher, M. A., Bruce-Davis, M., Suh, J. M., Taylor, C., & Kedinger, A. (2019, February). Evaluating the Depth of Teacher Candidates’ Reflections on the Mathematics of a Lesson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Development Schools, Atlanta, GA.

Habib, E. H., Tarboton, D. G., Ames, D. P., Elgazzar, K., Williams, D., Gallagher, M. (2018, December). HydroLearn: A online platform for developing and sharing of active learning resources in hydrology and water resources engineering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Parsons, S. A., Gallagher, M. A., Leggett, A. B., Ives, S. T., Parsons, A. W., & GMU Content Analysis Team (2018, November). A content analysis of 15 literacy journals over the last 10 years: Topics, theories, methods, and data sources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Louisville, KY.

Habib, E., ELgazzar, K., Williams, D., Gallagher, M., Sloey, T., Rivet, C., Tarboton, D., Merck, M., Ames, D., & Li, Z. (2018, April). An open source platform for developing, sharing and adoption of active-learning resources in hydrology and water resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Water Resources Association, Orlando, FL.

Gallagher, M. A., Parsons, S. A., Vaughn, M., Scales, R. Q., Parsons, A. W., Bruyning, A. K., & Davis, S. G. (2018, April). Literacy teachers’ instructional adaptations: A review of the literature, 1975-2014. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Gallagher, M. A., Parsons, S. A., Vaughn, M. (2018, April). Responsive teaching in mathematics: A review of the literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Adams, M., Gallagher, M. A., & Bruce-Davis, M. N. (2018, April). Engaging teacher candidates in lesson study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Ruiz, M. I. & Gallagher, M. A. (2018, April). Supporting teachers’ productive beliefs and practices for working with English Learners in math. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Gallagher, M. A., Bruce-Davis, M. N., & Adams, M. (2018, March). Supporting teacher candidates’ innovative and reflective practice through lesson study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Development Schools, Jacksonville, FL.

Suh, J. M. & Gallagher, M. A. (2018, February). Video analysis supporting preservice teachers noticing through cycles of structured observation and reflection. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Houston, TX.

Gallagher, M. A. (2017, April). Mathematics teacher effectiveness: Profiles of practice and teacher knowledge predicting student growth. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Gallagher, M. A. & Suh, J. M. (2017, April). Learning to notice ambitious mathematics instruction through cycles of structured observation and reflection. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Ankrum, J., Morewood, A., Hawkins, P., Parsons, S., Vaughn, M., Parsons, A., & Gallagher, M. A. (2017, April). Adaptive teaching observation (ATO): Creation and validation of an observation instrument. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Education Research Organization. Portsmouth, NH.