Name:  Laura O'Dwyer
Title:  Assistant Professor, Leadership in Schooling

Office:  O'Leary 522
Phone:  978.934.4633
Fax:  978.934.3005
                                  

• Ph.D.,  Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation, Boston College, Lynch School of Education, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
• M.Sc., Applied Geophysics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• B.Sc., Double major Applied Physics and Electronics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

• 07.640   Research Methods
• 07.701   Seminar in Data Analysis
• 07.702   Seminar in Research Methodology and Design
• 07.705   Survey Research Techniques and Strategies
• 05.730   Advanced Research Seminar I: Leadership in Schooling
• 05.710   Research Planning: Leadership
   

• 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. (2004) 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. Expected publication date: Fall/Winter 2004.

• 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.

• O’Dwyer, L.M., (In Press). Examining Changes in the Variability of Mathematics Performance using Data from TIMSS ’95 and TIMSS ’99. Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation. Expected publication date: Spring 2005.

• 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.

Selected Professional, Non-Refereed Publications:

• O’Dwyer, L.M., Russell, M., & Bebell, D. (2004). Elementary teachers’ use of technology: Characteristics of teachers, schools, and districts associated with technology use. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Russell, M., O’Dwyer, L. M., & Bebell, D.(2004). Examining the relationship between home and school computer use and students’ Mathematics test scores. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• O’Dwyer, L.M., Russell, M., & Bebell, D. (2004). Middle and High School teachers’ use of technology: Characteristics of teachers, schools, and districts associated with technology use. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• O’Dwyer, L. M., Russell, M., Bebell, D., Seeley, K. (2004). Examining the relationship between home and school computer use and students’ English/language arts test scores. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Russell, M., Bebell, D., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2003) Use, support, and effect of instructional technology study: An overview of the USEIT study and the participating districts. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Russell, M., O’Dwyer, L.M., Bebell, D., & Miranda, H. (2003) Technical report for the USEIT study. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Russell, M., O’Brien, E., Bebell, D., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2003) Students’ Beliefs, Access, and Use of Computers in School and at Home. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• O’Connor, K., Goldberg, A., Russell, M., Bebell, D., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2004) Teachers’ beliefs about access, use, support, and obstacles in using instructional technology. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Russell, M., Bebell, D., O’Dwyer, L.M., & O’Connor, K. (2003). Teachers’ beliefs about and use of technology: Enhancing the use of technology for new and veteran teachers. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.

• Bebell, D., Russell, M., & O’Dwyer, L.M. (2004). Measuring teachers’ technology uses: Why multiple-measures are more revealing. Boston, MA: Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Boston College.