Professor
Lynch School of Education
Telephone: 617-552-8089
Email: laura.odwyer.1@bc.edu
Impacts of Technology-based Interventions
Experimental Design
Hierarchical Linear Modeling and Power Analysis
International Comparative Studies
Dr. O橠wyer's research contributes to the field through the statistical examination of the ways in which individual and contextual (e.g., school and district) characteristics are associated with student and teacher outcomes, and through the design and application of large-scale studies to explore the effects of educational interventions and policies.
O橠wyer is the author the textbook,聽Quantitative Research Methods for the Qualitative Researchers聽(2014). She has published more than 40 journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports. Most recently, she published: 淒evelopment and Application of the Elementary School Science Classroom Environment Scale (ESSCES): Measuring Student Perceptions of Constructivism within the Science Classroom (Journal of Learning Environment); 淚mpact of Online Professional Development on Teacher Quality and Student Achievement in Fifth Grade Mathematics (Journal of Research on Technology in Education); 淭he Effects of Online Teacher Professional Development on Fourth Grade Students Knowledge and Practices in English Language Arts (Journal of Technology and Teacher Education); 淭he Effects of Online Teacher Professional Development on Seventh Grade Teachers' and Students' Knowledge and Practices in English Language Arts (Teacher Educator); 淐hanges in How Students Use and Are Called Homophobic Epithets Over Time: Patterns Predicted by Gender, Bullying, and Victimization Status (Journal of Educational Psychology).听