Associate Professor
Educational Foundations and Inquiry

554 Education
Office: 419-372-0247
Email: earleym@bgsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Educational Research & Measurement
University of Toledo, 2001

M.Ed., Foundations of Education (Educational Research), 1994

B.A., Mathematics, 1992

Courses Taught

• EDFI 641: Statistics in Education
• EDFI 642: Research in Education
• EDFI 751: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education I
• EDFI 752: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education II
• EDFI 754: Qualitative Research Methods in Education
• EDFI 756: Mixed-Methods Research in Education

Recent Publications

• Earley, M. A. (2007). Students' expectations of introductory statistics instructors. Statistics Education Research Journal, 6, 51 - 66. Available at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj/SERJ6(1).pdf
  
• Earley, M. A. (2007). Lessons learned from students' research experiences [Editorial]. Journal of Research Practice, 3(1), Article E1. Available at http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/93/75
• Earley, M. A. (2007). Developing a syllabus for a mixed-methods research course. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory & Practice, 10, 145 - 162.
• Booth, M. Z., Sheehan, H. C., & Earley, M. A. (2007). Middle grades school contexts and early adolescent self-esteem. Middle Grades Research Journal, 2, 73 - 97.
• Earley, M. A., Skidmore, R., & Fasko, D. (2006). Psychometric evaluation of the Assessment of Learner Self-Perceptions (ALSP). Research in the Schools, 13, 47 - 59.
• Earley, M. A. (2006). Increasing students' perceptions of the relevance of statistics. Teaching & Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice, 20, 204 - 225. Available at http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/ehd/journal/summer2006/earley.pdf
• Ellis, J. B., & Earley, M. A. (2006). Reciprocity and constructions of informed consent: Researching with Indigenous populations. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5(4), Article 1. Available at http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/5_4/pdf/ellis.pdf

Grants

• Jennings Foundation Grant with Maumee City Schools and Heather Chase Sheehan to study Maumee High School’s switch to trimesters ($12,000).
  
• Project PICT 2002 – 2003 Curriculum Development Grant (BGSU) with Craig Mertler, Rachel Vannatta, Monika Schäffner, John Gindlesberger, and Harry Boguszewski ($5,000).

Select Service Activities

• Program Coordinator, Educational Foundations & Inquiry
  
• Vice-Chair, EDHD Scholarship Committee
  
• Advisor, AYA Integrated Mathematics Education
  
• Facilitator, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Faculty Learning Community (CTLT)
  
• Faculty Senator
  
• Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees
  
• Chair, Undergraduate Admissions Advisory Committee
  
• Member, Faculty Senate Amendments & By-Laws Committee
  
• 2008 Program Chair, Professors of Educational Research SIG of AERA
  
• Secretary/Treasurer, Mixed Methods Research SIG of AERA
  
• Co-Chair, Division D of Mid-Western Educational Research Association
  
• Assistant District Grand Master (BIAR), Northern/Central Ohio District of Kappa Sigma Fraternity
  
• Member, Partners in Education of Toledo Board of Trustees