Research Education

Dr. Debby Zambo

Associate Professor Psychology in Education

Coordinator EdD Leadership and Innovation

Arizona State University

Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation

4701 W. Thunderbird Road FAB 273N

Glendale, AZ 85069

Phone: 602-***-****

Email: abp99e@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

May 2003

August 1995

December 1990

Ph. D. in Educational Psychology, Learning and Instruction, Arizona State University

Dissertation Title: Uncovering the Mental Representations of Students with Dyslexia

Chairs: Dr. Sarah K. Brem and Dr. Raymond Kulhavy

Master's Degree in Special Education Arizona State University

Thesis Title: The Changing Paradigm in Mathematics Education for Students with Learning Disabilities

Chair: Dr. Sam Di Gangi

B.A. in Special Education University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

CERTIFICATION: State of Arizona: Teaching certificate in special education K-12 in the areas of emotional disabilities and learning disabilities also hold a reading specialist endorsement.

EMPLOYMENT: University Level

May 2011

May 2010

May 2003 – present

August 2002 –

May 2003

2001 – 2002

2000 – 2001

Coordinator, Ed.D. Leadership and Innovation

Associate Professor Arizona State University College Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Assistant Professor Arizona State University College of Teacher Education and Leadership

Lecturer Arizona State University College of Teacher Education and Leadership

Research Assistant Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. Worked on a National Science Foundation Grant The Public Works Project: Investigating Critical Thinking in Multimedia Environments to Improve Public Utilization of Science. My part was investigating the conceptual representations of students with dyslexia

Teaching Assistant Arizona State University, Tempe Campus

EMPLOYMENT: K-12 Level

1991 – 2000

Teacher of Students with Emotional and Learning Disabilities – Pasco County, Florida and Cartwright District, Phoenix, Arizona (Primary/Intermediate Grades K-4) and (High School) New Way Learning Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona

PUBLICATIONS:

Zambo, D., & Davidson, C. (2012). Ostracism and adolescents with learning and behavior disabilities: Preventing and lessening its effects. Intervention in School and Clinic, 48(3). DOI: 10.1177/1053451212454167ISC 48(3). Online August 15, 2012. 48:3 will be in the January 2013 issue.

Buss, R.B. Zambo, D. Painter, S.R. & Moore, D.W. (2012). Examining Faculty Member Changes in an Innovative Educational Doctorate Program. Innovative Higher Education, (37)2. Online first http://www.airweb.org/eAIR/journalnews/Pages/JournalNewsIHE.aspx

DOI 10.1007/s10755-012-9222-3

Amrein-Beardsley, A., Zambo, D., Moore, D. W., Buss, R. R., Perry, N. J., Painter, S. R., Carlson, S. L., Foulger, T. S., Olson, K., & Puckett, K. S. (2012). Graduates respond to an innovative educational doctorate program. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 7(1), 98–122, DOI: 10.1177/1942775112440630

Zambo, D., & Isai, S. (2012) Lessons learned by a faculty member working in an education doctorate program with students performing action research Educational Action Research, 20(3), 471–477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2012.697668

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2012) Beliefs of college students inside an outside of education. Education Quest, 9(1), 87-93.

Zambo, D. (2011). Action research as signature pedagogy in an Education Doctorate program:

The reality and hope. Innovative Higher Education, 36(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9171-7

Zambo D. (2011). Young girls discovering their voice through literacy. Young Children, 66(2), 28-35.

Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2011). Neurons and the Process Standards. Teaching Children Mathematics, 18(4), 244-250.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2011). Teachers’ Beliefs about Neuroscience and Education. Teaching Educational Psychology 7(2), 25-41.

Hansen, C. C. & Zambo, D. (2011). Boys’ physical and social transactions with texts in read alouds. The California Reader, 44(4), 30-35.

Zambo, D. (2011). Action research as signature pedagogy in an Education Doctorate program: The

reality and hope. Innovative Higher Education, 36(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9171-7

Hansen, C. C. & Zambo, D. (2010). Boys in the Club: Exploring Positive Male Archetypes with

Preschool Males. Literacy Research and Instruction, 49, 1-16.

Zambo, D. (2010). Strategies to enhance the social identities and social networks of adolescent students with disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children, 43(2). 28-35.

Zambo, D. (2010). Picture books for social justice: Helping students understand challenges

faced by African American males in poverty. The California Reader, 44(2), 19-26.

Zambo, D. (2010). Using gender reading buddies to help students gain literacy and a positive perspective of themselves. Arizona Reading Journal 36(2), 17-22.

Hansen, C.C. & Zambo D. (2010). Boys in the Club: Exploring Positive Male Archetypes with

Preschool Males. Literacy Research and Instruction, 49, 1-16.

Zambo, D. (2010). Using gender reading buddies to help students gain literacy and a positive perspective of themselves. Arizona Reading Journal 36(2), 17-22.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2009). What future teachers’ think about brain research, Teaching

Educational Psychology, 2(5), 39-49.

Zambo, D. (2009). Gifted students in the 21st century: Using Vygotsky’s theory to meet their literacy and content area needs. Gifted Education International, 25(3), 270-280.

Zambo D. (2009). Using picture books and literacy activities to help young boys develop literacy skills and positive traits. The California Reader, 42(4), 11-18.

Zambo D. (2009). Using visual literacy to help adolescents with and without physical Disabilities understand how images influence their lives. Teaching Exceptional Children, 41(6), 60-67.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2009). Educators’ perceptions about brain research. Academic Exchange Quarterly 13(19), 89-94.

Zambo, D. (2008). Childcare workers knowledge about the brain and developmentally appropriate practice. Early Childhood Education Journal, 35, 571-577

Zambo, D. (2008). Everyone needs a positive story of themselves as doers and thinkers of mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, 15(4), 226-234.

Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2008). The impact of professional development in mathematics on teachers’ individual and collective efficacy: The stigma of underperforming. Teacher Education Quarterly, 35(1), 159-168.

Zambo, D. (2008). Girls will be girls: Looking at ADHD through a gender lens and using this information to help girls with ADHD. Intervention in School and Clinic, 44(1), 34-40.

Zambo, D. (2007). Everyone needs a positive story of themselves and reading. The New Mexico Journal of Reading, 28(2), 6-9.

Zambo, R., & Zambo, D. (2007) Mathematics and the learning cycle: How the brain works as it learns mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, 14(5), 265-270.

Zambo, D. (2007). Using picture books to provide archetypes to young boys: Extending the ideas of William Brozo. The Reading Teacher, 61(2), 124-131.

Zambo, D. (2007). The fuel of educational psychology and the fire of action research. Teaching Educational Psychology, 2(1), 2-12. Retrieval date October 2007 from http://www.coe.uga.edu/tep/pdf_Spring_2007/zambofinalformatted.pdf

Hansen, C. C., & Zambo, D. (2007). Loving and learning with Wemberly and David: Fostering emotional development. Early Childhood Education Journal 34(4). 273-287.

Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2007). Love, language, and emergent literacy: Pathways to emotional development of the very young. Young Children, 62(3), 32-37.

Zambo, D. (2007). What can you learn from Bombaloo? Using picture books to help young students with special needs regulate their emotions. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(3). 32-39.

Painter, S., Wetzel, K, & Zambo, D. (2007). Elementary principals’ views of action research during student teaching. AR Expeditions. Retrieval date March 18, 2006 from http://arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=104

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2006). Action research in undergraduate teacher education program: What promises does it hold? Action in Teacher Education, (28)4, 62-74.

Zambo, D. (2006). Students meet Wilfred Gordon: Understanding memory with picture books and improving memory with strategies. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(1), 24-27.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006). Using thought bubble pictures to assess students’ feelings about mathematics. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 12(1), 14-21.

Zambo, D. (2006). Using thought bubble pictures to assess students’ feelings about reading. The Reading Teacher, 59(8), 798-803.

Zambo, D. (2006) Learning from picture book characters in readaloud sessions for students with ADHD. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus 2(4). Retrieval date March, 2006 from

http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol2/iss4/art4/

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2006). Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of action research. AR Expeditions. Retrieval date March 18, 2006 from http://arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=96

Zambo, D., & Hansen, C. (2005). Once upon a theory: Using picture books to help students understand educational psychology. Teaching Educational Psychology 1(1). Retrieval date November 2005 from http://www.coe.uga.edu/tep/pdf_2005/index.html

Zambo, D. (2005). Using the picture book Thank You Mr. Falker to understand struggling readers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48(6), 502-512.

Zambo, D. (2005) Penchants for action and excitement: How literacy choices of boys stem from culture, society, and their brains. Georgia Journal of Reading, 28(2), 11-15.

Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2005). Piaget, meet Lilly: Understanding child development through picture book characters. The Early Childhood Education Journal retrieval date November 16, 2005 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-005-0020-8

Zambo, D. (2005). The adolescent brain on books: Five steps to using literature to help adolescents understand their brain and behavior. California Reader, 38(3), 32-38.

Zambo, D. (2005). The promise of action research. Academic Exchange Quarterly, (9)3, 203-209.

Zambo, D., & Brem, S. K. (2004). Emotion and cognition in students who struggle to read: New insights and ideas. Reading Psychology an International Quarterly, 25(3), 189-204.

Zambo, D. (2004). Using qualitative methods to reveal the true impact of dyslexia. The Qualitative Report, 9(1), 80-94.

Zambo, R., & Zambo, D. (2004). The effects on performance of providing a contextual image with mathematics word problems. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8(2), 226-230.

BOOKS:

Zambo D. & Brozo, W.G. (2009). Bright beginnings for boys: Engaging young boys in active literacy. Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.

Hansen C.C., & Zambo D. (2007). Through the eyes of children’s authors: Using

picture books to understand theory. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

Zambo, D. (2010). Using Picture Books and Literary Experiences to Help Boys and Girls Develop Literacy and Socio-Emotional Skills. In T. Jacobson (Ed.) Perspectives on Gender in Early Childhood, 127-154. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.

Zambo, D. & Cooper Hansen, C. (2010). Once upon a theory: Using picture books to help students understand educational psychology. Was invited to be reprinted as a chapter on. G.S. Goodman, Ed., Educational psychology reader: The art and science of how people learn, 641-650. New York: Peter Lang.

Zambo, D. & Hansen, C.C. (2010). Once upon a theory: Using picture books to help students understand educational psychology. In G.S. Goodman (Ed.), Educational psychology reader: The art and science of how people learn, 641-650. New York: Peter Lang.

CITATIONS IN BOOKS:

Zambo, D. (2008). Thought Bubble Technique. In S.M. Bell & R S. McCallum Eds. In Handbook of Reading Assessment, 252-253. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Parts of my dissertation were published in Leedy and Ormrod’s book Practical Research 8th Edition (April 2004). Appendix B plus the major headings from my dissertation are cited on pages 38, 147, 148-149, and 294.

A presentation, based on my dissertation given at the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting is cited in McDevitt and Ormrod’s Child Development and Education. It appeared in the third (2007) edition and is in the fourth (2010) edition.

My article Emotion and Cognition written with Sarah Brem is referenced in Jeanne Ormrod’s (2009) seventh edition of Educational Psychology: Developing Learners.

My article Emotion and Cognition written with Sarah Brem and AERA presentation are referenced in Jeanne Ormrod’s (2009) second edition of Essentials of Educational Psychology.

OTHER:

2008 An interview with me titled Boys and Books appeared in Reading Today, 26(3), p. 8.

2007 An interview with me about my work appears online at EducationalNews.org

http://www.ednews.org/articles/18234/1/An-Interview-with-Debby-Zambo--About-Reading-Emotion-and-Cognition/Page1.html

My work on neuroscience is cited on these online articles and blogs:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/06/06/33neuroscience_ep.h31.html?tkn=ONZFvhM607w7%2BIiXfEPVWboggnRimrXzN7u%2B&cmp=clp-edweek

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/06/06/33teachers.h31.html?tkn=QMCFdkGZMV2m7%2BqxClqvXh1WsWnWtdl0kNfT&cmp=clp-sb-ascd

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school research/2011/04/aera_teachers_like_neuroscienc.html

MANUSCRIPTS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Cruz, H., & Zambo, D. (accepted May 20, 2011). Giving Students in Middle School the Power to See Their Own Learning: Using Student Data Portfolios to Understand Assessment. Middle School Journal.

Zambo, D. & Isai, S. (accepted) Action Research and the Educational Doctorate: New Promises and Visions. Journal of Research on Leadership Education.

Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (conditionally accepted). Using I Poems to Hear the Voices and Understand the Actions of Ed.D. Students Conducting Action Research. Submitted to Educational Action Research.

BOOK IN PROCESS

Wasserman, L.H., & Zambo, D. (Eds). Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Links to Development and Learning. Springer Publications. Sent to publisher June 1, 2012

Zambo, D. Chapter 1. The Practical and Ethical Issues of using Neuroscience to Teach and Help Young Children Behave.

Wasserman, L.H., & Zambo, D. Introductory chapter.

Zambo, D. & Wasserman. Concluding chapter.

PRESENTATIONS:

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, July). Using I poems to hear the voices of Ed.D. students doing action research. In the International Yearbook on Teachers and Teacher Education: Towards excellence in curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. 55th International Council for Teaching World Assembly. Glasgow, Scotland, University of Glasgow.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Zambo, D, & Hochbein, C.G. Research Preparation in the EdD. Annual Convening of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate. William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Perry, J., Zambo, D., Brown-Welty, S., Ferrigno, T., Mayer, A., Reardon, M. Ignite session; Dissertations in Practice. accepted UCEA 2012

Perry (Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate) Dissertation in Practice: Creating Generative Impact using Theory & Practice

Zambo D. (Arizona State University): Dissertation in Practice: Action Research Dissertations as a means to prepare Scholarly and Influential Practitioners

Brown-Welty, S. (California State University Fresno) Dissertations in Practice: Doctoral Dissertation Studies that Address Regional Educational Problems of Practice

Ferrigno, T. (University of Kentucky) Dissertation in Practice: Transformative Learning to Support Companion Dissertations

Mayer, A. (University of Connecticut) Dissertation in Practice: Capstone Projects as advanced leadership development preparation for aspiring school leaders.

Reardon, M. (VCU) Dissertation in Practice: Research Quality in the Context of Team-based Program Evaluation

Zambo, D., Zambo, R, Wetzel K, & Painter, S. (June 2012) Critical Friends Exercise: Dissertation in Practice. Presentation lead at the June Convening of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, California State University, Fresno, CA.

Zambo, D., & Zambo R. (2012, May) Teachers perceptions of neuroscience: The hope and the allure. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction Sig 22: Neuroscience and Education at the Institute of Education, London, UK.

Zambo, D., Buss, R, Zambo, R. & Williams, T. (2012). Using Leader Scholar Communities to Support EdD Students Conducting Action Research as Dissertation Work. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2012). Teachers’ Perceptions of Neuroscience, Medical Research, and Students with Attention Deficit Disorder. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.

Zambo, R., Buss, R., & Zambo, D. (November, 2011). On Going Reform in an Education Doctorate. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.

Zambo, D., Zambo, R. & Buss, R. (November, 2011). Articulating the future of leadership preparation: Reclaiming the educational doctorate as the degree of choice for scholarly and influential practitioners. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.

Osterman, K., Browne-Ferrigno, T., Furman, G., Fusarelli, L.D., Fusarelli, B.C., Sernak, K., & Zambo, D. (November, 2011). Action Research: Its role and value in Ed.D. programs for educational leaders. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.

Storey, V., Perry, J., Zambo, D., & Taylor, R. (2011). Evaluating the role of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate in redesigning professional practice preparation. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.

Canelake, C., Hansen, C. C., & Zambo, D. (November, 2011). Developing scholarly practitioners who make a difference: Promoting school reform and leadership through Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Ed.D. program. Presentation given at MLFTC School Reform & Leadership Conference. Mesa, AZ.

Zambo, D., Rueda, R., Brown-Welty, S. Gabriner, R. (November, 2011). How do we go about program assessment? Presentation given at the November Convening of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

Zambo, D., Jensen, J., & Mayer, A. (2011). The role of inquiry in the Education Doctorate. Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate Phase II Convening. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011). Using I poems to hear the voices of Ed.D. students doing action research. In the International Yearbook on Teacher Education of the 55th World Assembly on Education in Teaching. Wheeling, IL: International Council on Education for Teaching at National Louis University.

Imig. D., Perry, J.A., Shakeshaft, C., Clark, H., Robinson, S., Robinson, M., Latta, M., Wunder, S., Zambo, D., Zambo. R., Welty-Brown, S., & Young, B. (2011, July). A focus on leadership: Changing the Education Doctorate. Symposium presented at the International Council for Teaching World Assembly. Glasgow, Scotland. In the International Yearbook on Teachers and Teacher Education: Towards excellence in curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. 55th International Council for Teaching World Assembly. Glasgow, Scotland, University of Glasgow.

Zambo, D. (2011, April). Using action research in the educational doctorate as signature pedagogy and capstone experience to develop stewards of practice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, April). Educator’s beliefs about neuroscience and education: Why they think and why. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo, D. & Hansen, C. (2011, April). Go forth: Inciting the imaginations and futures of fourth-grade boys. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, April). Educator’s beliefs about neuroscience and education: Why they think and why. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Buss, R.R., Zambo, R., Moore, D. M., & Zambo, D. (2011, April). Faculty member changes in an innovative Educational Doctorate. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo, D. & Hansen, C. (2011, April). Go forth: Inciting the imaginations and futures of fourth-grade boys. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo, D. (2011, April). Using action research in the educational doctorate as signature pedagogy and capstone experience to develop stewards of practice. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Zambo D., & Hansen, C. (December, 2010). Go fourth: Preadolescent male perceptions of honorable manhood. National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association 60h Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.

Zambo, D., Bostick, B.A., Canelake, C., Aguilar-Lawlor, L., Lyding, L., & Wells, S.

(November, 2010). The action research dissertation as a means to reform, reimage, and reinvent educational research, Arizona Educational Research Organization 23rd Annual Conference, Mesa, AZ.

Moore, D., Painter, S. Zambo, D., Buss, R., Zambo R., & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (October, 2010). The contribution of an innovative ED.D. program to preparing school and district leaders. Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

Zambo, D., & Puckett, K. (2010, April/May) The reality and hope of action research as signature pedagogy in the Educational Doctorate. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2010, April/May) Educators’ Beliefs about Neuroscience in Education: Promises and Concerns. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Moore, D. W, Buss, R., R., Foulger, T. S., Olson, K., Painter, S., & Zambo, D. (2010, April/May) Identity changes in an Innovative Educational Doctorate. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Perry, N. J, Amrein-Beardsley, A., Carlson, D. L., Foulger, T. S., Olson, K., & Zambo, D. (2010, April/May) Examining the Complexities of Curricular Reform in the Education Doctorate. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Zambo, D. (2010, March). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build Good Behaviors and a Positive Vision of Manhood. Invited presentation given to the Phoenix West Reading Council. Glendale, Arizona.

Zambo, D. (2009, September). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build a Positive Vision and Enhancing that Vision with a Classroom Community. Southwestern Arizona Association for Early Childhood Educators. Tucson, Arizona.

Zambo, D., Cruz, C., Davidson, C, Isai, S., Ochsner, K. Sterr, R., & Vasquez, V. (2009, November). The New Education Doctorate: Projects, Supports, and Needs of Candidates Performing Action Research. at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research Organization, Phoenix, AZ.

Painter, S., Moore, D., Zambo, D. & Buss, R., (November, 2009). Faculty Change to Support an Innovative Ed.D. Program. Presented at University Council for Educational Administration Conference. Anaheim, California.

Zambo, D. (2009, October). Using a 3 Three-Step Process to Help Boys Build a Positive Vision of Masculinity and Enact that Vision within a Classroom Community. Presented at the 51st Annual Arizona Reading Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona.

Zambo, D. (2009, September). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build a Positive Vision and Enhancing that Vision with a Classroom Community. Southwestern Arizona Association for Early Childhood Educators. Tucson, Arizona.

Zambo, D., & Brozo, W. (2009, February). Author chat. Invited presentation at the 54th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Phoenix.

Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2008, September). Boys in the club: Exploring young boys, literacy, and picture books. Research poster session presented at the 54th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Phoenix, Arizona.

Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2008, September). Best practice in vocabulary instruction. Presented at the 54th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Phoenix, Arizona.

Clark, C. & Zambo, D. (2009, February). Action research in doctoral study: Integrating research, rigor and relevance. Roundtable discussion presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, Chicago, Illinois.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2008, November). How children make sense of mathematics in their brain. Paper presented at School Science and Mathematics Association’s Annual Conference, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2008, September). Best practice in vocabulary instruction.

Presented at the 50th Annual Arizona Reading Conference. Glendale, Arizona.

Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2008, September). Young boys and literacy: using picture books with positive male characters to lead boy to literacy. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Arizona Reading Conference. Glendale, Arizona.

Clark, C, Puckett, K., Zambo, D., Beardsley, A., Moore. D., Painter, S., Tovar, A., Foulger, T. & Kelley, M. F. (2008, August). Sustaining communities of practice in doctoral inquiry: Theory, challenge, and delight. Contributing author to a paper presented at EARLI SIG 11 Teaching and Teacher Education Conference Fribourg, Switzerland.

Clark, C, Painter, S., Foulger, T, Perry, N., Zambo, D., Gilson, R, Mosco, M. & Warren, G. (2007, November). Action research in doctoral education. Panel discussion presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research Organization, Phoenix, AZ.

Zambo, D. (May, 2007). Extending the work of William Brozo: Young boys and archetypes. Presented at the 52nd Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Toronto, Canada.

Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2007, April). Action research in a teacher preparation program: Effects over time on five variables. Paper resented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2007, April). Student teachers reflections on action research. Roundtable presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Zambo, D. (November 2007). I was invited to be a session moderator at the Annual Conference of the Southwest Consortium of Innovative Psychology in Education. Glendale, Arizona.

Zambo, D. (2006, October). Teaching action research in a preservice teacher education program: Effects over time. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research Organization. Phoenix, Arizona.

Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006, April). How do students with learning disabilities feel about mathematics? Paper presentation at the National Council of Teac

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