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Antoinette Favazza, Professor

(401) 874-7419
Tonif@uri.edu

  

 

 

Education

Ed.D.

John Hopkins University, Honors and Distinction in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

1983

M.A.

Rowan University, Reading/Language Arts

1975

B.A.

University of Miami, Honors in English

1971

Courses taught

EDC 102

Introduction to American Education

EDC 312

The Psychology of Learning

EDC 400

Middle Level Curriculum

EDC 415

Adolescents and Classroom Management

EDC 503

Education in Contemporary Society

EDC 508

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development

EDC 568

Differentiation of Instruction

EDC 569

Standards Based Practices in the Middle Level Classroom

Research Interests

  • Adolescent Development/Adolescent Education
  • Educational Reform and School Improvement
  • Curriculum Instruction and Assessment to Ensure Student Success: (Understanding By Design and Universal Design for Learning)

Selected Publications

Favazza, A., Felner, R., Shim, M., Brand, S., Gu, K. & Noonan, N.  Whole School Improvement and Restructuring as Prevention and Promotion:  Lessons from STEP and the Project on High Performance Learning Communities (Hi-Places).  Journal of School Psychology.  (2001).  Vol. 01, pp. 177-202.

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D. W., Felner, R. D., Bergner, T., Brand, S., Gu, K., Steiny, J.). (2000) Information Works! Measuring Rhode Island Schools for Change 2000. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D. W., Felner, R. D., Bergner, T., Brand, S., Gu, K., Steiny, J.). (2000) (policy brief) Productive, Caring and Mutually Intriguing Teacher/Student Relationships: What’s it Going to Take? Information Works! Measuring Rhode Island Schools for Change 2000. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

Favazza, A. (with Steiny, J., Devine, D., Niska, J., & Seitsinger, R.) In the Middle! From the Margins to the Middle: Eight Years Later: A Status Report on Middle Grades Education in Rhode Island. (2000) Rhode Island Department of Education, Rhode Island Middle Level Educators (RIMLE).

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D. W., Felner, R. D., Bergner, T., Brand, S., Gu, K., Steiny, J.). (1999) Information Works! Measuring Rhode Island Schools for Change 1999. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D. W., Felner, R. D., Bergner, T., Brand, S., Gu, K., Steiny, J.). (1999) (policy brief) 100% Proficiency of all Rhode Island Fourth Graders: What Will it Take? Information Works! Measuring Rhode Island Schools for Change 1999. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

First Place award in the American Educational Research Association, Division H Publication Competition in the Summary Reports Category, Montreal, Canada (1999).

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D.W., Felner, R. D., Bergner, T., Brand, S., Gu, K., Steiny, J.). (1998). Information Works! A statewide analysis 1998. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

Favazza, A. (with Shim, M., Cheek, D.W., Felner, R. D., Steiny, J.). (1998). Information Works! A Technical Brief. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Education, University of Rhode Island, National Center on Public Education and Social Policy.

 

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