STAFF
Alice K. Holt Taum
(ataum@hawaii.edu)
Position: Project manager and researcher
Education: BA, Chaminade University (English and psychology); MEd., University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (educational psychology)
Scholarly interests and expertise: Research methodology; cultural influences on teaching and learning; Hawaiian students and learning – with a focus on learning science through culture; teacher professional development; organizational theory; educational policy
Current and recent projects:
1. National Science Foundation Project, Phase-I Study of the Effects of Professional Development and Long-term Support on Program Implementation and Scaling Up
2. National Science Foundation, Gender in Science Engineering: The Role of Gender in Language Used by Children and Parents on Mathematical Tasks
3. USDOE, Native Hawaiian Education Act, Ka Wana Series
4. USDOE, Native Hawaiian Education Act, Ho‘omana Hou High School
Selected publications and presentations:
Brandon, P. R., & Taum, A. K. H. (2005, April). Instrument development for a study comparing two versions of inquiry science professional development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Brandon, P. R., & Taum, A. K. H. (2005, October). Development and validation of the inquiry science teacher log and inquiry science teacher questionnaire. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Toronto.
Taum, A. K. H., Wyatt-Beck, T. & Yamauchi, L. (2004, April). The effects of a three-year professional study group on teacher’s enactment of the five standards for effective pedagogy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Hawai‘i Educational Research Association, Honolulu, HI.
Taum, A. K. H. & Wyatt, T. (2004, October). Making meaning: Connecting school to
Hawaiian students’ lives. Paper presented at the Kamehameha Schools 2004 Research Conference on Hawaiian Well-being, Honolulu, HI.
Taum, A. K. H. (2004, November). The Hawaiian studies program: A successful model of community involvement. Paper presented at A:Shiwi Elementary School in Zuni, NM.
Taum, A. K. H., & Brandon, P. R. (2005, April). Coding teachers in inquiry science classrooms using the inquiry science observation guide. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Taum, A. K. H., & Brandon, P. R. (2005, October). The development of the inquiry science observation code sheet. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Toronto.
Taum, A. K. H., & Brandon, P. R. (2006, April). The iterative process of developing an inquiry science classroom observation protocol. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Yamauchi, A., Taum, A. K. H., & Wyatt, T. (2004, April). Using a teacher study group to promote enactment of the five standards for effective pedagogy in a culturally relevant high school program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Yamauchi, A., Taum, A. K. H., & Wyatt, T. (2006, April). Teachers use and understanding of instructional conversation in high school classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Yamauchi, L. A., Wyatt, T. R., & Taum, A. K. H. (2005). Making meaning: Connecting school to Hawaiian students lives. Hūlili Pauahi Publications, 2(1), 171-188.