Alexa M. Quinn

I am a teacher educator, instructional designer, and lover of learning. 

Recent Publications

Straight to the sources: Analyzing elementary preservice teacher planning for inquiry [Request PDF]

Journal of Social Studies Research

How all teachers can support students with disabilities [Request PDF]

The Learning Professional

Developing culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy through engaged, asset-based teacher preparation [Request PDF]

Teaching Education

Teaching and learning with morning meeting in elementary social studies methods courses [Request PDF]

Social Studies Research and Practice

First-year teachers’ informational reading instruction: Prevalence, quality, and characteristics  [Request PDF]

Reading Research Quarterly

Lessons for teachers: A wordless picturebook in the hands of one Mexican immigrant family [Request PDF]

TESOL Journal

Book Chapters

Who Takes Care of Our Trash? Scaffolding Inquiry Questions, Sources, Tasks, and Action for Our Youngest Learners 

[Open Access Online]

Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic life: Volume 2 

Why Is There a Tunnel Here? A Planning Walkthrough for Place- Based Elementary Inquiry

[Open Access Online]

Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic life: Volume 2 

Resources

QuinnHobson_Preparing Sources for Elementary.pdf

Preparing Sources for Elementary (PDF How-To Guide)

Quinn_VCSSC_2024

Inquiry Sparked by Local Landmarks: A Collaborative Planning Session (Conference Presentation)

All About Limb Differences - Printable.pdf

All About Limb Differences (Informational Text)

Quinn_Practicum-Embedded Assignments: Benefits, Challenges, and Lessons Learned_VACTE2023

Practicum-Embedded Assignments: Benefits, Challenges, and Lessons Learned (Conference Presentation)

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