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GSE Profiles
Staff Contact: Ann Foley
Xiaoxia Newton
Assistant Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation
Office: 4431 Tolman
Phone: 510-643-8385
Email: xnewton@berkeley.edu
Website:
Office: 3659 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-642-0709
Email: afoley@berkeley.edu
Xiaoxia Newton uses a variety of methodological approaches to address research and evaluation issues related to urban school reform, K12 mathematics and science (especially physics) education, and teacher learning and professional development (pre-service and in-service), particularly from a cross-cultural perspective. Influenced by scholars such as John Dewey and Ralph Tyler, she is a pragmatist who seeks to find ways in which scholarship and practice can mutually inform each other. As a bilingual and bicultural scholar, she is fascinated by the work of social psychologist, Richard Nisbett (The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... And Why) and intends to explore its implications for cross-cultural studies. Methodologically, her academic training from UCLA instilled in her a belief that a sound understanding of a variety of methods, including their strengths and limitations, is essential to social science because only such an understanding allows for the careful thinking and creativity at the heart of good research and evaluation.
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
(Education/Social Research Methodology)M.A., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(English/Applied Linguistics)B.A., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(English)
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2007- present, University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor2005- 2007, Stanford University School of Education, Postdoctoral Scholar
2000-2005, Program Evaluation and Research Branch, Los Angeles Unified School District, Senior Research Analyst
1999-2000, National Science Foundation, AERA Research Fellow
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276A, Introduction to Program Evaluation
276C, Practicum in Evaluation
276D, Theoretical Issues in Evaluation
276E, Advanced Quantitative and Mixed Methods in Evaluation
(LEEP course under development), Assessment, Accountability Indicators, and Educational Evaluation
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Articles (Refereed Journals, Proceeding)Newton, X. (2007). Reflections on the U.S. Math Reforms from a Cross-National Perspective. Phi Delta Kappan International (vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 681 - 685). Reprinted in the Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review (vol. 73, no. 1, p. 4 - 9).Ai, X. & Rivera, N. (2004). Linking Ideas to Practice: Effectiveness of Coaching upon Teacher Practice. Teacher Education Yearbook XIII: Research on Alternative and Non-traditional Teacher Education.
Ai, X. (2002). Gender Differences in Growth in Mathematics Achievement: Three-Level Longitudinal and Multilevel Analyses of Individual, Home, and School Influences. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 4(1), 1-22.
Ai, X. (1999). Creativity and academic achievement: An investigation of gender differences. Creativity Research Journal, 12(4), 329-337.
Fang, Y. and Ai, X. (1995). The relationship between thematic content and genre. Foreign Languages and Translation.
Fang, Y. and Ai, X. (1995). An analysis of thematic progression in Chinese texts. Foreign Languages Research.
Book ChaptersAlkin, M., Hofstetter, C.H., and Ai, X. (1998). Stakeholder involvement in evaluation. In Reynolds, A. & Walberg, H. (Eds.), Evaluation for Educational Productivity. Greenwich, CT: JAI press, Inc.
Monographs/Technical & Research ReportsNewton, X. (August, 2005). District Mathematics Plan Evaluation 2004-05 Evaluation Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 272). Los Angeles Unified School District.Newton, X. & White, J. (2005). The Use of Mathematics Periodic Assessments and Relationship to California Standards Test Performance (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 250). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Newton, X. (December, 2004). District Mathematics Plan Evaluation 2003-04 Evaluation Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 238). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. & White, J. (2004). An Examination of Student Readiness for Algebra I: 2002 to 2003 Student Performance on Mathematics Reporting Clusters of the California Standards Test (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 188). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. & White, J. (2004). Response to Board Member Questions about Math Coaches and Algebra Mandate (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 185). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. & White, J. (2004). Students÷ Performance in One-Year and Two-Year Algebra Courses (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 184). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. & Marsh, K. (January, 2004). District Mathematics Plan Evaluation 2002-03 Evaluation Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 182). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. (October, 2002). District Mathematics Plan Evaluation 2001-2002 Evaluation Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 142). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. (May, 2002). Academic English Mastery Program 2000-2001 Evaluation Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 111). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Ai, X. (January, 2002). District Mathematics Plan Evaluation Baseline Report (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 112). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Slayton, J., Neuhaus, R., Ai, X., and Fidler, P. (March, 2001). Evaluation of Standards-based Promotion Implementation During 1999 2000 (Planning, Assessment, and Research Division Publication No. 102). Los Angeles Unified School District.
Other Papers/Reports/Op-Eds/Computer ProgramsPapers under review or in progress:Newton, X. (under review). A Longitudinal and Multilevel Assessment of Secondary Mathematics Growth and End of High School Mathematics Attainment.
Newton, X., & Llosa, L. (in progress). Towards A More Accurate and Nuanced Approach to Program Effectiveness Assessment: Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) in K-12 Program Evaluation.
Newton, X. (in progress). Reform and Teaching: Developing Indicators of Classroom Practice to Support Local Distrcit Mathematics Reform.
Newton, X. (in progress). Missed Opportunities to Learn Mathematics: A Connoisseurship Approach to Examining Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Five Classrooms across Grades and Levels.
Newton, X. (in progress). Furthering Our Understanding of the Effects of Educational Programs for Standard English Language Learners.
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InvitedImproving Teacher Education for Pupil Success. Invited panel presentation at the 18th Annual Envisioning California Conferences: How well are we preparing our young people for life after high school? Sacramento, California, September 22, 2006.Linking Ideas to Practice: Effectiveness of Coaching upon Teacher Practice. Invited author presentation in a Yearbook Special Event during the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 15, 2005.
PapersSelected AERA, AEA, and CERA presentations:A Longitudinal and Multilevel Assessment of Secondary Mathematics Growth and End of High School Mathematics Attainment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 2007.
Missed Opportunities to Learn Mathematics: A Qualitative Analysis of Mathematical Discourse in Five Classrooms Across Grades and Levels. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2007.
Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling in K-12 Program Evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 5, 2004.
Bridging the Gap Between the Ideal and the Real: Exploring Issues of Coaching Practice and Its Effectiveness in the Context of Local District Mathematics Reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 5, 2004.
Inside Mathematics Classrooms: A Mix-Methods Approach to Understanding Classroom Practice. Presentation at the annual meeting of the California Educational Research Association, Santa Barbara, California, November 15, 2002.
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Outstanding Publication award, AERA Division H's Publication Competition in the category of Instructional Program Evaluation, AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2004.American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research Fellow at the National Science Foundation, 1999-2000.
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Professional ServiceReviewer, Jounal of Research on Mathematics Education
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American Educational Research Association
American Evaluation Association
Phi Delta Kappa International
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Classroom Discourse
International Education
Mathematics Education
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Professional Development for Educators
Reform Issues
Research Methods
Teacher Development
Urban Schooling
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