Suzie Jones
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Professor
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Contact Information
Office Location: EDUC 380Phone: 435-797-1568
Email: suzanne.jones@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Biography
Suzanne H. Jones received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research interests include hope as a motivational factor of learning, collective classroom efficacy, teacher efficacy, conceptual change, and emotions in learning. She has published her research in tier one journals including Contemporary Educational Psychology, Journal of Teacher Education, and Reading Research Quarterly.
Teaching Interests
Educational Psychology, Emotions and Learning, Motivation, Adolescent Literacy
Research Interests
Hope; Self-efficacy; Collective classroom efficacy; Teacher collective efficacy; emotions; motivation; conceptual change learning
Awards
McGraw-Hill Distinguished Scholar Award, 2020
Conference for Academic Research in Education
Graduate Mentor of the Year, 2019
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Founders Award, 2015
Southwest Consortium for Innovations in Psychology in Education
Division C. New Faculty Mentoring Program Participant, 2011
American Education Research Association
Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Education
First Place, Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum, 2008
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Honorable Mention, Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum, 2007
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Education
President's Graduate Fellowship, Nominee, 2007
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Educational Psychology Department
Second Place, Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum, 2006
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Third Place, Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum, 2005
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Scholarship, 1999
Phi Kappa Phi
Scholarship, 1999
Steffenson Cannon
Member, 1998
Golden Key National Honor Society
Member, 1998
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Scholarship, 1998
T. H. Bell
- Jones, S., (2022). Strategies and Challenges to Teaching for Conceptual Change Learning. : Theory to practice: Educational psychology for teachers and teaching, Teaching Learning for Effective Instruction (vol. 3). American Educational Researchers Association
- Nordick, S., Jones, S., Putney, L.G, (2019). Urban teacher collective efficacy through facilitative leadership: An illustrative dialogue: Building upon inspirations and aspirations with hope, strength, and courage: Tomorrow's leaders in schools and communities. Roman & Littlefield
- Jones, S., Sinatra, G., (2010). Text in the science classroom: Promoting engagement to facilitate conceptual change: Bringing reading research to life: Essays in honor of Isabelle Beck. The Guilford Press *
- Jones, S., (2007). Emphasizing the value of commercially developed science curriculum: Teaching science to every child: Using culture as a starting point. Routledge Publishing
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Longhurst, M., Jones, S.H, Campbell, T.D, (2022). Mediating influences in professional learning: Factors that lead to appropriation & principled adaptation . Professional Development in Education, doi: doi: 10.1080/19415257.2021.1879220
- Jones, S.H, Putney, L.G, (2021). Great minds think alike, or do they? Juxtaposing contextual and peripheral perspectives on data. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 32:1, 109-114.
- Anderson, D.B, Jones, S., Putney, L.G, Longhurst, M., (2019). Collective class actualization: Efficacy-based dynamic equilibrium in the classroom. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 13:4, 289-304.
- Putney, L.G, Jones, S., (2019). Introduction to the special issue on fostering collective and self-efficacy: Examining new directions in efficacy in education. . Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research , 13:4, 231-233.
- Nordick, S., Putney, L.G, Jones, S., (2019). The principal’s role in developing collective teacher efficacy: A cross-case study of facilitative leadership. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research , 13:4, 248-260.
- Jones, S., Putney, L.G, (2019). “Just the beginning of something great”: A telling case of the reciprocity of action-based hope and collective classroom efficacy. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research , 13:4, 234-247.
- Anderson, D.B, Jones, S., Putney, L.G, Longhurst, M., (2019). Collective class actualization: Efficacy-based dynamic equilibrium in the classroom. . Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research , 13:4, 289-304.
- Jones, S.H, Campbell, B.D, Villanueva, I., (2019). An investigation of self-efficacy and topic emotions in entry-level engineering design learning activities. International Journal of Engineering Education, 35:1A, 1-10.
- Villanueva, I., Campbell, B.D, Raikes, A., Jones, S., Putney, L., (2018). A multimodal exploration of engineering students' emotions and electrodermal activity in design activities. Journal of Engineering Education, 107:3, 414-441. doi: DOI:10.1002/jee.20225
- Nadelson, L.S, Heddy, B.C, Jones, S., Taasoobsharazi, G., (2018). The dynamic model of conceptual change (DMCC): Holistic conceptual change in science teaching and learning. International Journal of Educational Psychology, 7:2, 151-195. doi: 10.17583/ijep.2018.3349
- Collette, J.P, Jones, S., (2020). Empathic concern and perspective taking: A tale from middle school history.. Social Studies Research and Practice, 15:2, 233-245.
- Villanueva, I., Jones, S., Putney, L., Campbell, B., (2018). Puzzling the pieces: conceptual blocks of engineering student ideas in a service learning project. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34:1, 56-68.
- Longhurst, M., Jones, S., Campbell, D.T, (2017). Factors influencing teacher appropriation of professional learning focused on the use of technology in science classrooms.. Teacher Development, 21:3, 365-387.
- Nadelson, L., Jones, S.H, (2016). One mission, two systems, and a big gap: The interaction of K-12 and post-secondary educators to support common core state standards. , 29:1, 76-98.
- Loyens, S., Jones, S.H, Mikkers, J., van Gog, T., (2015). Complex problems as facilitators of conceptual change. Learning and Instruction
- Jones, S., Sinatra, G., Nussbaum, E., (2013). “Pluto has been a planet my whole life!” Emotions, attitudes, and conceptual change in elementary students learning about Pluto’s reclassification. Research in Science Education, 43:2, 529-550. doi: 10.1007/s11165-011-9274-x
- Sinatra, G., Jones, S., (2011). Bridging comprehension and conceptual change: The promise of refutational text. Reading Research Quarterly, 46:4, 374-393. doi: 10.1002?RRQ.005
- Putney, L., Jones, S., (2011). Developing collective classroom efficacy: The teacher’s role as community organizer. Journal of Teacher Education, 62:1, 93-105. doi: 10.1177/0022487110381760
- Putney, L., Jones, S., (2010). Developing teacher efficacy through reflective practice: A Vygotskian perspective. Critical Issues in Teacher Education, 17, 4-17.
- Jones, S., Sinatra, G., Reynolds, R., (2010). The nature of the refutation text effect: An investigation of attention allocation. The Journal of Educational Research, 103, 407-423. doi: 10.1080/00220670903383101
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.