Mary A. Hansen

Mary Hansen is a professor in the Education Department at Robert Morris University. She holds a Ph.D. in Research Methodology and has expertise in the areas of educational measurement and assessment. For over a decade, she served as a research associate on Pennsylvania’s statewide alternate assessment where she was involved with test design and establishing the validity argument for the assessment. Her research has involved pre-service and in-service teachers' knowledge and use of technology and assistive technology.

Publications

Probing the Post-Pandemic Landscape: Use of Technology and Assistive Technology for Students With Disabilities
Probing the Post-Pandemic Landscape: Use of Technology and Assistive Technology for Students With Disabilities
Mary A. Hansen, Vicki Donne. © 2024. 39 pages.
This chapter examines the evolution of technology and assistive technology (AT) across pre-pandemic, pandemic-era, and post-pandemic periods for students with disabilities, who...
Supporting Writing and the Writing Process Through the Use of Assistive Technology
Supporting Writing and the Writing Process Through the Use of Assistive Technology
Vicki Donne, Mary A. Hansen. © 2023. 34 pages.
Writing is an important skill needed for success in education, social communications, and employment. Yet many students with disabilities struggle with writing. They may...
Trauma-Sensitive and Responsive Coaching
Trauma-Sensitive and Responsive Coaching
Mary A. Hansen, Brooke Turner, Armani Davis. © 2022. 22 pages.
This chapter discusses the prevalence and impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on today's youth. Information related to the impact of previous trauma and...
Trauma-Sensitive and Responsive Coaching
Trauma-Sensitive and Responsive Coaching
Mary A. Hansen, Brooke Turner, Armani Davis. © 2022. 22 pages.
This chapter discusses the prevalence and impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on today's youth. Information related to the impact of previous trauma and...
A Primer on Survey Research
A Primer on Survey Research
Mary A. Hansen, Gaelebale Nnunu Tsheko. © 2021. 26 pages.
This chapter presents a summary of best practices for the design, development, and analysis of quantitative survey research. The authors provide an overview of sampling...
Business and Technology Educators: Practices for Inclusion
Business and Technology Educators: Practices for Inclusion
Vicki Donne, Mary A. Hansen. © 2018. 14 pages.
Business educators face the challenge of operationalizing the global converging initiatives of technology integration and inclusion of students with a disability in K-12...
Teachers' Use of Assistive Technologies in Education
Teachers' Use of Assistive Technologies in Education
Vicki Donne, Mary Hansen. © 2017. 16 pages.
Today's educational landscape is complex and ever-changing. Technology continues to develop and advance the quality and scope of instructional methods being utilized across...
Business and Technology Educators: Practices for Inclusion
Business and Technology Educators: Practices for Inclusion
Vicki Donne, Mary A. Hansen. © 2013. 13 pages.
Business educators face the challenge of operationalizing the global converging initiatives of technology integration and inclusion of students with a disability in K-12...
Reflective On-Line Discourse for Pre-Service Teachers
Reflective On-Line Discourse for Pre-Service Teachers
E. Gregory Holdan, Mary Hansen. © 2011. 12 pages.
More and more, evidence suggests that the competent teacher is one who, through reflective practices, becomes thoughtful, clear in beliefs and actions based on these beliefs, and...
Using On-Line Discussion to Encourage Reflective Thinking in Pre-Service Teachers
Using On-Line Discussion to Encourage Reflective Thinking in Pre-Service Teachers
E. Gregory Holdan, Mary Hansen. © 2010. 9 pages.
Discourse has been thought to be an essential aspect of high quality education (Bean & Stevens, 2002; Harkness, D’Ambrasio & Marrone, 2006; Wade, Fauske & Thompson, 2008; NCTM...
Using On-Line Discussion to Encourage Reflective Thinking in Pre-Service Teachers
Using On-Line Discussion to Encourage Reflective Thinking in Pre-Service Teachers
E. Gregory Holdan, Mary Hansen. © 2009. 9 pages.
Discourse has been thought to be an essential aspect of high quality education (Bean & Stevens, 2002; Harkness, D’Ambrasio & Marrone, 2006; Wade, Fauske & Thompson, 2008; NCTM...