NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS Volume 44 #2 National Technology and Social Science Conference, 2010 Table of Contents Educators’ Knowledge of the CHC Theory & Appropriate Interventions Dwane Allen, Lloyd Kinnison, Joel Battle, Tammy Stephens, Kristi Westendorf, Kourtney Jones, Texas Woman’s University 1 Assessing Preservice Teachers’ Technological Confidence and Competence Jane Andrews, Barbara Crossland, Terry Lovelace, Northwest Missouri State University 7 Herbert Hoover Reexamined Mark S. Bellnap, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 13 Big Screens, Fields, and Bridges: The Savvy Use of Culturally Responsive Literature to Address Social and Civic Issues in Elementary Classrooms Sabrina A. Brinson, Missouri State University Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Oklahoma State University 19 Class Size, School Size, Teacher Experience, and Successful Classroom Strategies: Implications for Fifth-grade African American Students’ Math Achievement Timothy B. Chargois, Beaumont Independent School District E. Jane Irons, Nancy Leffel Carlson, Lamar University 31 High-Stakes Standardization Testing: Help or Hindrance to Public Education Betty A. Duncan, Lamar University Alexandra Stevens, Beaumont, TX ISD 43 Assessment Ignorance: The Hidden Enemy of Our Education System Dan Fennerty, Central Washington University 54 Enhancing the Attitudes of School Pupils with Limited English Ability toward Reading: Implications for Teachers and Principals Jerry E. Garrett, Marshall University Graduate College 60 Veteran Unemployment Rates in America: Resolutions to another Battle Chris Goehner, Central Washington University 65 An Empirical Assessment & A Theoretical Model of Student Productivity in Learning Reza G. Hamzaee, Missouri Western State University/Walden University Seth A. Parker, Missouri Western State University 70 Use Voicethread to Merge Audio-Based Chat with Interactive Media for Dynamic Online Multimodal Teaching and Learning Janet Holland, Emporia State University 84