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Terry Bontrager
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PhD, Texas A & M Telephone: 617-287-7616 Email: Terry.Bontrager@umb.edu |
Dr. Bontrager earned the bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Brockport. He earned a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas. It was from Texas A&M University that he earned a master’s degree in Counseling and Human Services and a doctoral degree in School Psychology. He has taught at UMass Boston since Fall 2002. He teaches assessment courses in the School Psychology and the Counseling programs.
Dr. Bontrager speaks Spanish, German, and Japanese. He has special interests in Curriculum-Based Measurement, second language learning, and the intellectual assessment of English language learners. He writes the “Spotlight on Multicultural Affairs”, a column that appears several times a year in the Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Published Scholarship
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2007, December). Multicultural affairs. Spotlight on Renate Ward Corrigan. Communiqué, 36(4), 17.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2007, September). Multicultural affairs. Multicultural training at Brigham Young University. Communiqué, 36(1), 10&11.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2007, February). Spotlight on Multicultural Affairs. (Interview with Carlos Guerrero). Communiqué, 35(5), 8.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2006, October). Spotlight on Multicultural Affairs: Profile—Tonika Duren Green. Communiqué, 35(2), 12.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2006, March). Spotlight on multicultural affairs: Margarida (Guida) Perreira: Bilingual school psychologist. Communiqué, 34(6), 40.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2005, December). Spotlight on multicultural affairs: Doctoral Training Grant at Texas A&M. Communiqué, 34(4), 17.
Bontrager, T. (Ed.). (2005, October). Spotlight on multicultural affairs: Profile—Robin Satchell. Communiqué, 34(2), 27.
Wilczenski, F.L., Konstam, V., Ferraro, B., Kaplan, L., Bontrager, T. (2002, Summer).Classroom contexts for social and emotional learning. Massachusetts School Psychologists Association Newsletter.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., Ventrone, P., & Correia, M. (2001). Observing collaborative problem-solving processes and outcomes. Psychology in the Schools, 38, 269-281.
Schiappa, D., Beaulieu, S., Wilczenski, F. L., & Bontrager, T. (2000, Fall). Teachers’ perspectives on school psychology consultation. Rhode Island School Psychology Quarterly, 10, 3-5.
Bontrager, T., & Wilczenski, F.L. (1997). School psychology practice in an era of educational reform. National Association of School Psychologists Communiqué, 25(8), 28, 29.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., & Carreira, K. (1997, Summer). Behavior theory and practice in school psychology. The School Psychologist, 51, 65, 68, 69.
Bontrager, T. (1991). The development of word frequency lists prior to the 1944 Thorndike-Lorge List. Reading Psychology, 12, 91-116.
Bontrager, T., Birch, W.G., & Kracht, J.B. (1990). International students' concerns: Directions for supportive programming. College Student Affairs Journal, 10(2), 22-28.
Bontrager, T., Birch, W.G., & Kracht, J.B. (1990, June). Study lists concerns, counseling preferences of international students. National Association for Foreign Student Affairs Newsletter 41(7), 13.
PRESENTATIONS
Struzziero, J. A., Harvey, V. S., & Bontrager, T. (April 2007). Supervision in Cyberspace: A Pragmatic Approach. Mini-skills workshop presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, NY.
Bontrager, T. (April 2005). Online internship supervision. In F.L. Wilczenski (Chair). Teaching and learning school psychology in an online environment. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.
Wilczenski, F.L., & Bontrager, T. (April, 2000). Collaborative problem-solving: Group processes and outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., Ventrone, P., & Correia, M. (April, 2000). Observing collaborative problem-solving. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., Ventrone, P., & Correia, M. (August, 1999). Assessing group process during collaborative problem-solving. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Bontrager, T. (July 9, 1997). Curriculum-Based Measurement: What I learned in school this year. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island School Psychologists Association, Newport, RI.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., & True, C. (July, 1997). Behavior theory and practice in school psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International School Psychology Association, Melbourne, Australia.
Bontrager, T., Wilczenski, F.L., Bosco, A.F, & Barry, J.E. (August 9, 1996). A nineties perspective on school psychology: Changes in service delivery. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bontrager, T. (July 11, 1996). Increasing counseling effectiveness with minority students. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island School Psychologists Association, Newport, RI.
Bontrager, T., Wilczenski, F.L., Bosco, A.F, & Barry, J.E. (July 11, 1996). Innovations in school psychology practice. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island School Psychologists Association, Newport, RI.
Bontrager, T. (March 23, 1996). Increasing counseling effectiveness with diverse populations. Workshop presented at the Affirming Diversity Conference, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
Wilczenski, F.L., Bontrager, T., & Bosco, A.F. (August 12, 1995). School psychology practice in an era of educational reform. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City.
Bontrager, T., & Shelly, M.H. (May 12, 1995). The NTE Communication Skills performance of second language minority teacher education students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NM.
Bontrager, T. (August l6, 1992). Using word frequency to predict vocabulary test item difficulty. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Bontrager, T. (January 26, 1990). A theoretical foundation for vocabulary assessment in the public schools. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association, Austin, TX.
Bontrager, T. (January 28, 1989). Preserving minority culture in mainstream USA: A reaction to L. M. Dunn's l988 monograph. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association, Houston, TX.
Bontrager, T. Swanson's (1988) metatheory model and bilingual exceptional children. (January 25, l990). Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association, Austin, TX.
Bontrager, T. (April 23, 1987). Career counseling in the English language institute. Paper presented at the Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Miami Beach, FL.