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STEM Center Director Awarded NSF Grant to Study Integrating Engineering Practices, Scientific Argumentation for Middle Schoolers

Nov. 16, 2016

Dr. Victor Sampson This September, UT College of Education STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson was awarded $349,815 by the National Science Foundation’s Research in the Formation of Engineers program to develop an instructional framework that integrates engineering practices along with scientific argumentation for middle school students. The…

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Victor Sampson Awarded $640,163 NSF Grant to Study Integration of Chemistry Topics and Computational Thinking for Middle School Education

Nov. 11, 2016

STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson is currently the principal investigator on the research project Integration of Environmental Chemistry and Computing to Advance Evidence-based Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Computational Thinking in Middle School Students, which received a $640,163 grant from the National Science Foundation. This project explores the…

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Victor Sampson Awarded $349,815 NSF Research Grant to Help Integrate Engineering Practices and Scientific Argumentation for Middle Schoolers

Nov. 11, 2016

STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson was awarded $349,815 by the National Science Foundation’s Research in the Formation of Engineers program to develop an instructional framework that integrates engineering practices along with scientific argumentation for middle school students. The project, titled The Development of a New Instructional Approach…

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Five Tips to Curb Food Advertising’s Affect on Kids’ Health

Nov. 01, 2016

See what KHE Associate Professor Keryn Pasch's research into food and drink marketing aimed at children has to say.

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The Icing on the Cake

Nov. 01, 2016

Kinesiology and Health Education alumna Ellie Noack ’53, ’59 reminisces on a pioneering career as a physical education leader

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Professor Receives NSF Award to Increase Student Pursuit of STEM Careers

Oct. 24, 2016

Dr. Anthony Petrosino Imagine a classroom of middle-school or high-school students engaged in a collaborative high-tech project, like untangling the complexities of traffic-flow simulation or mapping out the potential spread of Zika. College of Education Associate Professor Anthony Petrosino is helping educators learn to teach their students to develop and…

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Paul Cruz on Leading a Large Urban District

Oct. 17, 2016

When Paul Cruz was growing up, the South Texas native was encouraged by his family to pursue higher education.

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Callahan: More emphasis needed on social studies to increase voting

Oct. 13, 2016

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Tolga Ozyurtcu and Thomas Hunt Appear on ‘Geopolitics of Sport’ Podcast

Oct. 10, 2016

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College of Education Associate Professor’s New Book Addresses the ‘At-Risk’ Label

Oct. 07, 2016

A new book by Keffrelyn Brown tackles the “at-risk” label

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