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UT College of Education Assistant Professor Receives NSF CAREER Grant

Jan. 29, 2018

Vakil, who is also the Associate Director of Equity and Inclusion in STEM Education at the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, is researching social values and ideologies of undergraduate students

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Lauren Schudde, Huriya Jabbar Receive Grant to Continue Researching Perceptions of Credit Transfer Policies

Sep. 28, 2017

Lauren Schudde Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar, both assistant professors in the Department Educational Leadership and Policy, have received a grant of $130,000 from the Greater Texas Foundation to study how community college students receive and use information about course credit transfer policies. In addition…

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North Cooc Awarded Two New Grants from National and International Foundations, Continues Work with OECD

Sep. 25, 2017

Spencer Foundation North Cooc, assistant professor in the Department of Special Education in the College of Education, has received a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to examine racial and ethnic disparities in access to general education classroom settings among students with disabilities. Studies have consistently documented…

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Powell and Vaughn Awarded Grant to Improve Elementary School Preparedness through Interactive Read-Alouds

Aug. 15, 2017

Sarah Powell and Sharon Vaughn to develop interactive read-alouds for early learners

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Alumna honored with teacher educator award from the International Literacy Association’s

Aug. 03, 2017

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Carole Holahan Receives Grant to Study Associated Health Risks of Living with a Smoker

Aug. 03, 2017

The study will focus on middle aged women, who are at risk of passive smoking effects

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Terrance Green Honored with AERA 2017 Early Career Award

Mar. 20, 2017

Terrrance Green Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) supports educational leadership and has recently named Terrance Green, assistant professor of educational administration, as the 2017 recipient of its prestigious Early Career Award. The award is given to scholars who have made outstanding research contributions to the field…

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MCPER receives $3.2 million federal grant to conduct a randomized controlled trials study on algebra readiness

Feb. 27, 2017

The new four-year project will focus on sixth and seventh grade students who receive daily intensive intervention from their mathematics teachers.

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Curriculum and Instruction Professors Part of Trio to Receive National Grant Establishing an American Fitness Center in Shanghai

Feb. 15, 2017

Dr. Louis Harrison Dr. Xiaofen Keating Professors Xiaofen Keating and Louis Harrison, Jr. in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education and Professor Huaiyin Li from the Center for East Asia Studies of the College of Liberal Arts, all of The University…

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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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