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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
Alumna honored with teacher educator award from the International Literacy Association’s
Aug. 03, 2017
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
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cooc awarded grant to study transition issues in children with disabilities
Apr. 28, 2016
North Cooc has received a $119,000 grant from the Foundation for Child Development’s Young Scholars Program. The two-year project will examine the training and qualifications of early childhood special education teachers (pre-k) and the transition practices used to help young children with disabilities adjust to kindergarten…

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