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Drawing on video from 108 ninth-grade algebra lessons from 5 school districts, a recent study by University of Delaware assistant professor Erica Litke found that teachers engaged in specific instructional features that benefit student learning of algebraic ideas to a modest degree. Ninety-five percent of the lessons included teacher-centered instruction …

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and professor in the School of Education (SOE) and in the departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Education. The National Academy of …

Achieving a doctorate in any discipline requires the most rigorous scholarship and the steepest of academic climbs. And that’s in the best of times. To reach that goal during a global pandemic, with the grief, loss and struggle we all understand in much more vivid ways now, is something akin …

Fourteen University of Delaware undergraduate and graduate students and alumni have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. An additional three current students and six alumni received honorable mentions. The highly competitive fellowship, the oldest of its kind in the nation, is among the most prestigious awards for graduate …

As the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches, the debate about educational assessments is gaining renewed momentum. Some argue that assessments provide valuable information for understanding how the pandemic has affected learning, especially among students from underrepresented backgrounds. Others argue that these tests, especially in today’s context, will not …

I Heart UD Giving Day May 5, 2021 I Heart UD Giving Day is an opportunity for the UD community to collectively support faculty, staff and student-led causes, programs and initiatives that matter most to them. With 100+ projects representing a range of academic, athletic and student life areas, I …

Bryan VanGronigen and his co-authors investigate this issue in “Do State Boards of Education Offer an Avenue for Public Voice?”, published in the journal Urban Education. Given the increasing role of digital technology in education, VanGronigen and his co-authors analyzed state board of education (SBOE) websites, asking whether they supported meaningful public …

As the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches, the debate about educational assessments is gaining renewed momentum. While educators and policymakers may hold differing views about how to proceed with testing, they all recognize that equity lies at the heart of this issue. Some argue that educational assessments provide …

When children are learning, things can sometimes get a little messy. Like on a sunny spring morning in the preschool classrooms at the Early Learning Center, located on the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus, when groups of children aged four and five gathered around metal bowls to practice mixing recipes, a …

You might expect to find a 2-year-old undergraduate work-study program under layers of rubble these days, what with all the restrictions because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But despite the unprecedented upheaval and what must have often seemed like a game of 52-card pickup, students in the University of Delaware’s …