Research News
UD highlights women in research
November 15, 2015Liz Farley-Ripple, SOE, was featured in UD’s Research magazine, representing Women in Research. Click on her video to learn what drew her to becoming a researcher and what she hopes to accomplish.
Read MoreGrocery stores can incentivize healthy shopping
November 9, 2015In the United States, 47 million people participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to ensure they have enough food on their table. To make their food dollars stretch further, they frequently grab the first thing they see on the shelf that’s on sale and satisfies their family’s preferences. Unfortunately, these alternatives …
Read MoreBug in the Ear helps student teachers
November 6, 2015The Laboratory Preschool’s unveils their new technology, called Bug in the Ear, that allows their classroom teachers to coach student teachers remotely from the adjacent observation booth.
Read MoreNumber Sense Screener to help Pre-K, K and 1st graders
October 30, 2015Nancy Jordan has received funding through IES to refine and extend work on a Number Sense Screener for identifying children at risk for mathematical difficulties.
Read MoreZoo program to model healthy eating
October 30, 2015Alison Karpyn, CRESP, is partnering with Christiana Care and Nemours to introduce a healthy eating program, “Evaluating the lmpact of Healthy Food Product Offerings and Tastimals Marketing at the Zoo.”
Read MoreBuilding vocabulary of low-income children
October 30, 2015Roberta Golinkoff and collaborator Kathy Hirsh-Pasek designed an intervention study to test a new approach for fostering vocabulary development among preschool children from low-income homes.
Read MoreCongratulations to our CEHD awardees
October 13, 2015At our CEHD All-College meeting, Oct. 9, we recognized two colleagues for their dedication and service. Jennifer Gallo-Fox was presented with the CEHD Excellence in Teaching award, and Deborah Ziomek received the Rita Fillos Award.
Read MoreBringing computer and programming skills into the classroom
October 8, 2015An interdisciplinary team of UD researchers has developed Partner4CS to help teachers integrate computational thinking into the classroom. The initiative has two components: a summer professional development institute for middle and high school teachers and a field experience course at UD designed to support those teachers.
Read MoreImproving reading comprehension through text structure instruction
October 2, 2015Sharon Walpole, SOE, is partnering with Kasualai Wijekumar on a grant designed to enhance classroom-based text structure instruction for 4th and 5th graders in high poverty schools in TX and PA.
Read MoreImproving teacher prep in mathematics
October 1, 2015Researchers in UD’s Department of Mathematics Education received grants to explore how to strengthen teacher preparation curriculum, to improve students’ understanding and instruction of math concepts.
Read MoreCoteaching strengthens learning
September 22, 2015UD has adopted coteaching as the primary approach to student teaching in their ECE and ETE teacher preparation programs. Coteaching in student teaching involves two adults with different expertise actively collaborating from the first day of student teaching to meet the needs of the learners in the classroom.
Read MoreAll College Meeting
September 21, 2015CEHD faculty and staff are invited to our Fall All-College meeting and reception. Please join us on October 9 for a discussion on how to keep our college moving forward, followed by award presentations and refreshments.
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