Evaluating Ed.D.’s ELP Capstone
January 30, 2017
UD researchers look at value of doctor of education capstone process In education leadership programs across the country, doctor of education (Ed.D.) candidates are tasked with identifying a significant educational problem or challenge facing the organization in which they work. They then propose and test strategies to address the issue …
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Connecting farm to table to healthy eating
January 10, 2017
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Delaware partnered with the Delaware Department of Agriculture to develop a comprehensive report called Delaware Food and Farm Report: Connecting Healthy Farms to Healthy Delawareans. This report, released in December 2016, reflects conversations with more than 45 local stakeholders, representing leadership from …
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QUILS language screener for young children
December 8, 2016
Researchers in education, psychology and speech pathology have collaborated to develop a computerized language screener to help early childhood educators and specialists identify areas where young children are experiencing difficulties mastering language. Too many children with language issues are not identified until they reach five years of age. Through funding from the …
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Advocating for survivors of abuse
December 8, 2016
Olivia Blythe, a human services and women & gender studies major, wants to make a career advocating for survivors of domestic abuse. When she learned that faculty member Ruth Fleury-Steiner was looking for assistance evaluating the protection order process in domestic abuse cases, Blythe jumped at the chance.
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Writing instruction intervention for community colleges
August 10, 2016
UD researchers have created an instructional intervention that provides community college students the tools to significantly improve their writing skills.
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Becoming Brilliant helps parents/teachers raise successful children
June 14, 2016
In their new book, Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor in UD’s School of Education, along with co-author Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University, focus on the six skills they say will help children become the thinkers and entrepreneurs of …
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Playful Design
May 27, 2016
Early childhood education students partnered with mechanical engineering students to design developmentally-appropriate toys for young children. As a result of this successful collaboration, some toys have been identified as potential products for a toy manufacturer.
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Bookworms curriculum improves reading skills
March 30, 2016
Sharon Walpole, University of Delaware, and Mike McKenna, University of Virginia, developed “Bookworms,” a free, open-access, elementary ELA curriculum to increase students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary. Schools in Delaware and Georgia have successfully implemented this program.
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Steele Symposium Call for Submission
March 17, 2016
This spring, CEHD celebrates the research of our undergraduate and graduate students at the 31st Steele Symposium. Students are encouraged to submit papers and posers that will be presented Friday, April 29.
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Strategies for stocking healthy foods
March 1, 2016
Allison Karpyn, CRESP, has received $70,000 funding from Healthy Eating Research to determine Minimum Stocking Levels and Marketing Strategies for Retail Food Stores. Over an 8-month period, Karpyn’s team will aim to: 1) understand the barriers and facilitators to implementation of the guidelines for Minimum Stocking Levels and Marketing Strategies of …
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Inspiring Jewish agencies to integrate people with disabilities
January 20, 2016
Jewish Community Services agencies tend to segregate people with disabilities, isolating them from fully participating in their community life. To address this, the Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF), under the direction of Steven Eidelman, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership in Human Development & Family Studies, established …
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Creating improved observational protocol for writing instruction
January 12, 2016
With the attention that the Common Core State Standards give to writing, and the writing requirements in the new Smarter Balanced Assessments, many teachers and administrators are concerned about their approach to writing instruction. “As an elementary principal, and later, as Director of Curriculum and Instruction, I frequently observed primary …
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