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Valerie Earnshaw honored nationally for research on HIV stigma
April 8, 2019On March 27, at the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Valerie Earnshaw, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, delivered the Office of Disease Prevention’s Early Stage I …
Read MoreAmanda Jansen Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
April 8, 2019Amanda Jansen, professor in the School of Education, was recently awarded a $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a professional development experience for university faculty who work in mathematics education. She shares the award …
Read MoreTransforming Special Education
March 27, 2019In early 2018, the Delaware Academy of School Leadership (DASL), a professional development, research and policy center in the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, convened its advisory board of Delaware’s public school …
Read MoreFrom Students to Scholars
March 27, 2019As an assistant professor in the University of Delaware’s School of Education (SOE), Joshua Wilson frequently employs undergraduate assistants to provide support for grant-funded research projects. For some projects — as with a recent $400,000 research …
Read MoreNot all state-funded pre-K programs are created equal
March 26, 2019Not all state-funded pre-K programs are created equal. At least, that’s according to a major new study co-authored by Jason Hustedt, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and research director at the Delaware I …
Read MoreNancy C. Jordan appointed to Dean Family Endowed Professorship for Teacher Education
March 21, 2019Nancy C. Jordan, a renowned expert on how young children learn and retain mathematical knowledge, has become the first faculty member appointed to the Dean Family Endowed Professorship for Teacher Education in the University of Delaware’s School of Edu …
Read MoreReclaiming Black Boyhood
March 12, 2019The challenges facing Black and Latino boys as they move through the education system are daunting, said Roderick Carey, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) at the University of Delaware. It’s not just …
Read MoreRoberta Golinkoff featured in new documentary on play
February 27, 2019What can kindergarteners gain from play-based learning? In a new documentary from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Roberta Golinkoff highlights the advantages of a play-based approach to kindergarten and shares her research on the cognitive a …
Read MoreFaculty Awarded $3.3 million Dept. of Education Grant
February 15, 2019Research grant will fund professional development to benefit English learners Steve Amendum and colleagues from Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are seeking to develop a comprehensive teacher professional development …
Read MoreMcNair Scholar explores developing culturally-sensitive lessons
September 4, 2018Nicole Mejia first heard of the McNair Scholars Program from a University of Delaware classmate. She’d told Mejia about the opportunities it opened up by preparing her for graduate school. A nationally-sponsored program, the Ronald E. McNair Post Bacca …
Read MoreEducation undergraduate evaluated automated essay-scoring software
August 21, 2018Cristina Ahrendt, majoring in elementary teacher education, has been working with a faculty member in the School of Education’s literacy department to evaluate whether automated essay-scoring software positively affects writing instruction and achievem …
Read MoreJansen Recognized for Rough Draft Math
June 25, 2018One of the most anxiety-provoking moments in math class is being called upon to offer the solution to a newly learned concept. There are so many places where your thinking can go askew and–even if you’re mainly correct in your calculation–your …
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