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Nominations open for Fillos Award
September 10, 2015CEHD salaried or professional staff who are actively pursuing an academic degree are welcome to apply for the Dr. Rita M Fillos Award. Applications are due by 9/30.
Read MoreIncentivizing SNAP users toward healthy food alternatives
September 8, 2015Incentivizing SNAP users toward healthy food alternatives Through a new partnership and a $3.77 million USDA Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant, the University of Delaware’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) will …
Read MoreIntervention may predict math achievement
September 8, 2015SHAPE UP!: An spatial skills intervention for preschoolers that may predicts mathematics achievement This $880K 3-year study conducted by Roberta Golinkoff follows a group of preschoolers over the course of 14 months and assesses the development their …
Read MoreLinking geometric, mathematical and spatial skills
September 8, 2015The longitudinal relationship between geometric, mathematical, and spatial skills in preschool and kindergarten To uncover the links between geometric, mathematical and spatial skills, this $17K 1-year project, led by Roberta Golinkoff, (subcontract f …
Read MoreTeaching Fractions
September 8, 2015The Center for Improving Learning of Fractions The Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $10 million grant to UD professor Nancy C. Jordan, Lynn Fuchs at Vanderbilt University and Robert Siegler at Carnegie Mellon University, to fund this 5-year re …
Read MoreEarly Reading Intervention to Benefit English Learners
September 8, 2015Efficacy of the Targeted Reading Intervention to Benefit English Learners Steve Amendum along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University are investigating an early reading intervention and professional deve …
Read MoreClassroom Instruction to Enhance 1st Grade Writing
September 8, 2015Investigating the Impact of Classroom Instruction and Literacy Skills on Writing Achievement in First Grade In an effort to determine the best methods to teach writing skills for first graders, School of Education faculty members David Coker, Charles ( …
Read MoreReading Recovery Scale Up
September 8, 2015Reading Recovery: Scaling Up What Works Henry May, director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP), is leading a team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) to conduct a five-year independe …
Read MoreComputerized Preschool Language Assessment
September 8, 2015Using Developmental Science to Create a Computerized Preschool Language Assessment The purpose of this $2.8 million 4-year project is to develop a reliable, valid, norm-ready, research-driven, and culturally sensitive computer-based language assessment …
Read MoreIncreasing Vocabulary in Preschoolers
September 8, 2015Increasing Vocabulary in Preschoolers: Using Cognitive Science to Guide Pedagogy The purpose of this project is to create and test a novel approach to building preschool teachers’ abilities to foster vocabulary and therefore, broader language skills am …
Read MoreDelaware Stars
September 8, 2015Delaware Stars for Early Success Delaware Stars for Early Success provides Delaware’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) focusing on quality improvement in Early Care and Education programs serving children and youth 6 weeks to 12 years of ag …
Read MoreEnhance K-5 reading curriculum
September 2, 2015Research to Practice Sharon Walpole is partnering with long-time collaborator Michael McKenna (University of Virginia) to use formative experiment techniques to enhance a K-5 curriculum the two have written. The pair developed Bookworms, a free, open-a …
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