Accomplishments: College of Education

Sophie Ladd (Teaching and Learning) and Amanda Melilli (Libraries) recently had an article, "Sacrifices and Scars, Trials and Triumphs, Resilience and Resolve: Reflections of Refugee and Immigrant Experiences" published in the spring 2018 edition of the Journal of Children's Literature. 
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) had an article published in Research in Higher Education. The article, "Fractions in College: How Basic Math Remediation Impacts Community College Students," examines a unique math placement policy where students were placed into remedial math courses based on specific math skill gaps,…
Danica G. Hays (Education) and co-authors were awarded the Patricia B. Elmore Award for Outstanding Research by the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling for their publication, "Initial Development of the Teen Screen for Dating Violence: Exploratory Factor Analysis, Rasch Model, and Psychometric Data"…
Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently co-authored "Complex Systems Research in Educational Psychology: Aligning Theory and Method" published in the Educational Psychologist journal. This piece provides an overview of complex systems research for educational psychologists by …
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) co-authored an empirical study that explores how secondary educators of color attempt to support their Black and Latino male students’ navigation of particular inequities related to college knowledge and access. The research, published in the Journal of Teacher Education, highlights culturally relevant…
Erica Reid (Teaching & Learning) was named the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education's  Holmes Scholar of the Month for May 2018. The Holmes Program seeks to enrich the scholarly experience and professional training of talented graduate-level students from underrepresented minority backgrounds or students with…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Educational & Clinical Studies), Rosa Milagros Santos and Jennifer Timmer (Illinois) published a new article, "Factors that Support and Hinder Including Infants with Disabilities in Child Care" in the Early Childhood Education Journal.  
Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) co-presented a study titled "Emergent Bilingual Children’s Use of Multimodal Practices to Support and Enhance their Varying Purposes of Show-and-Tell” at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. 
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Educational and Clinical Studies) and colleague Rosa Milagros Santos recently published a systemic literature review of research related to including young children with disabilities in child care settings. The article, "Parent and Professional Perceptions of Inclusion in Child Care: A Literature Review," appeared in the…
Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) co-authored a study titled "A Multi-method Investigation of Literacy and Language Practices in Mexican Early Childhood Programs" in Cogent Education.
Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) gave a research presentation entitled, "Voluntary Self-Assessment Quiz Use Improves Exam Performance, Especially for Learners with Low Prior Knowledge" at the Intermountain Teaching for Learning Conference. This research was a collaborative project with Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education).
Matthew Le Claire (Liberal Arts), Erdogan Kaya (Education), and Michael Isaacs (Life Sciences) are this year's recipients of the Graduate College's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards. 1st Place - Matthew Le Claire (College of Liberal Arts) 2nd Place - Erdogan Kaya (College of Education) 3rd Place - Michael Isaacs (School of Life…