Accomplishments: College of Education

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…
Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement…
Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) has been awarded $649,407 from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education for a project titled "Developing the Skill and Will to Succeed in STEM." Katie Rafferty, Christy Strong, Donald Price (all Life Sciences), and Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) are Co-PIs.…
William R. Speer (Education, Teaching & Learning) was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The award is presented for achievement in leadership, teaching, and service.Speer will be recognized during the 2018 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., in…
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was a member of the History of Title IX panel luncheon that took place at Belmont University in December in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Title IX . Other members of the invited panel included Beth DeBauche, Ohio Valley Conference commissioner; Betty Wiseman,  former Belmont…
Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) attended the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference and presented at two paper sessions focusing on vocabulary instruction and sociodramatic play.  The vocabulary-focused content analysis titled "English Learners' Opportunities for Developing Vocabulary Knowledge in a CCSS Core…
James Hines, Brittany Jackson, and Nancy Lough (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented a poster titled "Are Power Assymetries Perpetuated through Higher Education Media on Intercollegiate Athletics?" at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference, which was held this month in Houston. Lough also led a panel…