March 23rd, 2011, 05:03
Jerome Morris, a professor of social foundations of education, will present at the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 8-12. The 15th Annual Continuation of Conversations With Senior Scholars on Advancing Research and Professional Development Related to Black Education Saturday, April 9 4:05-6:05pm Sheraton / Grand Ballroom A The Importance [...]
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March 21st, 2011, 04:03
Peter Smagorinsky, a professor of English Education, who has received the Outstanding Reviewer Award three times from the American Education Research Association (2006-08) for his work in the Educational Researcher and was named an AERA Fellow in 2010, will make two presentations during the AERA’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, La., April 8-12.
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March 10th, 2011, 03:03
Stories about the $1.5 million NSF collaboration between the UGA College of Education and Georgia Tech’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access to create the Georgia STEM Accessibility Alliance (GSAA), a five-year project aimed at giving students with disabilities greater access to STEM programs, appear in TechNews Daily and Georgia Tech’s Digital Lounge.
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March 1st, 2011, 05:03
A 20-year case study involving a former University of Georgia dean emeritus shows the importance of motivation for behavioral change in diet and exercise for successful aging, reports an article in the peer-reviewed, refereed Health and Fitness Journal co-authored by Elaine Cress, professor emeritus of kinesiology and director of UGA’s Aging and Physical Performance Laboratory.
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January 18th, 2011, 05:01
A University of Georgia education researcher is directing a new study that he hopes will lead to better methods of preparing college students for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by training them to think across disciplines rather than focusing on specific disciplinary topics.
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December 1st, 2010, 02:12
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be just as important than health factors – or more so.
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October 29th, 2010, 10:10
COE Associate Dean and Distinguished Research Professor Noel Gregg and Robert Todd, a research scientist at Georgia Tech are leading a five-year collaborative project to create a pipeline between secondary and post-secondary schools that will strengthen students with disabilities’ capacities to access and succeed in STEM programs.
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October 25th, 2010, 03:10
College of Education researcher Ji Shen believes that an innovative approach to K-12 teaching called Modeling-Based Instruction (MBI) can improve student learning in science education and he is beginning a two-year study to determine how it can be implemented in classrooms across the nation.
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October 14th, 2010, 04:10
The findings in new research led by Michael Schmidt, an associate professor in kinesiology, should help clinicians measuring body composition identify children most at risk for future health problems in a simple and cost effective manner.
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October 7th, 2010, 04:10
A professor in the department of workforce education, leadership, and social foundations, has received a $445,977 grant from the Institute of Education Science to study the relationships between specific secondary educational programs and the postsecondary education and work of students with high-incidence disabilities.
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