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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October 1st, 2010, 09:10
The College of Education’s doctoral program in exercise science was one of six University of Georgia programs placing high in the National Research Council’s third assessment of doctoral research program.
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September 28th, 2010, 01:09
Special education professor Kevin Ayres is directing a collaborative project to develop an application that turns handheld communication devices into self-prompting tools to assist individuals with autism and developmental disabilities with daily living tasks.
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September 16th, 2010, 04:09
Many elementary schools today use repeated readings to increase the reading fluency of students, but a University of Georgia educational psychologist wants to find out if using a wider reading approach might increase fluency while also providing greater vocabulary and content.
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September 8th, 2010, 11:09
Two of four research projects recently funded by the University System of Georgia aimed at reducing childhood obesity include three College of Education faculty members — Bryan McCullick, Phil Tomporowski and Michael Schmidt.
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