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Education Research @ Purdue |
Spring 2011 |
From the Dean
Maryann Santos de Barona |
In This Issue
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Research and Project Highlights Math Science Partnership Focusing on Engineering Design
Sustainable Energy Research Coming to Rural Schools
Learning from Fat Dogs and Coughing Horses
Computer Science Teaching Licensure Program Launched
Project to Work with Teachers on Economics Education
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Faculty Awards
Internal Faculty Grant Recipients
Faculty applications for year-long research grants and summer faculty research grants from the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) underwent a peer review process this spring. PRF year-long research grants provide support for a .50 FTE doctoral research assistant to work on the faculty member's project for a year. Recipients of these awards for 2011-12 are: Emily Bouck, Ayse Ciftci, Luciana de Oliveira, Marcia Gentry, Carrie Wachter Morris, Carole Pistole, Ala Samarapungavan, Heather Servaty-Seib, Melanie Shoffner, and Bill Watson. PRF summer faculty research grants fund a faculty member for two months of research during the summer. The recipient of a summer PRF faculty research grant for 2011 is Anatoli Rapoport.
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5th Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium The 5th Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium (AGSERS) was held on March 30, 2011. The keynore speaker was Wes Bruce, Chief Assessment Officer of the Indiana Department of Education. A record number of 66 poster presentations were made by graduate students from departments all across the Purdue campus. Four posters were selected by a panel of faculty judges to receive awards. The outstanding posters and their graduate student authors (shown in the photo from left to right) were:
Graduate Student Awards Graduate students award winners are being recognized at the annual College of Education Awards Ceremony in April, 2011. This year's winners of awards related to research and scholarship are:
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AERA Reception
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AERA Presentations Here is a list of presentations by College of Education faculty, staff, and graduate students at the 2011 AERA annual meeting in New Orleans.
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We are pleased to share with you to the latest edition of our new electronic newsletter, Education Research @ Purdue. This issue contains news and information about the latest research going on in the College of Education at Purdue University. Our research funding and recognition for our work continues to grow, and this is reflected in our continued climb in the US News and World Report rankings, up another spot to #43 for the 2012 Best Education Schools. The efforts of our excellent faculty and students are launching the future, and we hope you enjoy learning a little more about what we're doing.
Peg Ertmer, faculty member in learning design and technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is part of a team of researchers leading a new program for Indiana's rural high school teachers that encourages participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to groom the next generation of leaders in sustainable energy. Dubbed "Research Goes to School," the five-year statewide STEM initiative is supported by an Innovations through Institutional Integration (I3) grant from the National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to develop a model for integrating education and research by creating and supporting a professional development program that engages rural Indiana pre-service and in-service high school teachers around sustainable energy research activities. The project will develop curricular materials for integrating sustainable energy concepts with state science education standards and provide professional development experiences for a total of about 400 teachers. The project builds on a variety of existing Purdue STEM initiatives including Education's own 
Faculty members in the College of Education including Marcia Gentry and Becky Mann, in the gifted education program in the Department of Educational Studies, are members of the leadership team of an NIH-funded project creatively titled "Fat Dogs and Coughing Horses: Animal Contributions towards a Healthier Citizenry." The project, directed by Timothy Ratliff and Sandra Amass in the School of Veterinary Medicine, focuses on health issues that affect both people and animals such as obesity prevention, cancer prevention and asthma as well as how animal models play an important role in biomedical research. During the past year, Education faculty members have been involved in developing and piloting curricular materials for students in grades 3, 6, and 9. For examples, see the project's website at 
Aman Yadav, faculty member in educational psychology, and James Lehman, faculty member in learning design and technology and associate dean, are part of the leadership team of "CS4EDU: Computer Science for Education," a National Science Foundation grant project focused on preparing educators to teach computer science at the high school level (see 
The Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE), housed in the Purdue Department of Agricultural Economics, will partner with the Purdue College of Education, the Ball State Center for Economic Education, and three school corporations in Randolph County on an Indiana Teacher Quality grant project. The project is designed to increase students' understanding of personal finance and economics, especially through the use of mathematics and literature. Teachers will be introduced to basic economic and personal finance concepts in the Indiana Academic Standards through a project workshop. Teachers will also learn how to apply these concepts in the classroom using a variety of motivational instructional strategies, many involving the use of reading and mathematics stories and concepts. The project is directed by Harlan Day, Director of the Indiana Council for Economic Education and a courtesy faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction.
Faculty members are being honored for contributions to research at the annual College of Education Awards Ceremony in April, 2011. Lynn Bryan (at right), science educator in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Department of Physics, is the recipient of the 2011 Dean's Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. Professor Bryan, who is also a University Faculty Scholar, is being recognized for her excellent 
Outstanding Faculty Discovery Awards (at left, from left to right) are Emily Bouck (assistant professor level), Yan Ping Xin (associate professor level) and Marcia Gentry (full professor level). In the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Anatoli Rapoport (at right) is the recipient of an Outstanding Faculty Discovery Award for Research-Based Scholarship. 
Luciana de Oliveira, faculty member in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Nathalia Jaramillo, faculty member in the Department of Educational Studies, have been selected as Diversity Fellows for 2010-11. Each received a grant to revise an existing course or propose a new course with a diversity component. The Diversity Fellows Program is supported by the university's Diversity Resource Office in conjunction with the deans of four of Purdue's colleges.
Rachael Kenney, mathematics educator, and Melanie Shoffner, English educator, received a 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship from the Discovery Learning Research Center to evaluate secondary mathematics teachers' experiences with the writing-to-learn-mathematics approach. Their research is extending understanding of literacy in mathematics education and reflection in teacher education. The fellowship supports collaborative projects between faculty members in a STEM and non-STEM discipline.
The College of Education will hold a reception at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, jointly with the schools of education at Ball State University and Indiana State University, on Saturday, April 9, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the New Orleans Marriott, La Galerie 3. You are cordially invited to attend!