The Dean’s Office has announced the recipients of this year’s Dean’s Grants. The grants – two each for instructional innovation and research – provide up to $2,500 to assist faculty and/or staff in improving teaching, curriculum, and student academic success or in completing a pilot or small-scale study to prepare for submission of an externally funded grant. The recipients are:
Curricular Innovation Grants
- Christine Kiracofe, LEPF: “Education Law Primary Source Document Project”
- Gary Swick, LEPF: “Teaching Using the Tower Garden: A Food From Classroom to Table Experience”
Research Grants
- Pi-Sui Hsu, ETRA: “Argue Like a Scientist with Technology: A Study of Developing Middle School Students’ Scientific Argumentation Skills in a Graph-Oriented, Computer-Assisted, Project-Based Learning Environment”
- Todd Reeves, ETRA: “Comparing Student Survey Item Design for the Measurement of Teachers’ Instructional Practices”
