Yulissa Chavez and Madison Mathews were born long after the Vietnam War. But that time has come alive for them thanks to a research assignment in their HESA 500: Foundations of Higher Education course that sent them digging through the Founders Memorial
Read moreStudy encourages university librarians to rethink work with graduate students
Research is abstract. Research is an odyssey. Research is an emotional continuum. “This difference suggests that librarians who help graduate students with their research should focus less on teaching where to click in databases,” states an article slated for the November 2024
Read moreCOE scholarly accomplishments
The College of Education Research Committee has worked to collate recent scholarly accomplishments of departments. Members took this action as part of the revised Strategic Action Planning Framework, and specifically Goal 2, which states, “Documented research output / noteworthy accomplishments by COE
Read moreLindsay Harris wins NIH grant to study word learning in children who are blind
Children who are blind or visually impaired can neither see words in print nor the objects that the words refer to, such as a tree or a car or a cloud. So how does this impact their word learning and vocabulary development,
Read moreStudent Research Symposium resumes in-person operation with posters, panels
Questions and answers took center stage April 21 at the NIU College of Education’s Student Research Symposium. Held in the Learning Center of Gabel Hall (face-to-face for the first time since COVID forced an online format), the event featured five oral presentations,
Read morePaul Wright co-edits book on research, evaluation of P.E., sport pedagogy topics
Paul Wright, an NIU Board of Trustees Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, is celebrating the recent publication of “Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.” Published by Jones & Bartlett Learning in conjunction with SHAPE
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Brad Hawk, a clinical assistant professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, received the Calvin Jackson Career Impact Award from the Illinois Association of School
Read moreVisual Disabilities faculty, students join in strong representation at IAER meeting
Rachel Newland found the NIU Department of Special and Early Education’s Visual Disabilities Program through a YouTube search. And in coming to the College of Education, she’s found a home. “Dr. Kapperman has been my primary guide; his interest in sex education
Read moreGeneration X-ercise? NIU study seeks sedentary adults ready to get physical
Are you between the ages of 40 and 60? Are you mostly sedentary but otherwise healthy and able to perform routine daily activities? Are you exercising less than 90 minutes per week, or no more than three days a week? Are you
Read moreETRA represents at MWERA conference
Eight members of the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment family attended the Mid-Western Educational Research Association annual meeting, held from Oct. 19 through Oct. 22 in Cincinnati. Representing the NIU College of Education were Associate Dean David Walker and ETRA
Read moreCamic named Senior Faculty Fellow
Many college-age athletes of all skill levels are taking pre-workout supplements to enhance their physical performance, stamina and recovery. But do they know what’s in them – or, more importantly, whether they’re effective and safe at recommended doses? The latter is what
Read moreVisual Disabilities students impress with research at biennial conference
Gaylen Kapperman has attended countless professional conferences during his nearly half-century in academia. But the professor emeritus in the Department of Special and Early Education’s Visual Disabilities program is hard-pressed to remember a meeting room fuller than the one he encountered this
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