As a Special Education major in clinical placements, Courtney James noticed something about students with autism and their devices for augmentative and alternative communication. They weren’t using them – at least not to initiate dialogue, James says, or not at all. Most
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 moreStudent Research Symposium planned April 14, 15, 16 via Zoom conferencing
Students who plan to participate in the 2021 College of Education Annual Student Research Symposium must apply by Monday, March 22. The symposium will include opportunities for students to engage in brief, oral research presentations via Zoom. Idea Forums for Emerging Researchers
Read moreValuable experience: Students continue to research, present with COE professors
Lorena Flores glimpsed how just one NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction class in multiculturalism could influence the beliefs of the students who had come before her in Gabel Hall. Gisela Lopez-Lauderdale learned how P-12 schools can best engage Latino families of
Read moreFuture elementary teachers find good ideas within interventions
Courtney Rieb could not help but notice the boy. “He was frequently off-task,” says Rieb, a junior Elementary Education major from Antioch. “He was trying to talk to his friends, or taking laps around the classroom. I identified him as needing some
Read moreApril 21, 25 offer two great ways to back College of Ed students
Two upcoming events will provide great opportunities for NIU College of Education faculty and staff to show their support of students. CoE Student Research Symposium Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the second annual CoE Student Research Symposium, scheduled from
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