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Teacher Leadership Development: The Value of Boundary Crossing Spaces (online)

Join the College of Education and Human Development School of Learning and Teaching for a research brown bag talk on "Teacher Leadership Development: The Value of Boundary Crossing Spaces," with assistant professors of curriculum, assessment and instruction Tammy Mills and Rebecca Buchanan: "As both practitioners and scholars of teacher education, we are interested in building capacity for teacher leadership that is rooted in relationships, spans a career, and […]

Insights into Personalized Learning: Co-Creating a Practical Guide to Enhance Teacher Cognition and Professional Development (online)

Maya Gunawardena will give a virtual talk as part of the College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching Research Brown Bag series from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 The talk is titled “Insights into personalized learning: Co-creating a practical guide to enhance teacher cognition and professional development.” For connection information, […]

Federal Funding to Improve Education Research and Practice: Lessons Learned, Insights Gained as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation (online)

Presented by Asli Sezen-Barrie, associate professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction. Part of the School of Learning and Teaching Research Brown Bag series. Sezen-Barrie started an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) position at the NSF's Division for Research on Learning (DRL) at Formal and Informal Settings on Aug. 30, 2021. Since then, she has served as […]

Learners’ Collaborative Use of Human Scale Spatial Diagrams

Shibles Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Presented by Camden Bock, Ph.D. student in STEM Education for the School of Learning and Teaching Research Brown Bag series. In school geometry, diagrams are typically inscribed on plane surfaces (e.g., whiteboards, paper, projector screens), at scales smaller than the learners who inscribe them. Spatial diagrams, rendered with virtual reality, offer depth and human-scale to […]

Elementary Teachers’ Reported Reading Instructional Practices, Knowledge and Needs for Students With and Without Dyslexia

Shibles Hall, Room 207 ME, United States

Presented by Sara Flanagan, assistant professor of special education, for the College of Education and Human Development's School of Learning and Teaching Research Brown Bag series. To best understand K-5 general and special education teachers' reading instructional and assessment practices for students with and without dyslexia, 346 teachers completed a survey. Additionally, 45 teachers participated […]

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