Shaping Geometric Knowledge
Sep 22, 2016
Can virtual building blocks help young children develop geometric and spatial skills? A Mountaintop team, led by Robin Hojnoski, associate professor of School Psychology, and Michael Spear,…
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Reducing Problem Behaviors
Sep 19, 2016
Lee Kern, director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and professor of Special Education, received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to adapt Tie…
A Smarter Way to Work
Sep 2, 2016
Inside the cool, cavernous interior of Bay 2 on Lehigh's Mountaintop Campus, six students studied flowcharts and scrawled notes on whiteboards. Outside their roomy, makeshift cubicle, a fluorescent s…
College of Education Student, Elizabeth Allen, Honored by President Obama
Aug 30, 2016
In her classroom, students participate in lessons that are dynamic, interactive, technology-based, and problem-focused utilizing a team approach for collaborative learning. Her instructional plans ar…
Dr. Brook Sawyer weighs in on full-day kindergarten in the Lehigh Valley
Aug 22, 2016
Studies show full-day kindergarten helps students coming from low socioeconomic homes. Research is less clear on the impact to already high-achieving students, said Brook Sawyer, an assistant profess…
Doc student Joe Pacitti: Standardized tests just one tool to measure student achievement
Aug 22, 2016
When we take one snapshot of one measure of achievement, we need to recognize that it probably isn't inclusive of social or emotional growth, home life, school environment or grit. Effective evaluati…