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Texas A&M study finds arts education positively impacts student performance
-The argument for maintaining arts education in schools has typically been ‘art for the sake of art’, but art class is more than just glue sticks and field trips. In a recent study, Dr. Daniel Bowen proved that arts education positively impacts student outcomes by increasing writing achievement, decreasing disciplinary infractions and increasing compassion.
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Improving Retention Through Classroom Management
-According to Dr. Andrew Kwok, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, one of the main reasons teachers leave is because they are not good classroom managers.
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Teaching community health workers to utilize family history for prevention
-Dr. Lei-Shih (Lace) Chen, associate professor of health education, is helping rural Texas communities tap into family health history by educating community health workers about basic genetics through bilingual workshops.
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Jessie Simmons: How A Schoolteacher Became An Unsung Hero Of The Civil Rights Movement
-As the leader goes, so goes the school. This is the mantra Dr. Beverly Irby, professor of educational leadership, adheres to in transforming schools that need her help. She demonstrated this in her latest research in which she took Black Elementary from ‘improvement required’ to ‘meets standards’ in just one year through revitalizing the school’s leadership.
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Women’s Research On Women Symposium Highlighted Visionary Women
-As the leader goes, so goes the school. This is the mantra Dr. Beverly Irby, professor of educational leadership, adheres to in transforming schools that need her help. She demonstrated this in her latest research in which she took Black Elementary from ‘improvement required’ to ‘meets standards’ in just one year through revitalizing the school’s leadership.
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Texas A&M University Partners with Aldine ISD to help school ‘meet standards’ in one year
-As the leader goes, so goes the school. This is the mantra Dr. Beverly Irby, professor of educational leadership, adheres to in transforming schools that need her help. She demonstrated this in her latest research in which she took Black Elementary from ‘improvement required’ to ‘meets standards’ in just one year through revitalizing the school’s leadership.
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CEHD Shines In U.S. News Graduate School Rankings
-Four of the College of Education and Human Development’s graduate programs are considered in the top tier of graduate education according to the 2020 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings.
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Studying the Impacts of Self-Control on Behavior Problems
-Self-control is the ability to control your emotions, thoughts and behaviors – the quality that allows you to stop yourself from doing things you want to do but that might not be in your best interest.
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Technology’s Impact On Learning A Foreign Language
-100 fourth and fifth grade, English-speaking students, participated in two groups – one with E-flashcards and one with traditional paper flashcards. The objective was to learn 20 new Chinese words during each lesson.
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ICYMI: Video From The Voices Of Impact Speaker Series
-Inspired by the popular TED talks, speakers engaged attendees in five-minute presentations featuring one slide. Each presentation touched on a variety of engaging topics related to our everyday lives.
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Teachers: Undervalued But Incredibly Valuable
-A research team decided to work on changing the negative narrative surrounding teachers. They focused on the stories of impact from the students interviewed during the research process.
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Closing The Branding Gap Between Male And Female Athletes
-On Forbes’ list of the world’s highest paid athletes, not a single female athlete made the cut. Why is that? Recent research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development aims to demystify why female athletes do not stack up to their male counterparts in building profitable personal brands.
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What Is Design Thinking?
-With a focus on design thinking, Dr. Richard Kimbell, Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths University of London, is presenting a series of lectures and workshops at Texas A&M.
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3rd Annual Voices Of Impact Speaker Series Planned
-The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held February 6 at 6 p.m. at the Ice House on Main in Downtown Bryan.
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National Mentoring Month: How a Mentee Becomes the Mentor
-If not for a generous mentor, Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Michael Thornton may have never earned his EdD, or even attended college at all.
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CEHD Advances In Latest Online Education Rankings
-The 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, released today, list the college’s online graduate programs as 16th in the country.
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Moving On After 20 Years With CEHD
-After spending 20 years with the Department of Educational Psychology, both are retiring January 31.
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Testing Technology’s Impact On Literacy And Writing
-Ready, Set, Write! is the brainchild of Drs. Li-Jen Kuo and Quentin Dixon, associate professors in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. They worked with doctoral student Stephanie Moody to develop curriculum that focuses on improving writing skills of struggling second grade students.
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SAAHE: A Program Of Possibilities
-Like most people, Dr. Krista Bailey did not know what student affairs was until she came to college.
“Some people will describe our profession a hidden one, because few people grow up saying, ‘I want to be a student affairs practitioner’,” Bailey said.
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Support For Family Caregivers After Military Traumatic Brain Injuries
-Each year, traumatic brain injuries account for more than two million emergency visits, 280,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths.
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Live From The International Space Station: Human Health Risks Of Spaceflight
-Spending time aboard the International Space Station poses challenges to human health and performance. On Thursday, November 29, astronaut Serena Auñón Chancellor, M.D., NASA physician astronaut and former flight surgeon, will join us to discuss living in the space environment.
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Grief And Children In The Classroom
-It has been described as the most traumatic thing that can happen in a child’s life. One out of every 20 children aged 15 and younger will suffer the loss of one or both parents. 1.5 million children are living in a single-parent household because of the death of a parent.
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Texas A&M Sport Researcher Finds Rude Coaches Hurt Team Performance
-College basketball season is here. As the games get heated, remember to mind your p’s and q’s. Texas A&M sport researcher Dr. George Cunningham found that impolite coaches in NCAA women’s basketball teams negatively impact their players and overall team performance.
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