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Valerie Walker (Education)

Valerie Walker published the “Economics is Everywhere” curriculum through the Minnesota Council on Economic Education. The curriculum provides Minnesota teachers in grades 4, 5, 7 and 8 with lesson plans and materials that can be used to integrate grade-level economic benchmarks in commonly taught units from each grade’s “lead discipline.”

Michele Koomen (Education)

Michele Koomen published an article with Alissa Hoffman ’17 and Elizabeth (Schutz) Rodriguez ’17 titled “Authentic science with citizen science and student‐driven science fair projects.”

2018-19 Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture

Please join us Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Beck Hall 101 for the fifth annual Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture. Debra Pitton, Professor of Education, will present her talk entitled “The embedded skills within a liberal arts education–the key to future success.” President Rebecca Bergman will introduce Pitton, and refreshments will be provided for […]

Debra Pitton (Education)

Debra Pitton presented a session at the 2017 Association of Teacher Educators National Conference. Along with Laura Pitton Guerreo, a fourth grade Spanish immersion teacher in Eden Prairie; and Angela Pitton Abdo, a licensed art therapist and youth counselor at Headway Schools, she shared information on managing extreme behavior in the K-12 classroom. This presentation […]

Lisa Dembouski and Michele Koomen (Education)

Lisa Dembouski and Michele Koomen presented a paper titled “Voices of students with disabilities in science education” at the national Disability Studies in Education conference.

Michele Koomen (Education)

Michele Koomen was elected to serve as Minnesota Science Teacher Association President. Koomen also presented a session at the Minnesota Educator Academy.

Lisa Dembouski (Education)

Lisa Dembouski is publishing a chapter titled “The Instructor is Partially Def: Hard of Hearing Professing in Higher Education” in Routledge Interdisciplinary Studies Series. She will also be part of a panel of chapter authors presenting their chapters at the National Communication Association annual conference in November, 2017.

Michele Koomen (Education)

Michele Koomen, Kristen Matthews ’18, Elisabeth McCabe ’18, and Laura Katchmark ’18 will present a session at the Minnesota Conference on Science Education on November 10, 2017.

Lisa Dembouski (Education)

Lisa Dembouski is publishing a chapter, “The Instructor is Partially Def: Hard of Hearing Professing in Higher Education,” in Routledge Interdisciplinary Studies Series. She will also be part of a panel of chapter authors presenting their chapters at the National Communication Association annual conference in Dallas, TX, in November 2017.

Dan Moos (Education)

Dan Moos published a book chapter, “Emerging classroom technology: Using self-regulation principles as a guide for effective implementation” in Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance (2017). He also presented “Concurrent Think-Alouds: Using trace data to understand self-regulated learning” at the international American Educational Research Association Conference in Texas (2017). Moos presented at the symposium “The Intersection […]