Graduate Student Success Stories
Research in Cognition and Metacognition Aims to Improve Mathematical Communication
Sarah Sparks' fascination with mental processing has led her to research math students' metacognition during proof writing — a vital mathematical process to convince others that their deductive arguments are accurate. Sparks is in her final year of studies in the Educational Mathematics (now Mathematics Education) Ph.D. program at the University of Northern Colorado.
Measuring School Performance: Looking Beyond Standardized Testing and Scores
A University of Northern Colorado study is reexamining Elliot Eisner's framework for school improvement. The late Stanford professor, who worked in school curriculum and qualitative research, advocated viewing education as an ecosystem of mutual dependence. Sarah Campbell, a student in UNC's Educational Studies Ed.D. program, is undertaking the study with Professor Christy McConnell in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences' School of Teacher Education.
Industry-Funded Research Found CBD Beverage Neither Helped nor Hurt Healthy Adults
Ryland Townsend, a student in the University of Northern Colorado's Sport and Exercise Science Ph. D. – Exercise Physiology Concentration, was a student project lead on CBD-related research. Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. awarded UNC a $250,000 grant to support the study. The placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial investigated whether different doses of a CBD beverage would affect physical or mental health.
Statistical Literacy Research to Benefit Students in Introductory Courses
A five-year stint in student affairs attuned Sam Waters to first- and second-year college students' needs. Now he's exploring early college students' statistical literacy as part of his University of Northern Colorado's Mathematics Education Ph.D. program dissertation.
Statistical literacy — the ability to read and interpret numeric information as presented in tables, graphs and text — is key to comprehension. Waters' research will help gauge how well students in introductory statistics courses understand what they're learning outside typical classroom applications.
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