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• Change a Life: Be a Mentor!

  Jan 14, 2014 9:01 am34 views

  Change a life; Be a Mentor!  The One-to-One mentoring program for all Champaign-Urbana schools is recruiting and training mentors this month.  Mentors in our program commit to spending one hour a week, during the school year, with their mentee.  New mentors can choose any elementary/middle school in the C-U area, and they will be personally matched with students in our schools by our Coordinators.  Every school has a waiting list of children waiting for a mentor…maybe it’s you!

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  Chang-kyu Kwon Wins Early Scholar Award

  Feb 25, 2025 9:30 am48 views

  Kwon, an assistant professor in EPOL, was recognized by the Academy of Human Resource Development.

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  Cherie Avent named to News-Gazette 40 under 40

  Oct 25, 2023 8:45 am50 views

  Avent was honored as one of the top young professionals in our community. She was chosen for professional accomplishments, and community involvement.

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  Cheryl Light Shriner Named Goldstick Family Scholar

  Jan 31, 2022 5:00 pm72 views

  Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner has been named the Goldstick Family Scholar, effective February 1, 2022.  She is one of four accomplished scholars from the Department of Special Education to receive this honor, which was established by Phillip C. and the late Beverly Kramer Goldstick to provide sustainable training and research programs in the area of communication disorders in special education.

• Children (5-17 yrs) Needed for Paid Research Study about Hearing in Noise

  Dec 11, 2019 12:15 pm59 views

  The Department of Speech and Hearing Science is recruiting children for a paid research study about hearing in noise. We're looking for children (5-17 yrs) who speak English as their first language and have no history of hearing loss.

• Children discover science, programming in IDEALL space

  Jul 5, 2016 8:30 am41 views

  What if the atmosphere was thinner? What if the moon didn’t exist? These scenarios were presented to children ages 10 and up during the June 27-July 1 Science Simulation with Minecraft camp in the IDEALL space of the Education building.

• China Study Tour Applications Due September 13

  Sep 6, 2013 6:58 pm60 views

  Applications for the China Study Tour (EPS 199, China’s Education Systems Pre-K-16: Teacher Preparation and Experiences in Rural and Urban Classrooms; 3 credit course that meets second half of the semester) are due September 13 (Study Tour in China will be December 28, 2013 through January 14, 2014).  For more information or to receive an application, email Lmorgan4@illinois.edu

• Chinese Culture and Language Camp

  Mar 17, 2015 12:00 pm857 views

  The Chinese Culture and Language Camp aims to promote early second language development through Chinese immersion in a fun, safe, and stimulating environment by providing bilingual teaching experts of the College of Education and innovative curriculum. The participants will be working in Scholar, an exciting and secure Web writing environment that empowers them to connect, create, and publish.

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  Christiansen, Kern, Receive CSBS Grant

  May 29, 2025 10:00 am12 views

  The pair received a Center for Social & Behavioral Science Grant for their project.

• Christiansen Pens Op-Ed for Champaign News-Gazette

  May 20, 2025 12:00 pm1 views

  EPSY Chair Kyle Christiansen's piece Support Higher Ed Because Higher Ed Supports You, was published in the May 20th edition of the News-Gazette.

• Christina Krist Awarded Top Honor by NARST, A Global Organization for Improving Science Education through Research

  Mar 20, 2023 6:00 pm38 views

  Christina Krist has been selected to receive the NARST 2023 Early Career Research Award (ECRA). This honor recognizes Krist’s professional accomplishments as the most significant among other researchers nominated for the ECRA this year.

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  Christopher Span to Speak at Pitt School of Education Commencement

  Apr 24, 2024 11:00 am14 views

  Span currently serves as Chief of Staff and Associate Chancellor for Administration and PreK-12 Initiatives at Illinois.

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  Chudzik Wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award from CEC

  Mar 19, 2024 11:45 am39 views

  Mia Chudzik, a Ph.D. candidate in Special Education, was given the award at the Council for Exceptional Children's Annual Meeting.

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  Chung Selected for American Psychological Association Award

  Apr 22, 2025 2:30 pm29 views

  Y. Barry Chung is Dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University.

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  CI 499 CPC: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

  Aug 19, 2013 2:07 pm93 views

  Instructor: Dr. Dan Hoffman

  Time: Thursdays, 4:00 - 6:50pm

  Location: 37 Education

  Credit: 4 hours
  
  This Fall, Dan Hoffman, a new member of the Curriculum & Instruction faculty, will be offering a course titled "Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)." This course is designed to introduce the theoretical, pedagogical, and practical aspects of integrating computer science activities into elementary and middle school classrooms. Throughout the semester we'll review current thinking on computer science education and how computer science topics and concepts can impact learning across the curriculum. Students will experience a variety of hands-on activities using child-friendly programming environments including Snap!, Blockly, Tynker, and Hopscotch. No programming experience required. Open to all.

  Flyer: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

• CI 499 - Critiques of Educational Technology

  Nov 12, 2013 11:00 am100 views

  CI 499 CRITIQUES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

  Technology, from the overhead to the Internet, has played an important role in the history of organized education, often fueled by a romanticized view that it will somehow revolutionize teaching and learning. While many scholars believe technology can transform education, others have questioned its impact— intended or otherwise—on the social, economic, pedagogical, and political aspects of education. In this course, we’ll survey various arguments against educational technology in an effort to clarify our own understanding of its actual and potential value. We’ll examine work skeptical of educational technology as a whole as well as research questioning specific tech-centric initiatives ranging from teaching machines to tablets. Students will leave the course with a deeper appreciation of the gap between practice and promise, while being well-positioned to influence future developments within the field.

  For more information contact Dan Hoffman (dlh2109 [at] illinois [dot] edu)

• CI 507 CLI: Collaborative Learning and Instruction

  Aug 19, 2013 1:14 pm73 views

  CI 507 CLI: Collaborative Learning and Instruction

  Instructor: Dr. Emma Mercier

  115 David Kinley Hall

  Credit: 4 hours.

  While research on collaboration indicates that it can be productive pedagogic strategy for both learning and problem solving, it is rarely used in classrooms (and often disliked by students). We will explore the research on collaborative learning to understand what we know about it as a pedagogic strategy, what the limitations of the research are when it comes to implementing it in classrooms, and how current directions in the field, and in computer-supported collaborative learning, might be used to further our understanding of the complex nature of collaborative learning in classroom environments.

  Topics will include basic research on collaborative learning, differences between cooperative and collaborative learning, the role of teachers in the collaborative classroom, supporting collaboration practices within groups, and current research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The course will take a critical approach to the literature to build an understanding of the state of this field, and class sessions will include different types of collaborative learning activities.

• CI 507: Digital Learning

  Aug 5, 2013 1:30 pm78 views

  CI 507: Digital Learning
  Dr. Robb Lindgren, robblind@illinois.edu
  Fall 2013
  Monday, 4pm-6:50pm
  15 Education
  Credit: 4 hours
  
  The emergence of digital media technologies—from the Internet to mobile devices to immersive virtual worlds—is having a profound effect on education, and how we structure environments to help people learn in domains such as math and science. This course examines the intersection of learning theory and the design of interactive technologies for promoting problem solving, creativity, reflection, etc. The course also seeks to prepare students in education, computer science, and other areas of study for the burgeoning space of digital learning design.

  https://blogs.illinois.edu/files/1526/95957/3372.pdf

• CI 507 SF: Schools and Families

  Aug 3, 2016 1:15 pm35 views

  This course explores the many disconnects between family engagement strategies and families themselves in prekindergarten through secondary school. We will consider impacts of poverty, immigration, racial differences, culture, and school policies. This course is targeted to those students interested in working with professionals (teachers, social workers, counselors, interventionists, etc.) who work in schools with students and families.

• CI534-Teaching and Learning Geometry

  Nov 5, 2013 7:56 pm33 views

  This course concentrates on the teaching and learning of geometry in middle school and high school by examining the history of school geometry, comparing curricular expectations and rationales for geometry instruction over time.  The course provides an overview of theoretical models regarding the teaching and learning of geometry.  At the same time, the course provides opportunities for discussing practical issues of teaching geometry with work on geometrical problems and laboratory sessions using dynamic geometry. Topics in the course include geometric proofs, students’ interactions with geometric diagrams, and the use of dynamic geometry.  The course is intended for masters’ and doctoral students in mathematics education, graduate students in mathematics, and others with interest in mathematics teaching.  

• CI535-Teaching and Learning Algebra

  Apr 22, 2014 1:45 pm12 views

  CI535           

  CRN: 59567

  Title: Teaching and Learning Algebra

  Instructor:  Dr. Gloriana González

  Credit hours: 4

  Term: Fall 2014

  Day/Time: Mondays, 5:00-7:50 PM

   

  Algebra I has been described as a critical filter for pursuing further studies in mathematics. The course considers the introduction to algebraic concepts in middle school and the teaching and learning of algebra in high school. Course topics include an examination of historical perspectives on algebra in the school curriculum, a study of the nature of algebra and algebraic thinking, an analysis of teaching strategies for teaching algebra, an examination of Common Core Standards and recent documents by NCTM on algebraic reasoning, and explorations of the use of technological tools to support the teaching and learning of algebra.

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  CI 541: Learning in Science

  Apr 28, 2014 9:15 am15 views

  Instructor:  Dr. David Brown, debrown@illinois.edu

  Time:  Tuesday, 4:30-7:20 FAll 2014

  Location: 4F Education Building

  Credit: 4 hours

  CRN: 59374

  This course looks at major learning theories as they apply to science education.  We will focus on major figures in and theories of learning that have had a substantial impact on science education research and practice, such as behaviorism, Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, information processing theories, situated learning, and constructivism, among others. While the class will tend to focus on examples from science and mathematics, students in areas other than science are welcome. 

   

• CI 576: ASSESSMENTBASED READING INSTRUCTION

  Nov 25, 2014 12:00 pm36 views

  Day: Mondays
  Time: 5:7:00 pm
  CRN: ONC 62104; RTE 62341
  Credit hours: 4
  Dates: January 20th – March 13th, 2015
  Mode: Online

  Would you like to learn how to connect reading instruction to reading assessment? Are you searching for a
  hands-on experience where you administer reading assessments to students and create and enact an
  individualized instructional plan catered specifically for your student? Are you interested in learning the best
  practices for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction? Would you
  like to consistently engage in discussions that demonstrate how instruction can be modified to cater to English learners? If your answer to any of the previous questions is “yes,” then Assessment-Based Reading
  Instruction is meant for you.

  Assessment-Based Reading Instruction is designed to provide you with:
  • An overview of the nature of reading difficulties
  • Hands-on experience with identifying reading difficulties
  • Experience in responding to the findings from assessment of reading difficulties
  • Experience with considering assessment and instruction as a holistic, interconnected and individualized
  process based on each learner
  • Insight into the ways in which linguistic and cultural diversity impact reading assessment
  • Insight into the ways in which social factors impact interpretations of the results from reading
  assessments

  Assessment-Based Reading Instruction is structured such that assessments are all conducted in the first
  two weeks of the course followed by instruction based on the findings from these assessments. Scholarly
  reading materials will influence your assessment and instructional processes as you progress. Among the
  areas we will explore are orthographic development, emergent/early literacy, word study, text complexity,
  fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, motivation, linguistically and culturally responsive assessment, highstakes testing, and response to intervention.

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  CI 578: Bilingual & Biliteracy Development of Young Children

  Apr 28, 2014 9:15 am29 views

  CI 578:  Bilingual & Biliteracy Development of Young Children

  Instructor: Dr. Eurydice Bauer, ebbauer@illinois.edu

  Time: Monday 4-6:50pm, Fall 2014

  Location: 385 Education Building

  Credit: 4 hours

  CRN: 53602

  C&I 578 section EBB is a graduate-level course for students in the PhD degree program. However, highly interested master level students may participate in the course. This course is offered on a 2-3 year cycle. The purpose of C&I 578 is to help students better understand the language and literacy development of young bilinguals. Students will engage in reading, writing, and discussion of various research articles and chapters. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to observe young children as they engage in learning to read and write across their two languages. Students are expected to: (a) develop a general understanding of the major issues in biliteracy research; (b) explore and appreciate the diversity of research topics, issues, trends, and perspectives in biliteracy research; and (c) learn to think and write critically and analytically about research on early biliteracy development. 

• CI 590: Metaphors, Models, and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

  Jul 18, 2016 3:45 pm14 views

  CI 590 MMA, Fall 2016
  Professor: David Brown
  When: Wednesdays, 5:00 to 7:50 pm
  Where: 4F Education Building
  CRN: 66094

  Traditional views of metaphor and analogy see them simply as linguistic figures of speech, such as “He was a wolf” or “The car was like a battering ram,” used to spice up otherwise literal discourse.  More recent views see metaphorical and analogical thought as central in both discourse and cognition.  Constructivism is currently the dominant paradigm on learning in the content areas, drawing on the idea that students construct new understandings based on existing understandings. If this is the case, then a primary engine of such construction must be analogical and metaphorical reasoning – drawing on existing understandings of ideas and extending those to other ideas perceived as similar. This course will explore recent perspectives on metaphorical, model-based, and analogical thought and discourse, how these views apply to the development of understandings in content areas, and how instruction can take advantage of these new perspectives to better help students develop understandings of new ideas.

• CI 590 MMA - Metaphors, Models and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

  Oct 28, 2013 10:19 am93 views

  Metaphors, Models, and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

   

  CI 590 MMA, Spring 2014

  Professor: David Brown

  When: Wednesdays, 4:30 to 7:20 pm

  Where: 17 Education Building

  CRN: 52335

   

  Traditional views of metaphor and analogy see them simply as linguistic figures of speech, such as “He was a wolf” or “The car was like a battering ram,” used to spice up otherwise literal discourse.  More recent views see metaphorical and analogical thought as central in both discourse and cognition.  Constructivism is currently the dominant paradigm on learning in the content areas, drawing on the idea that students construct new understandings based on existing understandings. If this is the case, then a primary engine of such construction must be analogical and metaphorical reasoning – drawing on existing understandings of ideas and extending those to other ideas perceived as similar. This course will explore recent perspectives on metaphorical and analogical thought and discourse, how these views apply to the development of understandings in content areas, and how instruction can take advantage of these new perspectives to better help students develop understandings of new ideas.

• C&I alumna receives Fulbright Scholarship

  Jul 7, 2016 4:15 pm67 views

  Fulbright Scholarship recipient Avanti Chajed ’13 C&I will travel to Finland in August to pursue a master’s degree in education, according to a July 7 article in The News-Gazette.

• C&I graduate attending AERA conference with help of international award

  Apr 25, 2017 11:00 am14 views

  Utilizing the Travel Support for International Scholars funding he received, Andrew Anthony Hunte, Ph.D. ’16 C&I, will attend the April 27-May 1 AERA Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

• C&I Graduate Student Pair Awarded Global Intersections Grant

  May 15, 2023 1:45 pm86 views

  Citlalli Garcia and Brian Acosta were awarded the Global Intersections Grant, a campus initiative by the University's Center for Global Studies to encourage multicultural, international, transnational, and global perspectives that promote understanding and aid in solving global problems through developing new research areas and projects of global importance. 

• C&I graduate student receives CADRE Fellowship

  Oct 17, 2017 8:30 am9 views

  Curriculum & Instruction graduate student Gabriela Vargas has been selected as a recipient of the highly competitive Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) Fellowship.

• C&I Professor Gloriana Gonzalez and Alum Saad Shehab Awarded $1.375M NSF Grant

  Jul 5, 2023 1:00 pm110 views

  Congratulations to Curriculum & Instruction professor Gloriana Gonzalez, PI and C&I alumnus Saad Shehab, Co-PI, who have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation for their project, Engaging Teachers in Integrating Human-Centered Design for Geometry Problem-based Instruction. The $1.375M award is effective August 1, 2023, and the work is in collaboration with the campus' Siebel Center for Design, where Shehab serves as associate director of assessment and research.

• C&I professors to collaborate on NSF-funded grant

  Sep 20, 2016 8:30 am9 views

  Emma Mercier and Luc Paquette, both assistant professors in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, have received a $1.35 million National Science Foundation Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies grant for a study that will explore how tools to manage the teaching of collaborative activities can be developed and used to support collaborative problem-solving in core engineering courses.

• C&I's Asif Wilson Selected as Summer 2022 Vivian Harsh Research Society Fellow

  Mar 29, 2022 4:15 pm22 views

  Congratulations to assistant professor Asif Wilson on receiving the 2022 Timuel D. Black Jr. Short-term Fellowship in African American Studies, a summer research fellowship with the Vivian G. Harsh Research Society in Chicago.

• C&I scholar Rochelle Gutiérrez interviewed by American Mathematical Society

  Aug 15, 2018 3:30 pm15 views

  Scholar Rochelle Gutiérrez of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction was recently interviewed by the American Mathematical Society.

• C&I's Gloriana Gonzalez Accepted to 2020 New Leadership Academy Fellows Program

  Nov 29, 2019 3:15 pm41 views

  Congratulations to associate professor Gloriana Gonzalez, who has been accepted into the 2020 New Leadership Academy Fellows Program, a partnership between the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (National Forum) and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)

• C&I's Idalia Nuñez Cortez Recognized by Literary Research Association

  Dec 2, 2020 3:00 pm40 views

  Assistant professor in Curriculum & Instruction Idalia Nuñez Cortez has been recognized for her co-authored paper "We Believe In Collective Magic: Re‐claiming the Future(s) of Literacy Research". Her work has been selected to receive an award in the 2020 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference.

• C&I's Idalia Nunez Wins AERA Early Career Scholar Award

  Jan 30, 2023 8:30 am24 views

  Congratulations to Idalia Nuñez, assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction, who is the 2023 recipient of the Early Career Award from the AERA Language and Social Processes special interest group (SIG).

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  C&I's Krist, Hug Awarded Nearly $1M from NSF's Division of Research on Learning

  Aug 21, 2023 3:30 pm84 views

  Congratulations to Curriculum & Instruction assistant professor Stina Krist, PI, and teaching professor Barbara Hug, co-PI, who are leading a team of researchers developing A Professional Development Model for High School Teachers to Adapt Curricula Toward Students' Knowledges and Resources thanks to a four-year, nearly $1M grant from the National Science Foundation.

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  C&I's Monica Gonzalez Ybarra Wins 2020 Award from NCTE

  Oct 21, 2020 8:00 am143 views

  The National Council of Teachers of English have recognized C&I's Monica Gonzalez Ybarra with a 2020 Alan C. Purves Honorable Mention award for her article “We Have a Strong Way of Thinking…and It Shows through Our Words”: Exploring Mujerista Literacies with Chicana/Latina Youth in a Community Ethnic Studies Course.

• C&I's Rachel McMillian Awarded OpEd Project Public Voices Fellowship

  Sep 15, 2022 2:30 pm44 views

  Congratulations to Rachel McMillian, assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction, who has been awarded an OpEd Project Public Voices Fellowship.

• C&I's Rochelle Gutierrez Awarded Spencer Foundation Grant

  Apr 6, 2020 4:30 pm190 views

  Professor Rochelle Gutierrez is a principal investigator on a $500,000 project funded by the Spencer Foundation, titled, "Political Conocimiento in Teaching Mathematics: Preparing Teachers to Advocate for Students."

• C&I's Rochelle Gutierrez Keynote Speaker at NCTM 2020 Virtual Conference

  Nov 9, 2020 3:00 pm114 views

  Professor Rochelle Gutierrez will give a keynote address, "What Kind of Mathematics Do We Need Now?" at the largest annual math education conference. The combined events of COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and climate change have opened the door for many teachers to question what is happening in the world and what is our place in it? This session supports teachers to reflect on what is considered “normal” in mathematics teaching and learning and what it will take to rehumanize mathematics. More than just rethink the ways we teach, I will engage us to reconsider mathematics itself and how it can be in the service of connecting us with each other and the natural world. 

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  C&I's Sara Verma Awarded 2021-2022 Fulbright Grant

  Jun 15, 2021 11:00 am195 views

  Sara Verma, '21 ElEd, is among nine University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates offered an opportunity to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences via Fulbright grants.

• C&I's Stephanie Smith Receives 2021 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award

  Oct 7, 2021 3:30 pm111 views

  Stephanie Smith, assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction, has been named the 2021 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator from Taylor and Francis and the NAECTE Foundation.

• C&I student receives prestigious Presidential Award for STEM teaching

  Aug 15, 2018 3:15 pm14 views

  Curriculum & Instruction student Kevin Frederick was named a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

• CITL’s Newest Podcast Series Features SPED's Kary Zarate in 'Ungrading'

  Jun 9, 2022 4:00 pm58 views

  Teach Talk Listen Learn is a podcast featuring conversations about teaching and learning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Join host Bob Dignan and his guests as they shine a spotlight on the innovative and creative ways faculty and instructors across campus are shaking up the hallowed halls of academia to engage traditional and nontraditional students in all modalities and create transformative learning experiences for them.

• CME Group Foundation Awards Nearly $3 Million in Grants to Support Kindergarten Readiness and K-12 Programming in Chicago and Illinois

  May 20, 2021 3:00 pm19 views

  CME Group Foundation today announced that it has awarded nearly $3 million in grants to further support kindergarten readiness and K-12 programming across Chicago and Illinois.

• CMN 496/AFRO 498 (CRN 37940): African American Rhetoric - Revolution, Resistance, & Transformation

  Apr 29, 2014 1:30 pm12 views

  Course meets: June 16 - August 7, 2014
  Registration closes: April 30, 2014
  Instructor: Anita Mixon

  We will explore how African Americans carved out a space for revolution, resistance, and transformation using speeches, protests, and music in their quest for social change.

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• CoE Course Project Allows Students to Exlpore Campus and Community Connections

  Jun 9, 2016 6:45 pm6 views

  During the 2016 spring semester, 13 UIUC students, enrolled in EPS 199: Community Engagement, participated in a university-community engagement initiative that resulted in the production of a dynamic website. The website shares their experiences volunteering in our local communities and how those experiences are shaping their growing identities as future educators and practitioners. In addition to chronicling their own journeys, the students also hoped that the website could serve an additional purpose, namely as a resource for university students interested in volunteering with local community organizations and/or learning more about trends and topics impacting the nation's public schools. 

  The students enrolled in EPS 199 worked very hard to construct this website. The process began with brainstorming website pages. It then turned to determining data sources and collecting all of the information presented on the website (which included interviewing CoE faculty and current educators in the field). Finally, it concluded with rounds of editing. With the guiding hand of their course instructor, they produced a resource that will hopefully be of value to collectives outside of this class.

  VIEW THE SITE

• COE/EPSY Subject Pool

  Aug 12, 2016 3:30 pm0 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research is no longer overseeing the College of Education Subject Pool. Educational Psychology was asked to assume oversight of the subject pool.  We have developed a website in order to provide students in the COE with a centralized location for finding studies in which to participate for course credit/extra credit. In addition, we have reached a reciprocal agreement with Linguistics, whereby students in several of their classes can receive credit for participating in COE studies and COE students can receive credit for participating in LING studies. 

  The website for the COE subject pool, with information for both students and faculty is: http://education.illinois.edu/edpsy/subject-pool

  If you require study participation or offer extra credit for participation, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the website and include the URL in your syllabi. A mechanism for students to document their participation to instructors is provided on the website, but of course, you can ask your students to document their participation to you in any way you prefer.

  If you are PI on a study that requires participants, please send Julie Kellogg the information described on the website.

  If you have any questions, please contact Kiel Christianson <kiel@illinois.edu>.