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Vanderbilt researchers find value in comparison of multiple strategies for mathematics teaching and learningHow can cognitive science principles support the deepening of mathematics education? A team of researchers [including, Bethany Rittle-Johnson and Kelley Durkin,] from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development and Harvard University’s graduate school of education explored how using a basic learning process—comparison—could lead to stronger outcomes for K-12 students in mathematics, and analyzed different approaches for incorporating comparison into curriculum. The team believes this is only the beginning of important research into comparison strategies and pedagogy. Their work has facilitated additional potential research opportunities, such as exploring the impact of comparison strategies on student attitude toward mathematics, or developing teachers’ capacity to detect when their students need additional support. [This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Dept. of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences.] MORE
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Jan. 20, 2021 – Undergraduate student Return to Campus Update
As Vanderbilt prepares to welcome more members of its community back to campus for the spring semester, the university is sharing some updates and reminders with undergraduates about plans to support the Vanderbilt community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. MORE
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Success is all about making social connections—or is it?
There’s a common adage that knowing the right people holds the secret to wealth and success. The flip side of that, however, is reminiscent of the country song, “Friends in Low Places”: Sometimes social connections can prove detrimental. In a new study . . . Lijun Song, associate professor of sociology in Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science, examines how the theories of “social capital” and “social cost” predict an individual’s life satisfaction. Further, she explores how these dynamics operate differently across collectivist cultures in urban China and Taiwan versus more individualistic systems in the United States. MORE
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Six Peabody researchers recognized by Edu-Scholar Influence rankingEducation Week recently released the 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list highlighting education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Six researchers from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development were selected for inclusion this year. The Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings draw on nine metrics, including social media presence, book and journal publication and citations, education press mentions, and number of times cited by members of Congress. MORE
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Ellis to lead Vanderbilt Posse Scholar Program
Franklin Ellis Jr., who has devoted his career in higher education to helping students of diverse backgrounds and identities succeed at the university level, has been named the new director of the Vanderbilt Posse Scholar Program. Ellis, who joined Vanderbilt in October 2020 as director of the Provost’s Office for Inclusive Excellence, will also continue serving in that position. The Posse Scholar program is rooted in the belief that a small, diverse group of talented students—a posse, carefully selected and trained—can catalyze individual and community development. Vanderbilt was the first university in the nation to work with the Posse Foundation when five students from New York City came to campus in 1989 to form the inaugural cohort. There are 41 current Posse scholars at Vanderbilt. MORE
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Barge and GSH receive major award for Copper Basin reclamation project
It had been less than two years since Carrie Little Stokes, BE’97, ME’06, earned her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering when she first worked on plans to restore Copper Basin, an eyesore in southeast Tennessee with a century-plus history of mining, processing and waste disposal. Barge would soon become the lead consultant on a massive project to clean up Copper Basin and restore plant and animal life to an area that was so barren, so damaged it was one of two human creations astronauts could see from space. The other was the Great Wall of China. After nearly two decades of work, the transformation is astonishing. The professional engineering community also has taken notice, in a big way. Barge and its client, Houston-based Glenn Springs Holdings, received the 2020 ACEC Grand Conceptor Award in December. The American Council of Engineering Companies award signifies the year’s most significant engineering accomplishment in the country. MORE
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