Current Initiatives and Research

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Todd Stillman, MCERT
Teaching Historical Thinking to Non-Native Speakers of English
Non-native speakers of English face significant challenges when learning to use historical thinking skills.  This study proposes several strategies for helping these students including engaging the specific prior knowledge of non-native speakers, using visual texts, using think-aloud, and empowering students to feel like experts.

Amir Farmanes, UMCP School of Public Policy
Breaking a vicious cycle through technological diffusion and knowledge-base development: A study into necessary educational transformations in the Middle East and North Africa
With decades-long negative or non-significant relationship between “Investment in Education” and “Economic Growth”, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), shows a vicious cycle and a worldwide empirical exception. For policy makers aiming the endurance and competitiveness of their countries in the globalized world, this is particularly troubling and deserves dedicated study to further understanding of the matter and inform future development policies in the region.

Carla Onate: Poster Presentation: Introducing curriculum that presents positive images of Hispanic figures to teach grammar in context

Nicole Santiago: Poster Presentation: From Comics to Quixote: Building a bridge to Understanding Spanish Literature

In Yeong Ko: Poster Presentation: Bilingual Reading of Compound Words

Tiffany Jones: Poster Presentation: No Longer the “Other Factor”: The Unique Experience of Multiracial Students Sociolinguistic Education: The incorporation on Non-Standard Spanish Dialects as a Means of Improving Native and Heritage Language Student Engagement and Academic Performance

 

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