COLLEGE PARK, MD (March, 2012) Each year, education researchers from around the country come together at the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Annual Meeting to share cuttingedge research, attend professional development sessions and celebrate the achievements of colleagues. At this years meeting, two College of Education faculty members will receive awards for their contributions to education research.
Dr. Alberto Cabrera, professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education, has been selected to receive the prestigious AERA Fellowship. Dr. Cabrera's research focuses on students experiences in higher education, including college choice and the role of finances on college persistence and on the determinants of default behavior. The AERA Fellowship recognizes exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research and significant contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and settings.
The AERA Fellows are known both nationally and internationally for their outstanding research contributions. Through the Fellows Program, AERA aims to convey its commitment to excellence in research and to underscore to new scholars the importance of sustained research contributions in the field.
Dr. Andre Rupp, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology will also be honored at the upcoming Annual Meeting. His book, Diagnostic Measurement: Theory, methods, and Applications, has garnered AERA's Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award.
AERA's Division D Measurement and Research Methodology promotes excellence in the design, execution, and dissemination of research on educational measurement, methodology, psychometrics, and interpretive and statistical and mixed methods and applications. The Significant Contribution Award recognizes published research judged to represent a significant advancement in theory and practice of educational measurement and/or educational research methodology.
Both Drs. Cabrera and Rupp will be honored at the April 2012 meeting in Vancouver, BC.
AERA, founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application.
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