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STEM teacher recruitment project gains additional funding

CATALYST faculty, Lynn Bryan, Selcen Guzey, Muhsin Meneske, and Jill Newton, received a $195,000 award to continue a state level STEM teacher recruitment project called the 21st Century STEM Teachers Scholarship Program.  Funded by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education,...

August 28, 2017

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Purdue collaborative education project gets NSF grant funding

A collaborative project involving researchers from Purdue’s College of Education received grant funding from the National Science Foundation. The overall research project received a total of $1.1 million and is a collaboration with Indiana University. The grant funding is provided...

August 23, 2017

Students use special glasses to view the eclipse

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party

The College of Education and Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST) hosted a Solar Eclipse Safe Viewing Party and it was a huge success! We estimate there were around 2,000 students, faculty, staff and community members in...

August 22, 2017

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Purdue receives national funding for research on science education

Purdue College of Education research examining difficulty students have understanding scientific evidence received funding from the National Science Foundation. The work being led by Ala Samarapungavan, a professor of educational psychology and research methodology, received a new grant totaling $1.2...

July 28, 2017

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Family vacations don’t have to interrupt a child’s summer reading

A child’s summer reading doesn’t have to end as families make that last push to squeeze in vacations before the start of school. Melanie Kuhn, the Jean Adamson Stanley professor in literacy at Purdue University, said it is important that...

July 19, 2017

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High school students attend Purdue camp on teaching and diversity

More than 30 high school students will come to Purdue for EXCITE!, a five-day residential camp held on campus beginning Sunday (July 16). The College of Education developed EXCITE! to provide high school students with experiences that will inspire and...

July 18, 2017