Category: Research

Phil Vanfossen signing document

College of Education partners with UCDB in gifted education learning exchange

“Purdue University’s College of Education and Brazil’s Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB) signed a Letter of Intent to explore research collaborations and faculty and student exchanges between the two universities,” said Kathryn Obenchain, associate dean for Learning, Engagement and Global...
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Washington Irving Elementary 3rd grade class with teacher Juan Barboza.

College of Education: Part of Indiana’s $2M funding initiative to support teachers of English Language Learners

Purdue University is one of ten Indiana universities offering a completely online add-on license to prepare teachers – for free – to provide effective language, literacy, and content-area instruction for students classified as English Language Learners (ELLs). Indiana will spend $2...
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Episode 16 Dyscalculia & Word Problem Solving. Guest: Dr. Yan Ping Xin

Xin’s math problem-solving program featured by Made for Math

Do you ever struggle with math? Perhaps this mathematics problem-solving intervention program created by a Purdue University College of Education professor could help you.

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Multi-national evaluation team led by ELRC

College’s international impact: Reinvigorating Somali education

Purdue University College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC), with funding from USAID, is leading a multi-national team that is examining the effectiveness of formal and informal educational models on diverse learners in Somalia.

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#ThisIsPurdue interviews alum/TikTok star/science teacher Phil Cook about “Chem-o-ween” & teaching

“This Is Purdue” podcaster Kate Young interviewed Purdue Education alum, chemistry teacher and TikTok superstar Phil Cook (BSChemEd ’00, MSEd ’13) about his passion for education – and observed his “Chem-o-ween” experiments: an exploding pumpkin, liquid nitrogen marshmallows and flaming candy corn.

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Wanju Huang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Learning Design & Technology

W. Huang awarded NSF grant for cyber training curriculum for CWE sustainability

Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, Wanju Huang, clinical assistant professor in the College of Education, and fellow Purdue researchers will create a cyber training curriculum for CWE sustainability.

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