Boise State University’s College of Education faculty work on comprehensive research agendas, including two $1.5 million awards from the Institute for Education Sciences (IES).
Research associate professor Lindsey Turner  was awarded an IES grant to examine barriers and facilitators to creating physically active classrooms. As part of the study, Turner’s team will evaluate strategies to help teachers implement physical activity breaks and study the impacts on students’ academic outcomes.
Professor Evelyn Johnson received an IES grant to develop an observation tool to evaluate and improve special education teachers’ use of evidence-based practices. An important goal of the study is to provide special education teachers with the feedback and guidance they need to better serve students with disabilities.
The Center for Multicultural Opportunities (CMEO)Â received a $1.1 million award to pave the way for first-generation and low-income students to become teachers.
Associate professors Yu-Chang Hsu and Yu-Hui Ching in the Department of Educational Technology received a $164,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an app from STEM students.
The College of Education faculty also regularly publish research articles like Sara Hagenah’s study in the Journal of Teacher Education that investigated the conversations mentor teachers have with teacher candidates, and Michele Carney, Jonathan Brendefur, Gwyneth Hughes, and Keith Thiede’s study of the measurement of teachers’ use of mathematics instruction in K-12 classrooms, published in the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal.