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Extraordinary Research, Extraordinary Impact

Faculty members in the NC State College of Education conduct research that transforms lives, families, schools and communities across North Carolina and beyond. Their projects span the pre-K through higher education spectrum and impact learners in every stage of life. A few of our faculty talk about their research and how they're working to ensure the educational success of all students.

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But many children believe scientists are largely white males. Why? 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Brooks Bowden | How the Ingredients Method Can Help Students Achieve Goals”,”teaser”:”A. Brooks Bowden, an assistant professor of methods and policy, presents the ingredients method, which examines the resources needed in successful educational interventions. \”Knowing the impact is necessary but not sufficient,\” she says.”,”call-to-action”:”Watch Video”,”url”:”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftu2q3TjFmY&t=27s”,”image”:{“ID”:13802,”id”:13802,”title”:”A. Brooks Bowden, Ph.D. | How the Ingredients Method Can Help Students Achieve Goals”,”filename”:”brooksbowden2.jpg”,”filesize”:704006,”url”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/brooksbowden2.jpg”,”link”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/extraordinary-research-extraordinary-impact/brooksbowden2/”,”alt”:”A. 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How does this impact student learning and literacy? 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The iScholar Project serves as a model, says DeLeon Gray, an assistant professor of educational psychology.”,”call-to-action”:”Watch Video”,”url”:”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGrvQIjiE5k&t=31s”,”image”:{“ID”:13803,”id”:13803,”title”:”DeLeon Gray, Ph.D. | The Motivation Needs of Students in Culturally Diverse Classrooms”,”filename”:”deleongray2.jpg”,”filesize”:671666,”url”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/deleongray2.jpg”,”link”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/extraordinary-research-extraordinary-impact/deleongray2/”,”alt”:”DeLeon Gray, Ph.D. | The Motivation Needs of Students in Culturally Diverse Classrooms”,”author”:”244″,”description”:””,”caption”:””,”name”:”deleongray2″,”status”:”inherit”,”uploaded_to”:12703,”date”:”2017-08-14 13:20:11″,”modified”:”2018-01-17 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Hunt, an associate professor of special education and mathematics education.”,”call-to-action”:”Watch Video”,”url”:”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap88YhDuTrM”,”image”:{“ID”:13806,”id”:13806,”title”:”Jessica Hunt, Ph.D. | Widening the Lens on Ability and Dis/Ability”,”filename”:”jessicahunt2.jpg”,”filesize”:769513,”url”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/jessicahunt2.jpg”,”link”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/extraordinary-research-extraordinary-impact/jessicahunt2/”,”alt”:””,”author”:”244″,”description”:””,”caption”:””,”name”:”jessicahunt2″,”status”:”inherit”,”uploaded_to”:12703,”date”:”2017-08-14 13:31:14″,”modified”:”2017-09-15 22:58:08″,”menu_order”:0,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”type”:”image”,”subtype”:”jpeg”,”icon”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-includes/images/media/default.png”,”width”:1500,”height”:844,”sizes”:{“thumbnail”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/jessicahunt2-150×150.jpg”,”thumbnail-width”:150,”thumbnail-height”:150,”medium”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/jessicahunt2-300×169.jpg”,”medium-width”:300,”medium-height”:169,”medium_large”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/jessicahunt2-768×432.jpg”,”medium_large-width”:768,”medium_large-height”:432,”large”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/jessicahunt2-1024×576.jpg”,”large-width”:1024,”large-height”:576}}},{“title”:”Meg Blanchard | Using STEM Clubs to Encourage College”,”teaser”:”Meg Blanchard, associate professor of science education, talks about how to scale a successful, intensive intervention program — the STEM Career 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01:34:03″,”menu_order”:0,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”type”:”image”,”subtype”:”jpeg”,”icon”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-includes/images/media/default.png”,”width”:1500,”height”:844,”sizes”:{“thumbnail”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/megblanchard2-150×150.jpg”,”thumbnail-width”:150,”thumbnail-height”:150,”medium”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/megblanchard2-300×169.jpg”,”medium-width”:300,”medium-height”:169,”medium_large”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/megblanchard2-768×432.jpg”,”medium_large-width”:768,”medium_large-height”:432,”large”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/megblanchard2-1024×576.jpg”,”large-width”:1024,”large-height”:576}}},{“title”:”Explore More”,”teaser”:”<h3>Over two-thirds of NC State College of Education engage in grant-funded research projects. <h/3>”,”call-to-action”:”Browse All Our Research Projects”,”url”:”https://ced.ncsu.edu/updated/research/research-projects/”,”image”:false}]}[/ncst_acf_importer]