Several faculty and students from the NDSU College of Human Development and Education had recent publications, presentations or were awarded grants. 

Erika Offerdahl and Lisa Montplaisir, associate professors in STEM education and biological sciences, had an article selected for the Top Eight Articles that Celebrate the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for 2014.  The list was published in the Jan. 7 Issue of Faculty Focus. The article was titled, "Student-generated reading questions: Diagnosing student thinking with diverse formative assessments," and was printed in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 42.

Adam Marx, assistant professor of agricultural teacher education, had a manuscript, “Student Self-Perceptions of Leadership in Two Missouri FFA Chapters: A Collective Case Study,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Agricultural Education. He was second author along with colleagues from the University of Missouri and from the Iowa FFA Enrichment Center.

Julie Garden-Robinson, professor and Extension food and nutrition specialist, was selected to receive the Industry Excellence Award from the Northern Pulse Growers Association. She acknowledges the assistance of Stacy Wang, Extension associate, graduate students Rebecca West and Becky Berg and staff in the NDSU Agriculture Communication Department in the creation of five evidence-based Extension nutrition publications, five instructional videos, recipes, teaching materials and a pulse crops website. North Dakota is a leading producer of pulse crops including lentils, chickpeas and split peas.

Garden-Robinson; Yeong Rhee, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences; and Mary Larson, assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences/public health, have been invited to serve as members of the national Response Team for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Action Team. The response team is a part of the of the Extension and Experiment Station Committees on Organization and Policy work to identify an implementation process on specific action areas related to human health and wellness for the national “Healthy Food Systems, Healthy People” initiative. Members of the response teams were selected based on current research or programmatic expertise in the area and expressed interest in the topic at a national systems level. They will participate in the National Health Outreach Conference in May.

Jane Strommen, assistant professor of practice and Extension gerontology specialist, received a $90,000 grant titled "Circles of Aging Project" from the North Dakota Department of Human Services.

Stacy Duffield, associate professor of teacher education, met with a work group for the State Longitudinal Database Support Team of the US Department of Education in Phoenix, Jan. 21-22 to initiate phase two of their work plan. The workgroup is comprised of state representatives from across the United States, and its purpose is to create materials to support K-12 educators in using data to improve education for their students. During Phase I, the group drafted data literacy standards, and Phase II will focus on developing supporting materials for the standards including examples, scenarios and case studies. The group will share their work at the Stats DC Conference in July.

Joe Deutsch, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, and Brad Strand, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, presented “Engaging the Online Learner: Strategies for Quality Learning” at the annual meeting of the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education held in Clearwater, Florida. Strand also was a panelist for a discussion titled “Best Practices for Master's and Doctoral Kinesiology Programs.”

Heather Fuller-Iglesias, assistant professor of human development and family science, had a manuscript titled “Social Ties and Psychological Well-being in Late-life: The Mediating Role of Relationship Satisfaction” accepted for publication in Aging and Mental Health.

The Red River Valley Writing Project, under direction of Kelly Sassi, associate professor of English and teacher education, received an Assignments Matter grant from the National Writing Project to provide training for project teacher consultant Karen Taylor to lead the Assignments Matter Task Jam for local teachers Jan. 24 in Moorhead. Assignments Matter invites teachers to collaborate using tools from the Literacy Design Collaborative as well as protocols and processes common in the National Writing Project teacher community to create writing assignments for use in their own classrooms and to share with one another. The grant was made possible through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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