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Graduate Student Research Fellows:
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Sara Monempour is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Education.
She is in the Social Research Methodology Division (SRM), specializing in Advanced
Quantitative Methods (AQM). Sara´s area of specialization is comparative analyses
of English Language Learners (ELLs) with that of other students. Currently, Sara is
working with the Critical Thinking Institute to help determine the
effectiveness of such methods of teaching. Her individual project involves comparing
test scores of students whose teachers attended the Institute with the test scores
of students whose teachers did not attend the Institute.
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Paola Zitlali Morales is a doctoral student in her second year of the Urban Schooling
program at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS). Her research interests
include education policy, language ideologies, bilingual education, and assessment of English language learners.
She is contributing to research involving the LTL program and language issues. Her individual project investigates
a case study of three children in the Learning in Two Languages program at UES. She is examining the opportunities for
Spanish-dominant students to “access the floor” or gain opportunities to speak during classroom instruction
and whether these opportunities build and extend their linguistic, sociocultural, and content knowledge. Specifically, Zitlali
is conducting observations in these children’s classroom, interviewing their teacher, and examining their language and
literacy skills through multiple measures, including writing samples and standardized test scores. |
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Artineh Samkian is a third-year doctoral student in the Graduate School of
Education & Information Studies. Her specialization is in Social Research
Methodology. Artineh is a returning fellow, having received the CONNECT GSR
award for a second year. Artineh is contributing to the professional development
area of ongoing research. This year her individual project examines the ways in
which teachers follow students' questions and ideas, thus actualizing an inquiry-based
approach. She is conducting this research in two classrooms for 5 - to 7 - year olds that
collaborate during science instruction. |
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2003-04 Graduate Student Research Fellows:
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Joshua Danish, Education
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Moti Hara, Education
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Francisco Herrera, Education
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Anne Marshall, Education
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Christine Ong, Education
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Artineh Samkian, Education
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Alison Trumbull, Applied Linguistics
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