Pre-Doctoral
Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based
Research in Education
Lecture Series
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Fall 2009 |
All seminars are Monday's from 12:00 -1:30 in room 200 at The Graduate School of Education |
Monday, September 14 |
Does Diversity Matter? An Exploration of the Relationship Between Institutional Diversity and Alumni Earnings
Doug Lynch, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Education
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Monday, September 21 |
IES organizational meeting for IES fellows and faculty ONLY |
Monday, October 5 |
The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study: An Evaluation of Two Supplemental Literacy Programs for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Marie-Andree Somers, Research Associate, MDRC
Pre-Reading Material |
Monday, October 12 |
Reporting Results of Randomized Field Trials in Education: A Conceptual Framework
Herb Turner, President, Analytica
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Monday, October 19 |
Recruiting Effective Math Teachers, How Do Math Immersion Teachers Compare?: Evidence from New York City
Jim Wyckoff, Professor, Leadership, Foundations, & Policy department, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia |
Monday, October 26 |
Multidimensionality of Teachers’ Graded Responses for Preschoolers’ Stylistic Learning Behavior: The Learning-To-Learn Scales
Clare Waterman, Ph.D. Candidate, PREM program, IES Fellow & Paul McDermott, Professor, Education and Psychiatry |
Monday, November 2 |
Human Capital in the Inner City
Dionissi Aliprantis, Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Department, IES Fellow
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Monday, November 9 |
FamilyScape: A Simulation Model of Family Formation
Adam Thomas, Research Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institute
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Monday, november 16 |
Growth and Large Scale Assessments: Matching Purpose with Analysis
Damian Betebenner, Senior Associate, The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment |
Monday, november 30 |
Looking to the Real Work of Real Teachers in Real Classrooms
Steve Cantrell, Senior Program Officer-Research and Evaluation, Gates Foundation |
Monday, December 7 |
Flavio Cunha, Assistant Professor, Economics Department |
Monday, December 14 |
Elliot Weinbaum, Research Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania |
Please RSVP to: lckitson@gse.upenn.edu
NOTE: Unless noted, lunch is provided and all seminars are Monday's from 12:00 -1:30 in room 200 at The Graduate School of Education
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Past Seminar Schedules |
| Fall 2006 |
Spring 2007 |
Fall 2007 |
| Spring 2008 |
Fall 2008 |
Spring 2009 |
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