Thrilling updates! In April 2025, our MOVE Lab proudly celebrated a major milestone as Maria and Kan successfully passed their Ph.D. qualifying exams! Huge congratulations to both of you! Your hard work, dedication, and determination have truly paid off and this is just the beginning of the remarkable impact you will make in your field. Here’s to every success and joy ahead – go shine Maria and Kan!
MOVE Lab members Danielle N. Berry and Maria Idress presented their research at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025 conference this April in Denver, Colorado. Dani shared her paper “Reading and Writing Feedback Perceptions across K–20 Contexts: A Systematic Review”, while Maria presented her paper “Development and Validation of Mathematics Specific Growth Mindset Scale.” Congratulations to Dani and Maria for their excellent work and meaningful contributions to the field! Kudos to our MOVE Lab Read more
Exciting news! Congratulations to Dr. Ali Ceyhun Muftuoglu on successfully defending his dissertation in December 2024! This milestone shows his perseverance, hard work, and academic excellence. We are looking forward to seeing the contributions he’ll make in his field. Bravo, Ali, on this outstanding accomplishment!
Yay! In November 2024, our MOVELAB members Jessica and Spencer passed their Ph.D. qualifying exams. A huge congratulations to them! We could not be more excited for the incredible research and discoveries they will bring to life as they advance in their doctoral journeys. Way to go, Jessica and Spencer—what a fantastic achievement!
On 13th April, 2024 our MoveLab member Maria Idrees is going to present her article entitled” Impact of Teachers’ Growth Mindset On Students’ Growth Mindset and Achievement at National Consortium for Instruction and Cognition( NCIC) in Philadelphia, PA. We wish Maria Idrees the best of luck with her presentation and commend her for her valuable contributions to the field of education.
In October, 2023 our MOVELAB member Casey Haskins officially graduated from the university of Oklahoma as Dr. Haskins. Congrats Doctor and we are looking forward to hearing about your great achievements in the field of Learning Sciences.
Thank you to the University of Oklahoma for awarding us with a grant for $15K to run our RiverRunners program!
Mark Walvoord, second year doctoral student in the Learning Science program, recently received two grants from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The first award of $32,072 kicks off the Food Recovery at the University of Central Oklahoma project where the campus cafeteria donates prepared, but untouched, food after the lunch rush to be packaged in compostable containers. This Broncho Bites service sends email alerts to students, faculty, and staff to check the livefeed camera Read more
On May 13, 2022 our MOVELAB member Murat Turk officially graduated from the University of Oklahoma as Dr. Turk. Congrats Doctor and we are looking forward to hearing about your great achievements in the field of educational psychology and online learning.
MoveLab members Dr. Murat Turk and Ceyhun Muftuoglu with Dr. Sinem Toraman-Turk from Cincinnati Children’s presented their research Cognitive Presence and Student Outcomes in an Online Teacher Education Course: A Mixed Methods Study at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2022 in San Diego, CA. Kudos to the MoveLab and these great researchers!
