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Murat Turk, an OU MOVE Lab member, presented an instructional design poster at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2019 Convention in Las Vegas. His instructional design was a web-enhanced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing instruction module based on Problem-Based Learning (PBL). For access to Murat’s poster, you can click on this link: A web-enhanced EFL writing instruction module based on problem-based learning At the same convention, Murat was also one Read more

Kelly Ross of the OU MOVE Lab will present the topic of “Exploring the Relationships between Transformative Experience, Emotions, and Interest in Middle School Engineering Courses.” The presentation will take place in Savannah, GA at the SCIPIE Conference, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 3rd, 2019. Good luck Ms. Ross! Summary A career in engineering can provide a promising pathway for students to achieve financial stability and upward social mobility (Melguizo & Wolniak, 2012). Given these positive benefits, Read more

Ahmet Başyiğit of the OU MOVE Lab will present the topic of the importance of values eduction in early childhood education. The presentation will take place in Savannah, GA at the SCIPIE Conference, October 3rd-4th, 2019! Good luck Mr.Başyiğit! In Mr.Başyiğit’s study, he aimed to examine the opinions of kindergarten teachers regarding the implementation of values education in early childhood education. He interviewed with four kindergarten teachers from Turkey and the U.S. for his pilot study. In this Read more

John Chancey of the OU MOVE Lab will present an introductory workshop on using R studio for data analysis in order to benefit the researchers and scholars. The presentation will take place in Savannah, GA at the SCIPIE Conference, October 3-4, 2019! Good luck Mr.Chancey! Mr.Chancey will present an introductory workshop on using R Studio. The workshop will cover how to get R Studio on your computer, how to import data into R Studio and how to Read more

John Chancey of the OU MOVE Lab participated the APA Division 15 Graduate Student Dissertation seminar, he received a lot of good feedbacks for his dissertation ideas. Good luck on your dissertation Mr.Chancey!     Mr.Chancey participated in a seminar for doctoral students who are on the job market and/or working on their dissertation. He attended the seminar with 15-20 other graduate students from across the country. At the seminar he was paired with a mentor Read more

Former member of OU Move Lab presented her research in Transformative Experience and Achievement for First-generation college students at APA 2019 The goal of this study was to gain further understanding of the relationship between Transformative Experience (TE), task values, and achievement for first-generation (FG) college students. TE occurs when students apply class concepts to everyday experience and includes three components: motivated use, expansion of perception, and experiential value (Pugh, 2011). TE has shown to increase Read more