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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

Murat Turk presented at the AERA 2019 conference, with his research exploring the perceptions and experience of video discussion technology in the collegiate setting. This presentation was awarded an AERA Division D-Measurement and is a Research Methodology 2019 In-Progress Research Award Finalist. Congratulations, Murat, on your hard work and success! Exploring the perceptions and experiences of college students and a course instructor about a video discussion technology tool: A community of inquiry perspective Murat Turk, Read more

Alex Parsons continues her busy semester, presenting at NCIC 2019 with her research in novice teacher preparedness and growth. Congratulations and the OU MOVE Lab applauds you! ‘No, I’m not the teacher I want to be’: Novice teacher preparedness and growth Abstract The high-stakes nature of teaching has been acknowledged and investigated in research, but the intended results of effective instruction and increase of student preparedness have yet to fully manifest. This qualitative study attempts Read more

Alex Parsons presented at AERA 2019 with her research on new school administration’s impact on its communication, cohesion and community. Congrats and keep up the good work, Alex! Island or Village: The Impact of New Administrators on Communication, Cohesion, and Community Abstract Just as teacher turnover has impacts on a school and student achievement, principal turnover has impact as well. This qualitative study interviews twenty-seven teachers within a school that has an all new administration Read more

OU MOVE Lab member, Kelly Ross, successfully presented at AERA 2019 on her research focusing on understanding the freshman experience of belonging in public university classroom. Congratulations and great job! Understanding college freshmen’s experience of belonging Kelly Ross University of Oklahoma Abstract Does a sense of belonging contribute to freshman retention? This qualitative study sought to explore this question by examining the experience of belonging of freshman college students at a large Southwestern public university. Read more