Subscribe | Archive | Online Version education.utsa.edu COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, December 09, 2016 Spotlight UTSA to make history at inaugural bowl game in New Mexico UTSA Football made history today when the Gildan New Mexico Bowl announced that the Roadrunners will play against the New Mexico Lobos at noon (MT) on Saturday, Dec. 17, at University Stadium. Led by first-year head coach Frank Wilson, the UTSA Roadrunners finished the regular season with a 6-6 record and became bowl eligible for the first time in program history with their 33-14 victory against Charlotte on Nov. 26. Click here to view ticket information for the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. (Courtesy of UTSA Athletics and University Communications)        COEHDnews Student Profile: Jocelyn Carnicle by KARA MIRELES, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 12/08 Meet Jocelyn Carnicle. She wants to use the education and experiences she received at UTSA to help patients in rural Texas communities similar to the one that she grew up in.      New UTSA graduate degree will train education researchers and practitioners by JESUS CHAVEZ, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 12/06 UTSA students interested in educational psychology will soon be able to pursue a graduate degree in this area.        Announcements 2017-18 ETS Internship and Fellowship Programs in Research & Development for Graduate Students    ETS Research & Development ETS Research & Development (R&D) is now accepting applications for the 2017–2018 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Internship and Fellowship Programs in R&D. These programs seek applicants interested in research opportunities who are enrolled in a doctoral program in the field of educational research, assessment or related fields. Areas of emphasis include the following: psychometrics, validity, natural language processing and computational linguistics, cognitive and developmental psychology, learning sciences, linguistics, second language learning and teaching English as a foreign language, speech recognition and processing, teaching and classroom research, statistics, educational data mining, and international large-scale assessments.   Events Calendar DEC 10 SAWP Super Saturday: Cuentos and Kahani Project  TBD  DT Campus - Buena Vista 2.304 JAN 14 Texas Reading Specialist Exam Study Session  2:00 - 4:00 p.m  Main Campus - TBD JAN 16 MLK March  8:30 a.m.  Main Campus - Convocation Center FEB 03 2017 Leadership Summit: Cultural Literacy, Language, and Diversity in the Community  8:30 am - 4:00 pm  DT Campus - TBD FEB 25 13th Annual Storytelling Festival  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Main Campus - TBD APR 20 Duncan Tonatiuh Lecture  6:00 p.m.  Main Campus - TBD External News Mental health pilot program for Texas foster kids underway by  MARISSA EVANS - Texas Tribune | Pub: 12/08 A new pilot program led by Gov. Greg Abbott’s office aims to provide specialized care and services for 500 of the most emotionally traumatized foster children in Texas. The governor’s criminal justice division and the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services announced Wednesday they are planning to spend $8 million on a program for foster kids who are considered the most difficult to find permanent homes for.  10 stress-busting tips for finals week by  JILLIAN VANDIVEER - USA Today College | Pub: 12/08 Whether you’re already deep in the throes or your finals are still a week or two away, do yourself a favor and start studying now. Breaking up your work into more sessions of shorter length will improve your comprehension and retention, and give you less to do later.  More than 3,800 UTSA graduates will cross the commencement stage this semester by  BRIAN WARD - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/08 UTSA will celebrate its more than 3,800 new graduates during fall commencement with two ceremonies, scheduled Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. UTSA President Ricardo Romo will serve as the keynote speaker for both commencement ceremonies.  6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education by  ANYA KAMENETZ - NPR | Pub: 12/08 Brains, brains, brains. One thing we've learned at NPR Ed is that people are fascinated by brain research. And yet it can be hard to point to places where our education system is really making use of the latest neuroscience findings.  Put me in coach: How to spark kids’ love of sports by  TORI DEANGELIS - Monitor | Pub: 12/07 Sport psychologists are using theory, research and applied strategies to foster kids' enjoyment of sports so that they will stay in the game  Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing by  JACK ANDERSON - NPR | Pub: 12/05 Every month, we ask 10 public-radio music curators to share the songs they're loving right now. This early-winter mix doesn't disappoint: You might get to spend the rest of 2016 with some new favorite tracks. Listen at the audio link to hear picks from WVPB's Joni Deutsch, KUTX's Jack Anderson and WNKU's Liz Felix, and read on to see picks from the rest of the panel.  New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico Lobos vs. Texas San Antonio Roadrunners by  KYLE BONAGURA & MAX OLSON - ESPN | Pub: 12/05 Winning the first bowl game in the history of UTSA football would be a big deal for Wilson, the former LSU assistant who took a big chance on this program after Larry Coker retired. Wilson and his players have a chance to take a big step forward with this bowl.    Publications Free-Operant Field Experiences LEE MASON, ALONZO ANDREWS, DON DAVIS - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | Global Education Review: 11/16 Mason, L. L., Andrews, A., Rivera, C. J., & Davis*, D. (2016). Free-operant field experiences: Differentially reinforcing successive approximations to behavior analysis through a shaperspace. Global Education Review, 3(4), 70-83.   Research A Non-Invasive Elderly Sensor Platform Wise Wear Inc Awarded:   $6,274    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI:   Sakiko Oyama  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI:       Designing Academic Conversations: Effects on Writing and Reading Argumentation in Science & History VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded:   $10,000    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:   Rosalind Horowitz  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:       The Contributions of Language Skills to Bilingual Children’s Literacy Development in Early Elem… VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded:   $10,000    Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI:   Becky Huang  Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI:   Nicole Wicha  Other Academics  Inferential Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded:   $10,000    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:   Misty Sailors  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:   Guan Saw  Educational Psychology  BHP Billiton-UTSA South Texas Community Health Research Initiative BHP Billiton Submitted:   $750,000    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI:   Erica Sosa  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI:   Meizi He, Donovan Fogt, Zenong Yin  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition  Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial… Center for Health Care Services Submitted:   $20,000    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI:   Phillip Schnarrs  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI:       Graduate School Socialization of Former HBCU Black Student-Athletes Shape America Submitted:   $5,000    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI:   Langston Clark  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI:       Building a Coalition of Urban Teacher-Researchers: Science-Mathematics Mentorship and Action… National Science Foundation passed through IUPUI Submitted:   $354,805    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:   Crystal Kalinec-Craig  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:   Priya Prasad  Other Academics  Assessment, Prevention and Intervention: An All-Inclusive Approach to Providing On-Campus Academic.. 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