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Post Doctoral Research Training in Education Sciences

NCER
Program: Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
Program topic(s): Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences
Award amount: $654,480
Principal investigator: Larry Hedges
Awardee:
Northwestern University
Year: 2010
Award period: 5 years (01/01/2010 - 01/01/2015)
Project type:
Training
Award number: R305B100027

Purpose

The Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Education Sciences provided interdisciplinary training in methods for education research, including statistical methods, measurement methods, evaluation methods, and research design to seven fellows. 

Project Activities

Fellows in this program worked in one of many projects that exposed them to designs relevant to large-scale randomized experiments, meta-analyses, and exploration of factors effecting academic achievement and the development of language, mathematical, and spatial skills. Fellows also presented and published papers, wrote grant proposals, and produced a career development plan.

Key outcomes

As of 2020, Dr. Citkowicz was a senior researcher at the American Institute of Research (AIR), Dr. Engel was an associate professor in the Research and Evaluation Methodology (REM) program the School of Education at the University of Colorado, Bolder, Dr. Jean was a senior research analyst with the Office of Institutional Analysis in the Office of the Provost at the University of Chicago, Dr. Jones was an associate professor of special education at Boston University, Dr. Levine was an assistant professor at the University of Washington, Dr. Rhoads was an associate professor at the University of Connecticut, and Dr. VanHoudnos was a senior machine learning research scientist, CERT Division, at the Software Engineering Institute.

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Corinne Alfeld

IES Education Research Analyst
NCER

Completed fellows

Marshall Jean

Cynthia Levine

Nathan VanHoudnos

Martyna Citkowicz

Mimi Engel

Nathan Jones

Commissioner, NCSER
NCSER

Christopher Rhoads

Products and publications

Book chapter

Hedges, L.V., and Citkowicz, M. (2015). Meta-Analysis. In R.A. Scott, and S.M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. San Francisco: Wiley.

Hedges, L.V., and Citkowicz, M. (2015). Meta-Analysis. In R.L. Cautin, and S.O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Journal article, monograph, or newsletter

VanHoudnos, N. M., & Greenhouse, J. B. (2016). On the Hedges Correction for a "t"-Test. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 41(4), 392-419.

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