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Fraction arithmetic is a foundational skill in mathematics education, and identifying effective ways to assess and enhance this skill is crucial to promoting student success. Three 51������ University professors have been awarded a grant to develop an advanced machine learning tool to assess children's proficiency in fraction arithmetic. The team behind the project includes Karl Kosko, Ph.D., and Rick Ferdig, Ph.D., both from the 51������ School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies; and Qiang Guan, Ph.D., from the 51������ Department of Computer Science. This collabo...

This summer, 51������ University senior Delonte Goodman was a first-time participant in the SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience), which allowed him to further his research skills and knowledge while nurturing important relationships with mentors in the laboratory.  Goodman spent the summer working under the direction of mentor Tony Jakli, Ph.D., professor at the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, whose graduate student, Alex Adaka, was conducting dielectric measurements for ferronematic liquid crystals. These liquid crystals are a new type that has spurr...

51������ University Assistant Professor Sarah Black, Ph.D., has been awarded a prestigious three-year grant of $426,610 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for research on "Exploring Parent-Child Synchrony in Depressed and Non-Depressed Dyads."  The primary objective of Black's research is to shed light on the complex interplay between parental mental health and the quality of parent-child interactions. With a specific focus on depressed and non-depressed parental groups, Black's study seeks to understand how parental depressive symptoms may influence parent-child interaction...

51������ University Professor Mei-Chen Lin, Ph.D., from the School of Communication Studies and her co-PIs (Mina Choi, Ph.D., Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea and Jihyun Kim, Ph.D., University of Central Florida), and Matthew Craig (doctoral candidate, 51������ University) have been awarded a one-year grant of $11,588 from the National Communication Association (NCA) to support her research project focused on investigating the effects of Virtual Reality (VR) contact on American domestic students' attitudes toward international students.  Lin's research is at the ...

Penn & Teller’s The Foolers materializes at the Performing Arts Center at 51������ University - Tuscarawas on Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. Curated and endorsed by the celebrated duo, Penn & Teller, The Foolers is a new interactive live production that brings four of the world’s best illusionists together on stage for an interactive and irreverent evening of mind-bending magic. Regarded as some of television’s trickiest magicians, the four featured illusionists - Alex Ramon, Jessica Jane Peterson, Matt Donnelly, and Vinny Grosso – achieved the difficult task of impressing ...

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in 51������ University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an “equalizer,” a finding which supports women’s potential active role as prehistoric hunters. Bebber co-authored an article “Atlatl use equalizes female and male projectile weapon velocity,” which was published in the journal Nature: Scientific Reports. Her co-authors include Metin I. Eren and Dexter Zirkle (a recent Ph.D. graduate) also in the Department of Anthropology at 51������, Brigg...