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NAECR Knowledge event highlights AI potential in early childhood research

The March 13 NAECR Knowledge event focused on strategies, tools and best practices for incorporating artificial intelligence into early childhood research.

How can early childhood researchers incorporate artificial intelligence into their work?

Early childhood researchers discussed strategies, tools and best practices for incorporating AI into their work during the spring NAECR Knowledge event March 13.

Mel Sedlacek, office associate with the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, and IDEA campus coordinator, led the virtual presentation for 21 attendees representing all four University of Nebraska campuses and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute. Full Article

CYFS launches Signature Research Impact Program

For the past 20 years, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has remained committed to making positive difference in people’s lives through research in the social, behavioral and educational sciences.

As CYFS looks ahead to the next 20 years, the center is offering a new funding opportunity: The CYFS Signature Research Impact Program. Full Article

Project broadens horizons for preservice teachers, middle school students alike

Jillian Harpster, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, chats with students during their May 2024 visit to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s city campus. Learn more about this project in the CYFS Research Network. View photo gallery.

As student populations grow and change throughout American schools, teachers face new challenges in meeting students’ needs and preparing them for long-term success.

For educators, both practicing and in training, experience is key.

Jillian Harpster, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, recently led a project to help preservice middle school teachers broaden their practical experiences, and to provide seventh and eighth graders with the opportunity to engage in the college experience. Full Article

MAP Academy selects two faculty to receive Catalyst awards

The Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics (MAP Academy) is awarding $10,000 through a competitive funding opportunity created to enhance the rigor of field-based human subjects research at the University of Nebraska.

These awards were made possible by a grant from the Nebraska Research Initiative. Full Article

Online data collection, creating effective survey questions highlighted at NAECR Knowledge event

Secure, effective online data collection is a crucial part of early childhood research.

Secure and effective online data collection is crucial to early childhood research. Its importance was emphasized during the Fall NAECR Knowledge event Dec. 10.

Amanda Prokasky, senior research specialist at the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics, led the virtual presentation, which featured information and tips on creating and implementing effective survey questions for study participants. Full Article

IES’ Albro reflects on CYFS-IES collaboration at celebration breakfast

Elizabeth Albro, commissioner of education research at the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education, delivers her presentation Dec. 5 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall. See photo gallery.

Elizabeth Albro, commissioner of education research at the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education, recently shared her vision of how the National Center for Education Research (NCER) is advancing the education sciences.

Albro’s Dec. 5 presentation at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, “Transforming the Education Sciences Together,” was part of the 20th-anniversary celebration of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. Full Article

CYFS marks 20th anniversary with special edition annual report

An attendee at the CYFS 20th anniversary celebration Nov. 19 takes a look at the special edition 2024 CYFS Annual Report. (Photo by Loren Rye)

Since its founding in 2004, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has been dedicated to making positive difference in people’s lives through research in the social, behavioral and educational sciences.

To mark its 20-year anniversary, CYFS has released a special edition of its annual report. The report for the 2023-24 fiscal year provides a look at the center’s growing interdisciplinary community and the variety of life-changing research conducted in partnership with CYFS — not only in Nebraska, but throughout the world. Full Article

Video available for MAP Academy presentation featuring Eum, Prokasky

MAP Academy senior research specialists Amanda Prokasky, left, and Jungwon Eum answer questions during the Nov. 8 Methodology Applications Series presentation.

Jungwon Eum and Amanda Prokasky, MAP Academy senior research specialists, led the second presentation of the 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series Nov. 8 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

Video is now available of their presentation, “Ensuring Data Integrity Through Ongoing Monitoring and Maintenance.” Full Article