School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

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Wed, 11/16/2011
Jane Wilburne presented "Cowboys Count," co-authored with Jane Keat and Mary Napoli, to the college Board of Advisers.

Three Penn State Harrisburg education professors have combined their unique perspectives on teaching and areas of expertise to create a book that helps to teach math in a new way. In “Cowboys Count, Monkeys Measure, and Princesses Problem Solve: Building Early Math Skills through Storybooks,”Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Jane Wilburne, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Jane Keat, and Associate Professor of Reading Mary Napoli suggest teaching mathematics using literature.

Tue, 11/08/2011
Dr. Chiara Sabina

Three members of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education have received research grants from federal agencies.

Tue, 10/25/2011

According to a Sept. 2011 CNN poll, a record-low 15 percent of Americans said they trust the federal government “to do what’s right just about always or most of the time.” Associate Professor of Sociology Kenneth Cunningham is conducting research that may provide historical reasons for the popular distrust.