We are looking for undergraduate students who are interested in early childhood education, literacy, and learning to join our lab as research assistants! Follow the links below to learn more about the opportunities we have beginning Autumn 2024, or email us at EL3@osu.edu to ask questions and get more information.

Read about research opportunities

Read about the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Initiative

Congratulations to Dr. Piasta, recipient of the 2024 Ruthmarie Mitsch Professional Development Award! She was nominated and chosen by the OSU Association of Staff and Faculty Women and plans to use the award to fund her professional and leadership development.

Read the publication here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10538151231155411

Read the publication: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14019

Open access preprint: https://edarxiv.org/sz7tn/

Research brief: https://crane.osu.edu/our-work/early-childhood-learning-and-childrens-literacy-skills-in-kindergarten-and-third-grade/

Zeynep Arslan, PhD student and EL³ member, will be presenting her research at the College of Education and Human Ecology Research Forum later this month! Her case study examines the perspectives of key participants on an institutional classroom observation system implemented in an English language preparatory program at a foundation university in Ankara, Türkiye. The study focuses on how stakeholders perceive the system’s impact on the professional development of English as a foreign language teachers, particularly in terms of teaching quality and teacher reflectivity. Come see Zeynep and over 100 other presenters at the 2024 EHE Research Forum at the Ohio Union on February 22 from 8am-3:30pm!