Aug 3, 2006 Cho Receives Prestigious College Board Research Grant  Writer: Angela Hains, 706/542-5889, anicole7@uga.edu Contact: Sun-Joo Cho, sjcho@uga.edu For the second year in a row, a graduate student in education has received the prestigious College Board Research Grant. Sun-Joo Cho is one of only five young scholars in the nation to be awarded the grant which provides $24,000 for the recipient’s research. Cho, an international student from Ham-An, South Korea, will use the award to fund her research on the developing a methodology for comparing nuances in aptitude test results for students attending schools with different curricula. Cho was nominated for the award by her major professor, Allan Cohen, a professor of educational psychology and director of the Georgia Center for Assessment. Cohen was one of 59 distinguished researchers in a variety of psychological and academic disciplines from across the country invited to nominate a student for the award. He will receive an honorarium of $1,600 for providing guidance to Cho throughout her research project. The second-year doctoral student in educational psychology and instructional technology’s research, evaluation, measurement and statistics (REMS) program plans to complete her research within the next year. Prior to coming to UGA, Cho received a scholarship to attend Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education and a second in English language and literature, as well as a master’s degree in applied statistics. Additionally, last year she received second place in the COE’s second annual Graduate Student Research Conference. Jennifer Hartwig, a doctoral student in special education, received the College Board Research Grant in 2005-06. She was nominated by Noel Gregg, a professor in special education and director of UGA’s Learning Disabilities Center. Hartwig’s research focused on the new Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in relation to students with learning disabilities. |