KENT, OH – School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Fabio Polanco takes the stage in the role of “Derrick” this weekend in a reading of the new play “Standardized Patient” by Phillip Christian Smith as part of the New Ground Theatre Festival at Cleveland Play House.“What leads someone to become a standardized patient, engaging in role play to help doctors develop a compassionate bedside manner? Listening to the humorous and heart-wrenching stories from the actors he’s interviewing, Derrick, a documentary filmmaker, quickly learns about the roots of empathy, how unsympathetic doctor...

Depending on the textbook or the teacher, children may learn to multiply and divide in different ways. These varying approaches seem new to many adults, but are actually several hundred years old.Over the past several decades, alternatives to standard multiplication and long division have been re-introduced into the U.S. curriculum. Unfortunately, there is little research on which approaches help students, and which should be left out of the classroom. Professor Karl Kosko, Ph.D., from the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, is seeking answers.The professor recently secured a ...