University of Toronto faculty member Angela Pyle, an expert in early childhood education, said classroom environments of "joy and innovation and happiness" driven by guided play can better impart life skills and academics. Her visit was sponsored by WCER's Center for Research on Early Childhood Education.
The latest evaluation by WCER's Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) cites popular best practices such as final projects and job shadowing amid increased ACP participation.
A new $4 million award from the U.S. Department of Education focuses on an often neglected population of students who are challenged by significant cognitive disabilities as well as a lack of English language skills. With this funding, WIDA, a leading support organization for multilingual learners, educator and families, will develop alternative English language assessments for grades K-12.
With a game that's easy to pick up but hard to master, the educational game development studio at WCER helps players use active learning to understand the laws of motion and gravity.
Nineteen STEM teachers from eighteen rural school districts in Wisconsin attended the third annual Teacher Speakout! sponsored by WCER’s Rural Education Research & Implementation Center (RERIC). This exchange of ideas between teachers, researchers, policymakers and rural advocates offered insight on what is right with rural education.
Wisconsin Ideas in Education Lecture | February 26, 2020
Stephanie Carpenter, Assistant Director, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
UW–Madison 2020 Education Research Poster Fair
Jessica Stovall, English Teacher, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Illinois
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture | March 23, 2020
Zandra de Araujo, Associate Professor, University of Missouri College of Education
Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture | March 25, 2020
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Associate Professor, History, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Rita MacDonald, David Crowther, Melissa Braaten, Wendy Binder, Justine Chien, Troy Dassler, Tricia Shelton, Jennifer Wilfrid, February 2020
"Growth in children’s understanding of generalizing and representing mathematical structure and relationships," Blanton, M., Isler-Baykal, I., Stroud, R., Stephens, A., Knuth, E., & Murphy Gardiner, A., July 16, 2019, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 102, 193–219
"Does Early Algebra Matter? The Effectiveness of an Early Algebra Intervention in Grades 3 to 5," Maria Blanton, Rena Stroud, Ana Stephens,
Angela Murphy Gardiner, Despina A. Stylianou, Eric Knuth, Isil Isler-Baykal, Susanne Strachota, American Educational Research Journal, March 10, 2019, 56(5), 1930–1972
"How do students conceptualise the college internship experience? Towards a student-centred approach to designing and implementing internships," Matthew T. Hora, Emily Parrott and Pa Her, Journal of Education and Work, January 5, 2020
Promising Practice Brief for Educators: "ACP Final Projects," Robin Worth, WEC/Wisconsin DPI, November 2019
Brian Burt has been awarded $423,141 from the National Science Foundation for "CAREER: Leveraging Learning and Engineering Identity to Broaden Participation of Black Males in Colleges of Engineering" through July 31, 2022.
Tim Tansey has received a grant of $375,000 from the Administration for Community Living/DHHS, in a subaward from Virginia Commonwealth University, for "Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities" through Sept. 29, 2024.
Andrea Ruppar has been awarded $1,239,730 from the U.S. Dept. of Education for "Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Language in Universally Designed Education" through Sept. 30, 2024.
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