To help children learn at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, WIDA Early Years has created a new booklet, “Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families," available free online. The booklet can be downloaded in English and Spanish for printing and sharing.
In 2012, Edward Hubbard, an assistant professor in UW‒ Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology, created the Educational Neuroscience Lab to understand—through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)—how physical changes in children’s brains as they read and compute math problems may help improve education practices.
The rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide has pushed millions of workers and students into working and learning from home with little to no preparation.
Lorena Mancilla, director of WIDA's Early Years and an education expert in family engagement, shares some recommendations to help families turn their homes into effective learning environments.
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.
Campus Alert COVID-19 Updates
All campus events are cancelled through the end of this semester. For the latest information on changes in university operations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, visit covid19.wisc.edu,
CANCELLED | Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture | March 25, 2020
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Associate Professor, History, University of Illinois at Chicago
CANCELLED | Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture | April 8, 2020
Michelle J. Bellino, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Education
CANCELLED | CCWT | Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin
To be rescheduled for the fall,
CANCELLED | Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture | April 16, 2020
Winston Thompson, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
WCER Communications, Apr 1
Mar 30
Wisconsin Public Radio, Mar 27
WCER Communications, Mar 26
nbc15.com, Mar 23
WCER Communications, Mar 20
"On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways," Xueli Wang, 2020.
"From Borsch to Burgers: A Cross-Cultural Memoir," Ruslana Westerlund, 2019.
Peter Goff, Hyunwoo Yang, Minseok Yang, Lena Batt, Xin Xie, and Eunji You, March 2020
Matthew T. Hora and Changhee Lee, March 2020
"Building a Better Future STEM Faculty | How Teaching Development Programs Can Improve Undergraduate Education," Mark R. Connolly, Julia N. Savoy, You-Geon Lee, Lucas B. Hill, 2016.
Eric Grodsky has received a grant of $200,000 from the New Venture Fund for "What Makes a Classroom a Community? Teacher Mindsets and Student Sense of Belonging in Middle School Math Classes" through Feb. 28, 2021.
Steven Kimball has been awarded $65,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for “Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness (WREN Subaccount)" through Dec. 30, 2020.
Katie Eklund been awarded a $175,781 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Justice for "Examining the Efficacy of the Wisconsin School Threat Assessment Protocol" through June 30, 2022.
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