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New Great Lakes Shipwreck Game Takes Gold Medal in International Competition

New Great Lakes Shipwreck Game Takes Gold Medal in International Competition


Young students can learn critical thinking and historical inquiry skills as they role-play solving undersea mysteries in this immersive, beautifully illustrated point-and-click video game created by WCER’s Field Day Lab and state partners.


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WCER Shines in School of Education’s Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards

WCER Shines in School of Education’s Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards


Honorees include three with WCER ties: Danielle Maillette, Sadhana Puntambekar and Maria Widmer. Danielle is Events and Intranet Manager, Maria is instructional designer for Discussion Project Virtual and Sadhana is a pioneering reseacher.


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CRECE Study Tracks Covid-19 Impacts on Dane County 4K Classes

CRECE Study Tracks Covid-19 Impacts on Dane County 4K Classes


How to sustain positive outcomes seen during the pandemic—such as increased connection between teachers and parents through new communication technologies and more planning time for teachers—is an important question going forward.


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New Online Learning Game Lets Players See Impact of Land Use Changes in Models of Real Locations

New Online Learning Game Lets Players See Impact of Land Use Changes in Models of Real Locations


​Epistemic Analytics partnered with ecology and data-mapping experts on and off campus to create iPlan, a simulator that makes STEM learning fun. Players can model how different zoning choices would affect the environment, jobs, housing and other factors anywhere in the contiguous U.S.


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WEC Partners with Capital High on Education, Equity

WEC Partners with Capital High on Education, Equity


​Benefits of the Adopt-a-School partnership go both ways — a new course in culturally responsive evaluation is being offered to students, while WEC is able to invest in the values it holds dear.


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WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.

You can view video recordings of these lecture series on our website:

  • Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture Series
    This series enhances awareness of minority scholars and promotes their work in education research.

  • Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series
    This interdisciplinary speaker series features leading scholars from around the world who visit campus to share and discuss their work.

  • Other Lecture Videos

Or, you can browse all our videos here!

NEWS

WCER Team Wins Award in Global Ed Tech Competition for Student Assessment Tool

WCER Communications, Jun 28

Great Lakes Shipwreck Game from UW–Madison Wins Gold in International Competition

WCER Communications, Jun 14

Faculty Receive Fellowships, Awards for Exceptional Research Contributions

WCER Communications, May 19

New Study Examines Technology-Enhanced Items in English Language Proficiency Assessments

WIDA Communications, May 13

WCER Projects Seeking Summer Interns Should Act Fast

WCER Communications, Apr 25

WCER Shines in School of Education’s Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards

WCER Communications, Apr 13

PUBLICATIONS

“Team Culture of Community: Cultural Practices for Scientific Team Cohesion and Productivity,” Brian Burt, Blayne Stone, Taylor Perkin, Alexandra Polk, Carolina Ramirez, Joey Rosado, Small Group Research, June 2022

“The Fourth Wall of Professional Learning and Cultures of Collaboration,” Hala Ghousseini, Sarah Schneider Kavanagh, Elizabeth Dutro, Elham Kazemi, Educational Researcher, April 2022

“Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments,” Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Rurik L. Twyoniw, Mark Chapman, Language Assessment Quarterly, March 2022

“Language Standards Frameworks and Language Assessment: A Codependent Relationship,” Margo Gottlieb, Mark Chapman, International Journal of TESOL Studies, March 2022

“‘One Internship, Two Internships, Three Internships…More!’: Exploring the Culture of the Multiple Internship Economy,” Matthew Wolfgram, Vivien Ahrens, Journal of Education and Work, February 2022

NEW GRANTS

Laura Wright has been awarded $249,622 from The Learning Agency LLC for “Actionable Assessment: Scaffolding Students’ Experience with Assessment Results” through March 31, 2023. (062322)

Anjale Welton has received a grant of $23,757 from the Spencer Foundation, in a subcontract from the University of Missouri-Columbia, for “Anti-racist Policy Decision-Making in School Districts” through July 31, 2023. (052722)

Dorothy Farrar-Edwards has been awarded $186,755 from the University of Wisconsin Foundation for “Impact 2030 - Summer Res Wkshp” through October 31, 2023. (052022)

FUNDERS
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
New York City Department of Education Spencer Foundation Westat National Science Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation William T. Grant Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Madison Metropolitan School District Chicago Public Schools Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
Lumina Foundation for Education National Institutes of Health Milwaukee Public Schools Hillsborough County Public Schools
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation Tulsa Public Schools
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