Improving Educational Outcomes in METTE Programs
September 26, 2011
The decline in the number of U.S. college graduates with degrees in manufacturing engineering technologist and technician education (METTE)-related fields is an issue of national importance.
Madeline Hafner The Missourian
September 19, 2011
Madeline Hafner discusses the goals of this year's national conference of the Minority Student Achievement Network (The Missourian, 19 Sept.).
Computer-Interactive Items for Students with Language Challenges
September 19, 2011
Rebecca Kopriva and colleagues are working to increase the accessibility and validity of science assessments for high school students with limited English proficiency.
Kurt Squire and Susan Millar on Madison.com
September 17, 2011
Kurt Squire and Susan Millar discuss the new computer game Virulent, in which players become a virus trying to infect a cell (Madison.com, 17 Sept.).
Allan Odden in the Christian Science Monitor
September 16, 2011
Allan Odden comments on the implications of high rates of teacher retirement in Wisconsin (Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sept.).
Tangibility for Teaching, Learning and Communicating Mathematics
September 15, 2011
Talk about getting high school students engaged! Let’s give them the tools they need to build a big catapult to hurl the projectiles of their choice across a gym and land on, or near, a target.
Rob Meyer in the Wall Street Journal
September 13, 2011
Rob Meyer talks to the Wall Street Journal about the work of the Value-Added Research Center (13 September, 2011).
Formative Assessment for High-Stakes Accountability
September 12, 2011
School leaders have considerable data to use for judging school performance, yet they can struggle to associate data with school leadership practice.
Diana Hess in the Palm Beach Post
September 7, 2011
Diana Hess says the majority of social studies and history textbooks available today cover 9/11, but overall, the coverage is wanting (Palm Beach Post, 7 Sept.).
Culturally Relevant Teaching in Pre-K Math
September 6, 2011
Beth Graue, Meg Meyer, and colleagues are developing a professional development program to help teachers of 4-year-old kindergarten.
Richard Halverson on PBS Mediashift
August 30, 2011
Richard Halverson says that skills developed through navigating video games and virtual environments might pay off later in the workplace (PBS Mediashift, 3 August).
Evaluating an Algebra Readiness Program
August 29, 2011
Bill Clune and WCER colleagues are evaluating an implementation of the Academic Youth Development (AYD) program.
Beth Graue in the Herald Online
August 27, 2011
Some studies show younger children tend to learn more in classrooms of fewer than 21 students, says Beth Graue, and learning in core subjects can suffer when the number of students tops 30 (Herald Online, 27 Aug.).
Collaborating in a Virtual Engineering Internship
August 22, 2011
Teamwork and collaboration are vital skills for students to master.
Beth Graue on Madison.com
August 19, 2011
Beth Graue discusses the pros and cons of parents requesting certain teachers for their children (Madison.com, 19 Aug.).
