News from WCER
Wisconsinites Agree on Broad Purposes of Higher Education Despite Divisive Political Climate
October 30, 2018
UW-Madison student-led research shows residents with opposing ideologies share belief that public higher education serves broad and varied purposes
WCER Launches New Research-to-Practice Center in Early Childhood Education
October 23, 2018
Early childhood education is a well-studied field. However, Beth Graue, the Sorenson Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at UW–Madison’s School of Education and a former kindergarten teacher, realized something was missing. Graue decided a new type of research initiative was needed―one that grounds its work in the practical wisdom of classroom teaching.
Vlach, Matthews Earn Understanding Human Cognition Awards from McDonnell Foundation
September 20, 2018
UW-Madison’s Haley Vlach and Percival Matthews each recently received an Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF).
Albers Named School Psychology Journal Editor
September 13, 2018
Craig Albers, an associate professor of educational psychology and co-principal investigator of WCER's new Rural Education Research and Implementation Center, has been named as the 11th editor of the Journal of School Psychology by the Society for the Study of School Psychology.
UW–Madison to Co-Lead $10 Million NSF Grant to Cultivate a More Diverse, Inclusive STEM Faculty
September 6, 2018
Project Seeks to Enable More Underrepresented Students to Succeed in STEM Fields
WCER’s Hora Adds Chinese University to Internship Study
September 5, 2018
Matt Hora, a research scientist at UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has just begun a 2.5-week residency as a guest professor in the School of Education at Tianjin University in China.
Tom Carpenter, Transformer of Child-Centered Math Teaching, Dies at 78
August 14, 2018 | By Karen Rivedal
UW-Madison professor Tom Carpenter, whose student-centered ideas about teaching math to young children from all backgrounds and skill levels helped transform the field of mathematics education for students and teachers, died August 7 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
MEP Receives New Grant to Assess, Improve 4K Instruction in Madison
July 27, 2018
A joint research practice partnership between UW-Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District has received a $400,000 federal grant for a two-year study to assess and improve instruction in the district’s 4-year-old kindergarten program. Teaching is to be enhanced with the design and piloting of a made-to-order professional development program built around the needs of the district’s 4K educators.
New Study Finds Far Fewer Middle-Skill Jobs in U.S. than Estimated
July 16, 2018
Skilled non-college occupations account for 16% of all jobs, significantly below widely cited estimates
UW–Madison’s Mathieu Appointed to National STEM Education Advisory Panel
July 16, 2018
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Robert D. Mathieu, the Albert E. Whitford Professor of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as an inaugural member of the STEM Education Advisory Panel. Mathieu, director of the university’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and associate dean for research at its School of Education, begins his first term on the national panel immediately and could serve up to three years.
Gagnon to Use NSF Grant to Engage Girls in Science, Tech
May 22, 2018
Girls’ interest in art and media design may be a means of engaging them in science and technology related to information and communication.
Madison Education Partnership Explores Impact of MMSD Student Absences
May 22, 2018
This news release describes the Madison Education Partnership's third research study, which focuses on the attendance of students from kindergarten through third grade in the Madison Metropolitan School District. The study finds that children with unexcused absences perform far worse in school than those with excused absences. However, these differences may not necessarily be caused by missing school but by other challenges children with unexcused absences may face, such as poverty or a school's response to unexcused absences.
International Society of Learning Sciences Recognizes Nathan, Puntambekar
May 21, 2018
UW-Madison’s Mitchell Nathan and Sadhana Puntambekar each were recently elected as a Fellow of the International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS).
New Grants Explore How College Students Transition to Work
May 14, 2018
News release announcing the first grants awarded by CCWT to research focused on college to work transitions.
Campus Society Honors Hillman
May 2, 2018
WCER researcher Nicholas Hillman received honorary membership in the UW–Madison chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a student honors society. He is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy analysis. The chapter inducted 142 students and gave honor membership to two other professors at an April ceremony.
