News from WCER
Models of Success at Minority Serving Institutions
December 3, 2012
There are many models of success at minority-serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Tribal colleges and universities
Three Goals for K-12 STEM Education
November 26, 2012
A report from the National Research Council establishes indicators for measuring improvements to the K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education system
How Reading Recovery Implementation Fails African American Students
November 20, 2012
Reading and literacy programs help many students catch up to their grade level.
The Role and Use of Examples in Learning to Prove
November 19, 2012
Mathematicians often spend lots of time considering and analyzing examples before they attempt to develop a formal proof of a conjecture.
Improving Students’ Postsecondary Outcomes
November 12, 2012
Sara Goldrick-Rab and colleagues are reviewing research evidence and developing products to support the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), primarily in the area of postsecondary education.
Code Talker: David Woods
November 10, 2012
David Woods can be found on the third floor of the Educational Sciences building, his face illuminated by six computer monitors arranged in a crescent around his desk. Behind him are five more monitors. Woods, hacking away on a field of keyboards, appears capable of docking the U.S.S. Enterprise into Starfleet Headquarters.
Speaking the Same Language at WIDA Academic Literacy Conference
November 5, 2012
Experts on the teaching and learning of language by minority students convened in Madison from Oct. 9 to 12 for a conference funded by the American Education Research Association and WCER.
From Baseball to International Student Assessments
November 2, 2012
UW Madison education professor David Kaplan is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, which includes major and minor league baseball officials, broadcasters and writers, historians, analysts, and former players.
Studying and Designing Makerspaces
October 29, 2012
Makerspaces are emerging, informal sites for creative production in art, science, and engineering where people of all ages blend digital and physical technologies to explore ideas, learn technical skills, and create new products.
Excitement Builds Around WIDA Conferences
October 23, 2012
When WIDA released its 2012 Amplification of the English Language Development Standards in August, the organization’s leadership knew educators would be excited to see the latest on methods for teaching English language learners.
Measuring Complex Thinking in STEM Subjects
October 15, 2012
David Williamson Shaffer and Naomi Chesler continue to develop a toolkit for measuring how students think about problems in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects.
The Glass Ceiling
October 15, 2012
Any woman or person of color denied promotion for questionable reasons knows about the “glass ceiling.”
Why Do College Students Leave Science and Math?
October 8, 2012
Undergraduates are switching from STEM majors at a rate largely unchanged despite efforts over the past 15 years to improve college science teaching.
Support for the Wisconsin DPI’s Educator Effectiveness System
October 2, 2012
WCER researchers are helping the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction design model teacher and principal evaluation systems for the State.
Students Share Their Work Across Continents
October 2, 2012
Thanks to technology, students can produce videos to share with other youth globally, and view and comment on videos produced by youth in sites far away.
