News from WCER
Assessment of Natural Play for Instructional Planning
October 11, 2011
Play is a natural activity that young children use to explore and learn about their world, and how to function in it.
Globalization, Standardization and e-Portfolios in Teacher Education
October 4, 2011
UW-Madison education professor Francois Victor Tochon is helping improve teacher education in a public university that trains language teachers from Anatolia, a poor region of Turkey.
Wisconsin Wins $10.5 M Enhanced Assessment Grant
October 3, 2011
A new online assessments system is being developed for English learners (ELs), funded by a $10.5 million, four-year competitive grant
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Evaluating an Algebra Readiness Program
August 29, 2011
Bill Clune and WCER colleagues are evaluating an implementation of the Academic Youth Development (AYD) program.
Collaborating in a Virtual Engineering Internship
August 22, 2011
Teamwork and collaboration are vital skills for students to master.
Goldrick-Rab Receives Scholars Mentoring Award
August 15, 2011
Sara Goldrick-Rab has received a Scholars Mentoring Award from the William T. Grant Foundation.
The Challenge and Promise of Education Partnerships
August 15, 2011
Improving education means finding solutions to complex and entrenched challenges.
Game-Based Learning Webinars Scheduled
August 8, 2011
David Williamson Shaffer is among those scheduled to offer an online seminar for edWeb.net, a professional social network for the educators.
Grants Correlated with More Student Persistence
August 1, 2011
For the last three years, Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris tracked a group of students who received grant money from the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars program.
Video Game Teaches Systems Biology
July 25, 2011
Virulent is a new action and strategy computer game designed to teach key concepts in systems biology.
