CIRTL Launches MOOC-Supported Learning Communities to Train Future STEM Faculty
December 3, 2013
The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) has received a National Science Foundation grant to launch two massive open online courses (MOOCs) aimed at the group’s core mission of preparing graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to be future faculty who are both excellent researchers and excellent teacher
Learning English Isn’t Enough
December 2, 2013
For years we’ve heard the debate about whether teachers should use bilingual or English-only instruction when teaching English Language Learners (ELLs).
Developing Innovation Capacity through Virtual Internships
December 2, 2013
Can the use of an immersive learning environment (an epistemic game) help engineering students to develop innovative product designs?
Nicholas Hillman in Inside Higher Ed
November 18, 2013
Nicholas Hillman Iis cited in an article questioning the role performance funding can play in upping college completion rates (Inside Higher Ed, 18 Nov.)
Parents’ Expectations for Children with Disabilities
November 18, 2013
UW–Madison education professor Bonnie Doren finds that parents’ expectations for their children with disabilities varies by family income and by the adolescent’s particular disability.
Mitchell Nathan: PI Interview
November 14, 2013
Mitchell Nathan: Researcher at WCER, Director of the Center for Education and Work (CEW)
Sara Goldrick-Rab in USA TODAY
November 13, 2013
Sara Goldrick-Rab says the Federal work-study program should be more politically popular than it is (USA TODAY, 13 Nov.)
Parents’ Expectations and Student Achievement
November 11, 2013
UW-Madison education professor Bonnie Doren examines the relationship between parent expectations for their adolescents with disabilities, and the adolescents’ achievement of important school and post-school benchmarks
Brad Carl in The Cap Times
November 9, 2013
VARC's Brad Carl discusses NAEP results and the state' achievement gap (The Cap Times, 9 Nov.)
Kurt Squire on TIME.com
November 6, 2013
Kurt Squire says game developers foresee a time when students won't have to take tests; teachers will know from their learning and game play how they're doing (TIME.com, 6 Nov.)
Hora, Oleson Study Data Driven Decision-Making in STEM Departments
November 5, 2013
WCER researchers Matt Hora and Amanda Oleson have co-authored three new research reports spelling out recommendations to STEM faculty and administrators on the use of data for improving curriculum and instruction.
Talent Management in Education
October 31, 2013
Educators and policymakers across the United States want to place effective teachers into all classrooms and effective principals into all schools.
Increasing Student Success in STEM Fields
October 28, 2013
The Federal government’s STEP program supports grassroots efforts to increase the number of students who enter and complete degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Jerlando Jackson in Diverse Issues in Higher Education and the St. Thomas Source
October 25, 2013
Jerlando Jackson discusses the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, of which he (and his colleagues at the Wei LAB) are co-hosts (Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 24 Oct ; St. Thomas Source, 25 Oct.)
David Williamson Shaffer in the Blog for Civic Renewal
October 22, 2013
Scholar Peter Levine applies David Williamson Shaffer's concept of epistemic frames to the subject of moral thinking (Blog for Civic Renewal, 22 Oct.)
