The Epistemic Analytics Lab builds webtools to crunch huge sets of data -- quantitative and qualitative. To demonstrate the tools' power, the lab turned to the hit television series "Game of Thrones" for big data. Now, fueled with half a million words from seven seasons of scripts, anyone can use the tool to analyze the show's many complex and unpredictable characters.
Last fall, WCER launched the Rural Education Research & Implementation Center. RERIC aims to improve educational outcomes for rural students, families and schools through rigorous, partnership-based research. As co-directors Craig Albers and Andy Garbacz say, “Rural Wisconsin, we are listening.”
A campus-community hybrid is wrapping up its third full year helping its young participants build their skills and plan for college, with oversight from WEC evaluators asked to help ensure continuous improvement. Former Madison Poet Laureate Fabu, at center, was an inspiring program guest.
Through a DPI contract, researchers developed an evaluation toolkit that schools and districts can use to make sure their state-required academic and career planning for students is effective.
Student researchers working with mentors from the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions discover Hmong American students feel 'invisible' on campus and marginalized in class. They want their white peers and professors to know more about Hmong culture and history.
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.
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Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard , May 14
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Eastside News, May 7
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Rich Halverson and Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, May 2019
Tameka Porter, H. Gary Cook, and Narek Sahakyan, May 2019
"Exploring the Situated and Cultural Aspects of Communication in the Professions: Implications for Teaching, Student Employability, and Equity in Higher Education," Matthew T. Hora, Bailey B. Smolarek, Kelly Norris Martin, Luke Scrivener, American Educational Research Journal, April 9, 2019
"A Look Inside Online Educational Settings in High School: Promise and Pitfalls for Improving Educational Opportunities and Outcomes," Annalee Good, Emily Cheng, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, American Educational Research Journal, March 27, 2019
Peter Goff, Xin Xie, Minseok Yang, Lena Batt, Lydia Gandy-Fastovich, Yasmin Rodriguez-Escutia, Hyunwoo Yang, and Eunji You, March 2019
David Gagnon received a $403,011 grant from the National Science Foundation in a subcontract with prime institution Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance for “Collaborative Research: STEMPorts: Community Workforce Development through Augmented STEM Learning Experiences” through Sept. 30, 2019.
The School of Education’s Bonnie Doren and Andrea Ruppar received a grant of $49,994 from the Spencer Foundation for “Rural Special Educators: Surveying the Landscape, Identifying Inroads” through Feb. 29, 2020.
WCER’s Don Gillian-Daniel and Robin Greenler are leading Wisconsin’s portion of a grant, at $514,711, to create and deliver teaching content in multiple formats to improve how STEM faculty create courses and learning environments welcoming to all students.
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