Honorees include three with WCER ties: Danielle Maillette, Sadhana Puntambekar and Maria Widmer. Danielle is Events and Intranet Manager, Maria is instructional designer for Discussion Project Virtual and Sadhana is a pioneering reseacher.
How to sustain positive outcomes seen during the pandemic—such as increased connection between teachers and parents through new communication technologies and more planning time for teachers—is an important question going forward.
Epistemic Analytics partnered with ecology and data-mapping experts on and off campus to create iPlan, a simulator that makes STEM learning fun. Players can model how different zoning choices would affect the environment, jobs, housing and other factors anywhere in the contiguous U.S.
Benefits of the Adopt-a-School partnership go both ways — a new course in culturally responsive evaluation is being offered to students, while WEC is able to invest in the values it holds dear.
MSAN kicked off its annual national conference for high school students in late October with middle schoolers participating, too, in a rare case of the pandemic improving educational outcomes. Shifting to a virtual event as a health precaution also makes it easier for the younger students to attend the multi-month program aimed at developing student equity leaders.
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WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.
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WCER Communications, May 19
WIDA Communications, May 13
WCER Communications, Apr 25
WCER Communications, Apr 13
CIRTL and WCER Communications, Apr 1
WCER Communications, Mar 15
“Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments,” Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Rurik L. Twyoniw, Mark Chapman, Language Assessment Quarterly, March 2022
“Language Standards Frameworks and Language Assessment: A Codependent Relationship,” Margo Gottlieb, Mark Chapman, International Journal of TESOL Studies, March 2022
“‘One Internship, Two Internships, Three Internships…More!’: Exploring the Culture of the Multiple Internship Economy,” Matthew Wolfgram, Vivien Ahrens, Journal of Education and Work, February 2022
“Bilingual Investments of Dual-Language Immersion Program Alumni,” Madina Djuraeva, Diep Nguyen, Mariana Castro, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, February 2022
Dorothy Farrar-Edwards has been awarded $186,755 from the University of Wisconsin Foundation for “Impact 2030 - Summer Res Wkshp” through October 31, 2023. (052022)
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner has received a grant of $184,539 from the Spencer Foundation, in a subcontract from the University of Texas-Austin, for “Do Campus Contexts Make Black Women Faculty Sick? A National Study of Black Women Academics’ Health Outcomes at Historically Black and Predominantly White Postsecondary Institutions” through May 31, 2025. (051722)
Nicole Louie has been awarded $1,219,621 from the National Science Foundation for “Advancing Racial Justice in Middle School Mathematics Through Participatory Design Research” and participant support costs through April 30, 2027. (042222)
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