The Daily Cardinal sat down with UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan recently for a conversation about his research, effective teaching, and study techniques. Nathan, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s top-ranked Department of Educational Psychology, studies students and how they learn. He also studies how teachers structure learning experiences for students. “A unique quality …
UW–Madison’s Martina Rau is one of the most productive researchers in the world in her field, according to an analysis just published in Educational Psychology Review. The analysis also ranked UW–Madison among the top 10 institutions globally for educational psychology research productivity. The study examined the number of research publications in the educational psychology journals Cognition and Instruction, Contemporary …
Madison’s NBC15/WMTV utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Katie Eklund for a recent report on the shortage of mental health professionals in Wisconsin schools. Currently, many districts are struggling to hire enough mental health professionals to serve the needs of their students. However, Eklund, an associate professor and co-director of the School Psychology area in the …
Diagrams commonly used to teach chemistry concepts sometimes do more harm than good in students’ learning experiences, according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Martina Rau. The study, published in Journal of Chemical Education, found that undergraduate students often misinterpreted the meaning of arrows used in chemistry diagrams to convey information about things like the structure …
Forbes highlighted the expertise of Robert Enright, professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, in a recent feature on forgiveness. Enright is considered to be one of the founders of the scientific study of forgiveness and was recently lauded as a “game changer” in modern psychology by the American Psychological Association. In the Forbes article, Enright explained …
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics. Countdown to kindergarten (and 4K) As a parent, one day you’re changing diapers … and the next thing you know …
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, 10 student scholars took part in the Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These student scholars had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The students, who came to …
The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
Educational psychology professor Robert Enright joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program last week to share his expertise about the scientific study of forgiveness. Enright, who holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, spoke about decades of research that have shown offering forgiveness to others reduces …
By Laurel White Teaching people how to spot and outsmart a particularly tricky form of misinformation online is at the heart of new UW-Madison research recently funded by the National Science Foundation. The research, led by Martina Rau, will focus on visual misinformation — specifically, misinformation presented online in graphs. Rau, an associate professor with the …