University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Department of Educational Psychology

UW–Madison’s Puntambekar contributes to $20 million NSF-funded artificial intelligence initiative

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By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications UW–Madison’s Sadhana Puntambekar will collaborate with national researchers on establishing one of five artificial intelligence (AI) institutes and education hubs. A $100 million initiative of the National Science Foundation, the centers are the single most significant federal investment to date in exploring how AI can benefit the United States’ quality of life, …

Virtual reality offers new avenues for remote collaborative learning and teaching

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Examining new ways to help students more easily learn mathematics is nothing new for education researchers. The drive to innovate is constant and has been ongoing for decades. One area of study that has garnered close attention in recent years, however, is the role our bodies — and particularly our hands — play in changing …

State Journal consults School of Education experts in article about supporting student needs in return to school

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The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of three people with ties to the School of Education in an article about supporting both the academic and social-emotional needs of students when they return to school — whether it’s online, in person, or a hybrid of both — this fall. “The academic side is not separate …

Klingbeil is recipient of prestigious Lightner Witmer Award

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A new School of Education faculty member, David Klingbeil, is a recipient the prestigious Lightner Witmer Award for early career scholarship from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association. Klingbeil is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Psychology. According to the association’s website: “Each year the Division of School Psychology presents the Lightner Witmer …

School of Education welcomes 16 new faculty members for the 2020-21 academic year

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The UW–Madison School of Education is welcoming 16 new faculty members to campus during the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, which is one of the largest cohorts to sign on with the School since its founding in 1930. “What makes our School so unique and outstanding is the depth and breadth of outstanding faculty members across …

Albers weighs in on stress that parents are facing due to difficult school decisions

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UW–Madison’s Craig Albers shared his thoughts on the stress parents are experiencing making school decisions this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a news report for WSAW-TV in Wausau. Albers, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and co-director of the Rural Education Research and Implementation Center (RERIC), spoke about the unique concerns that …

UW–Madison School of Education unveils bold new program to invest in Wisconsin’s future teachers

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School districts across the state and around the country are struggling to find enough qualified teachers — and these staffing challenges are growing. In an effort to help bolster Wisconsin’s teacher workforce and give the state’s schoolchildren access to the high-quality educators they deserve, the UW–Madison School of Education launched a bold new program Tuesday, …

Can quantitative ethnography help tell the COVID-19 story?

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By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications In early April, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, a call went out to a select community around the world to come together to make sense of a senseless pandemic. Forced lockdowns, the collapse of world economies, isolation, fears of infection, and mostly the hundreds of thousands of lives …

UW–Madison announces Smart Restart plan to reopen in fall

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By University Communications UW–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. The course array and the modality of instruction will be determined by departments, working with the deans of their respective school or college. This will include course instruction plans for students not able to return to the …

Message from Dean Hess on School’s commitment to racial justice

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The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School of Education on Monday, June 15: Dear School of Education students, staff, and faculty, Many years ago, as a high school teacher, I was working to better understand why it is that people are often better able to …