Research Highlights

Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at 2013 AERA Meeting

Professor Mark Warschauer and Assistant Professor Joshua Lawrence Awarded Google Research Grant to Continue Study of Cloud-Based Writing in K-12 Schools

Assistant Professor Stephanie Reich Awarded Research Grant from Society for Community Research and Action: "Kids Smile Project"

Assistant Professor Tesha Sengupta-Irving, Associate Professor Rossella Santagata, and School of Engineering Leyle Riley Receive Engineering & Education Collaborative: Teacher Professional Development Grant

Associate Professor Gilberto Q. Conchas Establishes Southern California Career Academy Support Network in School of Education

Associate Professor Elizabeth van Es Receives Spencer Grant: "Understanding Teacher Noticing for Equitable Mathematics Instruction"

Professor Mark Warschauer Receives National Science Foundation Grant: "Documenting Instructional Practices in STEM Lecture Courses"

Professor Judith Haymore Sandholtz Receives Second Year Grant to Continue Research: "Assessment of Student Learning in the Undergraduate Minor in Educational Studies"

Professor George Farkas Receives 2-Year USDE Institute of Education Research Grant: "ADHD: Population-Based Estimates of Diagnosis, Treatment, and School Outcomes"

Associate Professor Carol Booth Olson Receives 5-Year USDE Office of English Language Acquisition Grant: "The Pathway Project: A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Reading and Writing Instruction for Teachers of Secondary English Language Learners"

Visiting Scholar Sonja Mohr from Technische Universität in Berlin Studies Professional Development of Pre-Service Teachers Collaborates with Assistant Professor Rossella Santagata

Visiting Scholar Stefanie Shäfer Travels from Technical University School of Education in Munich, Germany to Collaborate with Associate Professor Elizabeth van Es on Teacher Education, Pre-Service Teaching, and Teacher Professional Development

Visiting Scholar Hyug il Kwon Travels from Cheongju National University of Education, Korea, to Collaborate with Professor Mark Warschauer on Integration of Emerging Technologies into Curriculum and Classroom Instruction

Professor George Farkas Studies Risk Factors and Services for Vocabulary Delays in Early Childhood: Population-Based Estimates

Constellation Energy E(2) Energy to Education Grant: Energy Casuality Project

Professor and Chair Deborah Lowe Vandell Announces Phase 3: Field Testing of Measures Initiated in California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project

Distinguished Professor of Education Greg Duncan Receives 5-Year Grant From NIH: "Human Capital Interventions Across Childhood and Adolescence"

Judith Haymore Sandholtz Receives 3-Year Grant From NSF: "Persistence of Teacher Change in Rural Schools: Assessing the Short- and Long-Term Impact of Professional Development on K-2 Science Instruction."

Carol Booth Olson Awarded CPEC Grant: "The Pathway to Academic Success: Enhancing Student Achievement Through the Common Core Standards."

Judith Haymore Sandholtz Awarded Grant to Assess Student Learning in Undergraduate Minor in Educational Studies.

Haynes Grant Awarded to Mark Warschauer: "Improving Reading with Digital Scaffolding."

UC Irvine Features Early Childhood Math Research of Distinguished Professor of Education Greg Duncan.

UCI Features Baby Books Research by Stephanie Reich, Greg Duncan, and Emily Penner.

Thad Domina investigates Detracking Across the Distribution.

Deborah Lowe Vandell oversees California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project: Field Test of Measure of Skill Development and Positive Behavior Change.

Lindsey Richland receives 5-Year NSF CAREER Grant:"Learning to Make Mathematical Connections."

Rossella Santagata receives 5-year NSF CAREER Grant: "Learning to Learn from Mathematics Teaching."

Department of Education receives Graduate Growth Incentive Award to research development of online Master of Arts in Education.

Carol Booth Olson, UCI Writing Project Director, balances five grants researching reading/writing interventions and teacher professional development.

Rebecca Black studies early childhood literacy, development, and learning in online virtual worlds.

George Farkas, Margaret Burchinal, Greg Duncan, and Deborah Lowe Vandell explore afterschool program impacts on school readiness: variation by prior child language and attention skills, and the quality of infant/toddler care.

Mark Warschauer researches (a) netbooks and open tools in K-12 education and (b) technology, writing, and academic achievement.

Greg Duncan initiates Cross-National Study of Early Skills and Adult Outcomes: A Five Data Set Study of Long-Run Correlates of Age 7-10 Achievement, Attention, and Behavioral Skills.

Michael E. Martinez researches spatial temporal mathematics at scale, an innovative and fully-developed paradigm to boost math achievement among all learners.

Elizabeth van Es studies the nature and development of pre-service teachers' professional vision for reform teaching.

Rossella Santagata explores mistakes as tools for learning in U.S. mathematics teaching.

AnneMarie Conley researches teacher motivation in professional development.

Thad Domina studies the effects of affirmative action bans through the high school to college transition.

Stephanie Reich investigates the cost-effectiveness of providing information about child development and parenting through the use of baby books.

Joseph Mahoney investigates consequences of summertime for adolescent development.

Deborah Lowe Vandell leads research team for "Occupying Idle Hands: Out-of-School Time and Successful Navigation of the High School Years" grant.

George Farkas investigates program impacts on school readinesss

Rossella Santagata receives Spencer Grant to study "mistakes."

Michael E. Martinez announces availability of STEM Education Research Design transcripts and PowerPoints from Workshop.

Elizabeth van Es Receives "Exceptionally High Praise" as Knowles Foundation Fellowship Recipient.

Michael E. Martinez announces availability of STEM Education Research Design transcripts and PowerPoints from Workshop # 1: "Conceptual and Practical Considerations for Planning Experimental Studies."

Margaret Burchinal appointed to the Review Panel for Early Childhood at the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education.

Joseph Mahoney Appointed to the Society for Research in Child Development's Policy and Communication Committee.