The Daily Cardinal sat down with UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan recently for a conversation about his research, effective teaching, and study techniques. Nathan 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 …
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 …
A faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology 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 ten institutions globally for educational psychology research productivity. The study examined the number of …
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 …