David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology was elected as President of the Psychometric Society. His term will begin in July 2023 The Psychometric Society was founded …
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Kaplan and Huang Pioneer Bayesian Techniques to Monitor Educational Outcomes
Monitoring trends in education outcomes over time is critically important to education policy. Dr. David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods, and his graduate student Mingya Huang have developed a Bayesian probabilistic forecasting …
Garbacz to Examine Family-School Partnership Intervention to Promote Children’s Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competencies
Andy Garbacz, Associate Professor in the School Psychology Program, was recently awarded a grant of $4 million from the Institute of Education Sciences for a five-year project to examine the efficacy of a family-school partnership …
Dept of Ed Psych Presents Dr. James Pustejovsky – Four Things that Every Researcher Should Know About Research Synthesis
Join the Department of Educational Psychology’s Dr. James Pustejovsky, for a talk on the “Four Things that Every Researcher Should Know About Research Synthesis.” Monday, September 27, 2021. 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. CT 259 Educational …
Educational Psychology’s Matthews Named Interim Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Percival Matthews, an Associate Professor with the UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology, has accepted the position of Interim Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with the UW-Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, …
Can narcissists change? UW–Madison’s Enright Proposes New Approach in BYUradio Segment
UW–Madison’s Robert Enright was a guest on BYUradio’s “The Lisa Show,” where he discussed an approach to helping individuals with narcissism. Enright Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science with the School of Education’s Department …
UW–Madison’s Rau receives Early Career Award from ISLS
UW–Madison’s Martina Rau has received the Early Career Award from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). Rau Rau is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. The call for nominations notes …
Ed Psych’s Nathan Co-Authors Article on Study of Surgery Instruction Reveals Complex Interactions
Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have published an article in the journal, Surgery, that is titled, “Attending’s instructional methods as exhibited during intraoperative takeovers.” The study is the result of …
Shaffer awarded the Kellett Mid-Career Award
The School of Education’s David Williamson Shaffer is one of 33 UW–Madison faculty who have been awarded fellowships from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for 2021-22. Shaffer, the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences …
David Kaplan Named Max Kade Visiting Professor – University of Heidelberg
UW-Madison’s David Kaplan has been named the Max Kade Visiting Professor at the Institut für Bildungswissenshaft (Institute for Education Science) at the University of Heidelberg for the Fall semester 2021. Kaplan is the Patricia Busk …