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MSU, Finland partners receive $3.6M grant to study science learning
More students need to feel motivated and excited about learning science if the United States is going to succeed in producing a more scientifically literate workforce. Michigan State University...
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Failed mission: How schools worsen inequality
Schooling plays a surprisingly large role in shortchanging the nation’s poorest students of critical math skills, according to a massive new study led by a Michigan State University education scholar....
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Making nutrition and fitness a snap for underserved young athletes
Spartan Performance and MSU Extension are looking to help underserved young athletes and schools throughout Michigan. Joey Eisenmann, an assistant professor in exercise physiology and director of...
View ArticleMarginalized ninth-graders think critically about inequality, political power
How youth of color and poor and working-class youth think about social inequality plays a vital role in their taking action through protests and voting against a political system that does not seem...
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MSU hosts international math education conference
More than 500 scholars and educators will be at Michigan State University this week for the 37th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American...
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Undergraduate study abroad applications open
Students studying abroad in Japan. Applications are now open to students interested in summer 2016 undergraduate study abroad programs from the MSU College of Education. The programs—including trips to...
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MSU to help research what makes the best teachers
Corey Drake Spyros Konstantopoulos Two MSU College of Education scholars are part of a research team examining what happens in university-based teacher preparation programs that helps enhance teaching...
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Calabrese Barton explores makerspaces as WT Grant Foundation Distinguished...
A student looks at a device used in engineering as part of a recent project, led by Angela Calabrese Barton, to design a youth-centered makerspace. Professor of teacher education Angela Calabrese...
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Three doctoral candidates receive Excellence-in-Teaching Citations
Three doctoral students from the College of Education received Excellence-in-Teaching Citations from Michigan State University on Feb. 9, 2016. Two students from kinesiology and one from teacher...
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Graduate students study literacies and community through everyday soundscapes
Two doctoral candidates are hoping to show how important sound is to community and literacy through their project, #hearmyhome. Cassie J. Brownell and Jon M. Wargo, both in the Curriculum, Instruction...
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Reckase wins top career award in educational measurement
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark D. Reckase is the recipient of a national career award this week. The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) will present Reckase with the...
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MSU scholars receive national research on teaching honors
Michigan State University scholars are receiving two of the major awards this year from Division K of the American Education Research Association (AERA), which focuses on teaching and teacher...
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Undergraduates earn first place honors at research forum
A bird’s eye view of 2016 UURAF poster presentations. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Provost – Undergraduate Education. Nine undergraduate students from the Michigan State University College of...
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Does learning improve when every student gets a laptop?
Schools that provide each student with a laptop computer, as well as the appropriate support for both students and teachers, see significant improvement in academic achievement, a new paper indicates....
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Three Kinesiology graduate students receive national honors
Three graduate students from the Department of Kinesiology recently received honors from the American Kinesiology Association (AKA) and from the department. Andrew Parks, a Kinesiology doctoral...
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Michigan school funding, choice policies hurting local districts, research shows
School districts in Michigan get into financial trouble almost entirely based on factors outside their control, according to a study from Michigan State University. Chief among those factors are...
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Teachers optimistic about common core writing standards, not tests
Teachers believe the Common Core standards in their states can improve how they teach writing, according to research from Michigan State University. However, they also find plenty of shortcomings with...
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Video game showcases workout motivators
Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy. A Michigan State University researcher is using a video game to uncover key differences in what motivates men and women to go the “extra mile”...
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Second Early Learning Institute to open for children with autism
Michigan State University will launch the second branch of an educational program designed to help young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Early Learning Institute (ELI) will open its...
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The moth project: Investigating science together
MacDonald Middle School students Bailey Nicholson and Quinton Wronikowski show off a rare catch, an Eight-spotted Forester, during their moth investigation project. It turns out moths don’t like to fly...
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