October 4th, 2011, 11:10
Nearly 200 science teachers and students studying to be teachers from across the Southeast will gather at the University of Georgia this month to learn about the latest developments in curriculum and technology, reports a story in the October 4 Miami Herald. The article appeared in newspapers and media across the country after running on the Associated Press.
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October 3rd, 2011, 08:10
Nearly 200 science teachers, science teacher educators and future science teachers will learn about the latest developments in curriculum, cultural studies, digital technology and gaming, eco-justice, experiential learning and outdoor classrooms during the 2011 Southeastern Science Teacher Education Conference at the University of Georgia College of Education Oct. 14-15.
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September 14th, 2011, 09:09
Four University of Georgia faculty members—Steve Oliver, Jay Rojewski, Peter Smagorinsky and Sally Zepeda—have been named as the College of Education’s first Distinguished Research Mentors for the 2011-12 academic year.
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September 7th, 2011, 08:09
What mathematical knowledge is important to measure, which psychometric models work best in different contexts, and are new psychometric models needed for measuring math knowledge and learning? These are just a few of the questions that several dozen math education researchers, psychometricians and mathematicians from across the country will discuss in a conference hosted by the UGA College of Education Sept 25-27 in Atlanta.
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August 8th, 2011, 12:08
University of Georgia alumnus Torian White, an assistant principal at Salem High School in Conyers, was recently selected as an Emerging Leader by the Association for Supervised and Curriculum Development. He is one of only 36 selected from a large pool of students from around the world.
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August 3rd, 2011, 10:08
A freshly minted University of Georgia College of Education Ph.D. graduate won more than $18,000 during a two-night run on the television quiz show “Jeopardy!” July 26 and 27. Video link inside: Fox on making the Winner’s Circle.
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July 28th, 2011, 10:07
Ryan Fox (PhD ’11) has made the Winner’s Circle as a contestant on Jeopardy and will play again tonight on the venerable TV game show (July 28).Video link inside: Fox on making the Winner’s Circle.
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May 3rd, 2011, 11:05
The debut of ‘Osy Osmosis,’ an educational app designed to teach the science of osmosis that has been developed by a team of UGA researchers, educators and IT specialists including the COE’s Steve Oliver, is reported on physorg.com as well as in an Associated Press story that was seen in media across the nation.
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April 29th, 2011, 10:04
Fun, educational game designed to teach the principle of osmosis was developed by a team of UGA educators, researchers and software developers including the COE’s Steve Oliver
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April 18th, 2011, 10:04
IDEAL, a five-year NIH-funded project among scientists and science educators at UGA, science teachers in high schools, and the BSCS organization is creating and evaluating curricular materials that use highly interactive 3-D models and animations of physiological processes. The project, co-directed by Steve Oliver, professor and associate head of the department of mathematics and science education, is featured in the Winter 2011 issue of the UGA Graduate School Magazine (Pages 30-40)
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