UGA science education faculty ranked third in the nation in research productivity from 2000-2009 when data were adjusted for the acceptance rates of the four top science education journals studied and fourth when data were adjusted for raw number of publications.

COE researchers Jessica Bishop and AnnaMarie Conner receive National Science Foundation CAREER awards totaling $1.2 million to study the way mathematics reasoning is communicated in the classroom.

UGA College of Education researchers are seeking teachers to participate in a $2.9 million study examining the effectiveness of the instructional conversation teaching method in improving student achievement toward Common Core standards.

UGA graduate program in special education that prepares educators to more effectively teach students with autism has received a third federal grant of $1.2 million.

Kinesiology professor Kevin McCully’s new optical method could save patients 100 times the cost of getting the same measurements through magnetic resonance imaging.

UGA College of Education researcher Jennifer H. James is beginning a two-year study to determine what children need to learn in order to fully participate and succeed in the 21st century world.

Christopher Patterson, a faculty member in the College of Education’s department of communication sciences and special education, received the 2012 Georgia Deaf Community Leader Award.

Preclinical UGA students get hands-on experience working with participants with disabilities while the participants are taught new and innovative ways to get more exercise, in a new class developed by Kevin McCully, a professor in kinesiology.

Only six states mandate the appropriate guidelines—150 minutes each week—for elementary school physical education. For older students, two states mandate the appropriate amount of physical education instruction for middle school, and none require adequate physical education at the high school level.

UGA College of Education researcher Michael Schmidt is leading a study to determine whether psychological and eating behavior traits predict compensatory behavior changes – information that could be used to help tailor weight management exercise interventions.