PI Interviews
Madison Education Partnership’s First Public Meeting Focuses on Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Results
April 23, 2018
Parents, teachers and anyone interested in learning how Madison Metropolitan School District’s (MMSD) four-year-old kindergarten (4K) is supporting local children is invited to the first community presentation of research on the MMSD 4K program by the Madison Education Partnership (MEP).
Haley Vlach, Director of the Learning, Cognition and Development Lab at WCER
February 6, 2018
Haley Vlach is assistant professor of Educational Psychology at UW-Madison and directs the Learning, Cognition and Development Lab at WCER.
Matthew Hora, Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions
October 31, 2017
Matthew Hora is a research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and an assistant professor of Adult and Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In his role as director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions he talks here about producing research that has a direct translation to the world of practice.
Jerlando Jackson, Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory
June 28, 2017
Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and the Director and Chief Research Scientist of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Here he discusses Wei LAB, Beyond the Game, and post-graduate outcomes.
Percival Matthews on how Students Learn About Numbers, the Equals Sign and More
March 9, 2017
Matthews is assistant professor of educational psychology in the UW-Madison School of Education. Here he discusses his research on how students learn about numbers, the equals sign, fractions and the importance of financial literacy.
Sadhana Puntambekar Discusses Improving Middle School Students’ Science Learning
November 7, 2016
Sadhana Puntambekar, a professor in the UW–Madison's Educational Psychology department, directs the Interactive Learning & Design Lab. Here she talks about improving middle school students’ learning in science classes.
Beth Graue Discusses Mindfulness Training, Class Size and More
July 25, 2016
Beth Graue is professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she chairs the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Here she talks about mindfulness training for pre-service teachers, class size policy, kindergarten readiness, and research-based mathematics instruction.
Mitchell Nathan Discusses CareerLocker
March 7, 2016
Mitchell J. Nathan is professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he directs the Center on Education and Work. Here he talks about CareerLocker, which helps educators and career development practitioners with program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative research, professional development training, and career resources.
Eric Knuth: PI Interview
March 4, 2015
Professor of Mathematics, Curriculum & Instruction, and Educational Psychology
Anita Wager: PI Interview
March 3, 2015
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Jerlando F. L. Jackson: PI Interview
February 10, 2015
Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Director of Wei LAB
Tim Boals: PI Interview
November 12, 2014
Tim Boals: WIDA Executive Director
Jack Jorgensen: PI Interview
September 4, 2014
Jack Jorgensen: Co-Director Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network
David Schaffer: PI Interview
June 16, 2014
David Schaffer: Professor of Educational Psychology, Director of Epistemic Games Group
Bradley Carl: PI Interview
February 19, 2014
Bradley Carl: Researcher and Associate Director at the Value-Added Research Center (VARC)
