Many studies on teaching interventions have shown that the way teachers teach and learn depends on whether their beliefs are confronted in ways that allow for change to occur.

What is the likely motivational impact of pension plans on teachers' attraction and retention?

The emerging information age appears to put a premium on cognitive skills. But adolescents' development of social skills is, in fact, more important than ever before, according to UW-Madison education professor Bradford Brown and colleagues.

In a recent national study, UW-Madison professor of sociology and education Adam Gamoran and colleague William Carbonaro (now at the University of Notre Dame) documented instructional quality and sources of inequality in the types of English instruction found in different types of classes.

In recent research on teachers' professional communities, WCER researcher Bruce King and teacher-researcher John Gunn found that the work of high school teaching teams is complex and often contradictory.

"Powerful Practices" is a research-based resource for teaching math and science.

In recent research on teachers' professional communities, WCER researcher Bruce King and teacher/colleague John Gunn found that a strong, schoolwide professional community consists of several key elements.

WCER researchers Christopher Thorn, Christopher Fassnacht, and colleagues developed a software package called Transana to help researchers with their work.

Recent research by UW-Madison education professor Brian Bottge shows that students with disabilities are motivated to solve these problems not only in remedial settings, but also in general education classrooms.

There is a lot of interest in providing high quality after-school programs for middle school youth so they can use this time creatively and productively.

First grade is a highly variable experience for children in the U.S., and attempts to assess and improve child readiness should recognize this.

What types of test items (multiple-choice or short-answer constructed response) do accommodations effect students' response on the most? Participants in a study conducted by Aleta Gilbertson Schulte and her colleagues (2001) performed one standard mathematics test with accommodations, and one without accommodations.

The most promising approach to promote organizational learning and improvement in schools is to combine administrative and professional accountability.

Teachers help students undertake new and more difficult tasks by offering them scaffolding. Scaffolding is instructional support that allows students to complete tasks successfully while gaining new knowledge, skills, and strategies.

Despite the popularity of block scheduling, research findings are mixed and show no clear advantage of block schedules over traditional schedules.

Some schools and districts are identifying and addressing low school performance by using combinations of outcomes-based administrative accountability and professional accountability.

If a standardized test were used as the sole criterion for high school graduation, it would drastically reduce rates of high school completion among African Americans of all social classes, says WCER researcher Adam Gamoran.

In 1990 Tom Romberg and colleagues began developing a new middle school mathematics program, Mathematics in Context, with funding from the National Science Foundation.

WCER and the UW-Madison will become a working laboratory for helping graduate students and faculty develop teaching skills that are a match for their skills in the lab, with the help of a five-year $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).