WCER Highlights 1993-1995

> After-school programs vary in quality
> Mathematics collaboratives empower teachers
> Study measures quality of infant care

> WCER home to new Institute for Science Education
> Excellent teachers rewarded: re-designing compensation
> Let's build teachers' professional community
> Schools need parental involvement

> Geometry engages young students: CGI math curriculum
> ESL students included in mainstream classrooms: Multifunctional Resource Center for Bilingual Education
> Teachers prepare for diversity: Cultural immersion programs

> What do science teachers teach?: How teachers' assumptions influence their teaching
> New math courses help more kids: "Bridge" courses break the cycle of failure
> Shaping a call to action: Public information activities play role in restructuring schools

> Assessment mirrors the curriculum: Performance assessment measures application of knowledge
> Collaboratives support at-risk youth: Teens encouraged to stay in school
> The pros and cons of peer crowds: Helping students cope with peer pressures
> Literacy survey reveals gaps: Race, gender, and family environment are predictive factors
> Teachers pilot innovative math curriculum: Mathematics in Context
> Learning to teach science: Changing one's conceptions

> School choice: More mixed results from Milwaukee's pilot program
> Time to raise the stakes: "Equal funding" for districts not necessarily equitable
> Making small groups work: Effective student interaction is crucial
> What they say really matters: Ability grouping neither helps nor hurts
> Special needs deserve special resources: Just providing more money won't fix things
> Researching their own practice: Action Research Network benefits teachers

> Awards and accolades: Romberg and Lockwood win recognition
> New books by WCER researchers: Three mathematics titles
> Teachers combine practice with research: Teacher/researcher collaboration mutually beneficial
> Assessing students with disabilities: How will they fare on performance assessment tasks?
> A personal narrative: Native American students and the "Indian Math Problem"
> Reaching students from many cultures: Trainers help teachers cope with bilingual students

> Connecting home and school cultures: Understanding children's family cultures
> Reflections, shadows, and events: A chemistry teacher shares his secrets
> Connecting thought and action in high school science classrooms: Teachers' conceptions of teaching science
> Learning is constructing: Mathematics in Context
> New and renewing projects: Improving after-school care; an electronic math tutor

> Project prepares task-oriented assessments: Assessing grades 4, 8, and 10
> CGI research and teacher change: Understanding children's thinking
> New books by WCER researchers: Mathematics assessment; student engagement and achievement
> Educator sees school as extension of community: Replacing some of what is lacking in students' home lives
> Standard setting in high school mathematics and science has positive effect