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RESEARCH | CIRGE Study
The results of CIRGE's national study of doctoral education and careers, Social Science PhDs—Five+ Years Out (SS5) are being widely disseminated...
Research Conference | Faculty
These videos from the 2008 Research Conference highlight the range and depth of research activity at the College of Education ...
Research
That Matters
Research That Matters is an annual publication highlighting faculty research at the University of Washington College of Education. This edition, Taking Measure: Does Modern Math Education Add Up?, explores the efforts underway at the UW College of Education to address these issues in its inquiry-based math education program.
Introduction by Dean Pat Wasley
These “math wars” are divisive and counterproductive. It’s time, as my colleagues argue within these pages, to move beyond angry rhetoric, to pose important questions and hold productive discussions that are focused on student learning...
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The Math Field as Battlefield
The gloves have come off in the “Math Wars” in Washington State. In one corner are the traditionalists, protectors of “real” math, true math. In the other corner are the upstarts, the reformists, the math educators who strive for “deep understanding” in the classroom...
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Pressing for Mathematical Understanding
At the core of the Mathematics Education Project’s work with teachers, teacher educators, administrators and families is the view that teachers should use a deep understanding of students’ mathematical thinking as well as a clear understanding of mathematical content to guide instruction...
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Where's the Math?
What happens when school math ranges out into the real world? What if it never makes it that far? What if it’s permanently stuck inside the United States classroom, in textbooks and drills, weekly quizzes and standardized tests?
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Campus Ideals Meet Classroom Realities
When student teachers enter urban classrooms ready to engage in big mathematical ideas, the challenges can be daunting. “Culture shock” is the term one uW student used after confronting the complex mix of classroom abilities, cultures, languages, personalities and demands.
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Learning on the Front Lines
How do teachers update their skills? It’s a question easily overlooked in discussions of inquiry-based mathematics reform. Yet today’s math teachers are tasked with not only closing the achievement gap in increasingly diverse classrooms, but, in many districts, making radical shifts in their teaching methods as they do so.
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Low Tolerance, High Expectations
Most students with emotional and behvioral disorders don’t like tests. They may wad them up and toss them. Faced with the WASL, which demands that they not only come up with answers but explain them, many students with EBD freak, blow up, then bomb — even if they’re given extra time and extra help.
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A Test for the Test: Is WASL Math Fair for All?
It has been the job of UW professor Catherine Taylor, on special assignment to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as principal investigator for the WASL, to test the test, study different populations’ responses to problems, and ensure that the test is fair to all students.
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What We Can Do
What can policymakers, educators and parents do to help students develop the mathematical skills they need in the 21st century? Our research suggests a number of ways to make a difference ...
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