Gifted children Betsy McCoach Professor, Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment program Department of Educational Psychology discusses how students in poverty are less likely to be identified as gifted. Airdate: March 22, 2018. You can listen to a  recording of the interview here or a copy can be downloaded from the WILI 1400 AM show archive website. […]

THE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH & CREATIVITY:  EARLY CAREER AWARD TO Dr. Tamika LaSalle And THE SERVICE EXCELLENCE TO Dr. Jaci Van Heest A formal presentation is planned on Monday, April 23, 2018, at the State Capitol building in Room #310, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Any and all who wish to attend are welcome.  Please RSVP toBarbaraK@UConnAAUP.org or the UConn-AAUP office 860-487-0450.

Thomas J. Kehle, professor of school psychology in the Neag School Department of Educational Psychology, passed away on Feb. 7, 2018. An expert in such areas as cognitive psychology, school climate, assessment, classroom discipline, and behavioral intervention, Kehle joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1987. (Read the full article)   The obituary […]

UConn gifted education specialists have published the first study to demonstrate a link between student poverty, institutional poverty, and the lower identification rate of gifted low-income students. The study, “Disentangling the Roles of Institutional and Individual Poverty in the Identification of Gifted Students,” was published in the journal Gifted Child Quarterly. Researchers found that students eligible […]

Prof. Jaci Van Heest has written an article for The Conversation which launched today and has reached over 150 different outlets. Wearable technologies help Olympians achieve top performance Wearables help regular people track their activity, but sophisticated technology can give deeper insights to elite athletes.

Behind the artistry of today’s Olympic figure skaters lies some serious science. A new book by UConn professor Jaci VanHeest will make the research underlying elite skaters’ training accessible for the first time to coaches and athletes everywhere. “Every sport has its mythology, but the science is critical,” says VanHeest. Figure skating is one of the oldest […]

Kimberly Lawless, associate dean for research in the College of Education, believes that science literacy is a tool, and like any tool, be it a hammer, screwdriver or wrench, you need to learn what it is, what it does and when to use it. (Read full article)

Thanks in part to the evaluation expertise of a doctoral student in the Neag School’s measurement, evaluation, and assessment (MEA) program, a recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that about 1 percent of enrollments in federal health-insurance plans in 2015 were potentially improper or fraudulent. The report, a federal audit of […]

In more than 30 states across the nation today, school districts are using what is known as an Early Warning System (EWS) to predict students’ academic milestones and specific student outcomes, including identifying those students who may be most likely to drop out. Connecticut is now on the cusp of joining them, thanks in part to […]

Congratulations to the 2018 Award Winners! The winners are in! Here are the recipients of the 2018 awards for the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Visit http://www.div10.org/congratulations-2018-award-winners/ Rudolf Arnheim Award The Arnheim Award is given for outstanding lifetime achievement in the psychology of aesthetics, creativity and the arts. Our winner for 2018 is Ronald […]