New Grant will Sustain Solidarity-driven Partnership with Families for Children’s Mathematics Success
New Grant will Sustain Solidarity-driven Partnership with Families for Children’s Mathematics Success PhD student Patricia Fuentes Acevedo leads a Family Math Leadership Team (FMLT) including caregivers and teachers at two elementary schools serving a large majority...
Teacher Noticing Goes to College
Teacher Noticing Goes to College The Noticing in Mathematics for Student Success (NIMSS) Project, funded by the National Science Foundation (IUSE Program) is entering its second year and engaging faculty, graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate learning...
Center Community & Research Partners
Center Community & Research Partners The Education Center for Research on Teacher Development and Professional Practice (CRT) in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine fosters collaborations among faculty, students, and practitioners on...
Practical Measures, Routines, and Representations to Support Instructional Improvement
Dr. June AhnAssociate Professor Founder & Director | Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN)https://ocean.education.uci.edu/ Supporting students to develop a deeper understanding of mathematics and positive academic identities requires...
New William T. Grant Foundation: Reducing Inequalities in Opportunities to Learn Mathematics through Adaptive Teacher Professional Development
Reducing Inequalities in Opportunities to Learn Mathematics through Adaptive Teacher Professional Development William T. Grant Foundation | $600,000 | 2022-2025 PI: Dr. Rossella SantagataCo-PI: Dr. Adriana VillavicencioProject team: Patricia Fuentes Acevedo,...
New Spencer Foundation Grant: Interrogating Recruitment Practices of Black Candidates into Teacher Preparation
Interrogating Recruitment Practices of Black Candidates into Teacher Preparation Spencer Foundation | $75,000 | 2021-2022 PI: Dr. Brandy Gatlin-Nash, Assistant ProfessorCo-PI: Dr. Elizabeth van Es, ProfessorProject team: Dr. Acacia Warren, &Dr. Rossella...
Doctoral student awarded NSF GRFP Non-Academic Research Internship
The National Science Foundation awarded doctoral student Joseph Wong an NSF GRFP Non-Academic Research Internship for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity. Wong will intern at Immerse Inc., a virtual reality (VR) software company that...
U.S. Department of Education awards CFEP a $5.2M GEAR UP grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $5.2 million Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs partnership grant to the University of California, Irvine. This supplements a GEAR UP grant of $5.4 million awarded to the UCI Center for...
UCI Science Project Director Kelley Le, UCI CalTeach Director Doron Zinger both quoted on how to best teach about the pandemic in K-12 science classes
The next pandemic could happen next year. Or in 2033. Or 2052. It might come from one of hundreds of known coronaviruses now circulating in bats. It could be a nasty paramyxovirus, from goats. Or it might be a newly-mutated strain of flu that...
Confronting Extremism through Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in a STEM Educator Program
Project team: Dr. Adriana Villavicencio, Dr. Doron Zinger, Socorro Cambero Award: Office of Inclusive Excellence Building Community To Confront Extremism Title: Confronting Extremism through Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in a STEM Educator Program Abstract The...
Assistant Professor receives two grants aimed at reducing inequities among English Learners, dismantling racism in K-12 schools
Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio was recently awarded two grants, both to begin in 2022, aimed at reducing inequalities among English Learners and dismantling racism in K-12 schools. First, a three-year, $598,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation,...
Research Video: Modest Supports for Sustaining Professional Development Outcomes over the Long Term
Principal Investigators: Cathy Ringstaff, WestEdJudith H. Sandholtz, University of California, Irvine Given the time and resources invested in professional development, it is important to find ways to extend positive outcomes over the long term. Similar to regular...
NSF grant to enhance understanding of student thinking in mathematics “proof-transition courses”
The National Science Foundation awarded Professor Rossella Santagata a three-year, $300,000 grant to improve undergraduate instructional teams’ understanding of student mathematical thinking in proof-transition courses.The project will be conducted in partnership...
Adriana Villavicencio awarded Hellman Fellowship
The UCI Office of Academic Personnel awarded Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio a 2021-22 Hellman Fellowship Award, given to promising assistant professors who show innovation, dedication to inclusive excellence, and capacity for great distinction in their...
Professor Santagata receives 2020-21 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship
The UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program ( UROP) awarded Professor Rossella Santagata the 2020-21 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship. The award recognizes faculty members who exhibit excellence in training, professional...