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Coppola Given Golden Apple

Rick Coppola, a long-time associate of the LSRI and 7th-grade teacher at South Loop Elementary, is one of 10 Illinois winners of the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.   Coppola,…

LSRI and MSCS Welcome B2F Scholar

Both the LSRI and the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science (MSCS) welcomed Bridge to Faculty (B2F) scholar Dr. Phi Nguyen to their respective rosters. Nguyen, a California native, arrived at UIC…

Fendt Receives CAPE Award

Fendt’s work has been crucial in helping to draft successful grant proposals, creating new enrichment programs for hundreds of historically underrepresented students, while leading the evaluation teams for these projects

New Paper from De Voto, Superfine, and DeWit

Research Assistant Professor Craig De Voto, LSRI Co-director Alison Castro Superfine and Associate Professor Marc DeWitt have published a new paper in Educational Administration Quarterly. The title of the paper is Navigating Policy…

Dr. James Pellegrino

Pellegrino receives AERA's 2023 Lindquist Award

LSRI founding co-director, UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences distinguished professor and distinguished professor of education James Pellegrino has been awarded the American Educational Research Association’s 2023 E. F. Lindquist Award. Presented…

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Elementary Math Specialist Program Enrollment Now Open!

The EMS Program is a series of 5 semester-long courses. These courses prepare teachers for the Illinois State Bd of Education (ISBE) Elementary Mathematics Specialist Endorsement that can be added to your Professional…

Dr. Natalie Jorion

Private Sector Applications of the LS

“Proficiencies in good statistical understanding and programming; those are very marketable in the private sector.”

Teaching Learning in Changing Contexts Book Cover

Teaching Learning in Changing Contexts

Our hope is to stimulate future development and directions for research and theory that promotes sustained learning for teachers within the complex ecologies in which they teach.

Graduate Student Lisa Siciliano

Siciliano Named ILSSA Treasurer

Congratulations to learning sciences PhD student Lisa Siciliano, who has been newly elected to the treasurer position with the International Learning Sciences Student Associate (ILSSA). Siciliano will formally begin her term next week…

Dr. Breanne K. Litts

Humans of LS Podcast presents Dr. Breanne K. Litts

Dr. Breanne Litts is an Assistant Professor in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences and director of Learn, Explore, Design Lab at Utah State University. Breanne’s work explores the ways in which technology can…