by abhiramgorle | Sep 12, 2007 | Press Releases
Do boys really lag behind girls in reading achievement, and do girls really lag behind boys in math? Diana Joyce, a lecturer in UF’s Department of Educational Psychology, took another look at this bit of conventional wisdom. The results earned her the...
by abhiramgorle | Sep 12, 2007 | Press Releases
Nowhere is the teacher shortage more painfully obvious than in the special needs classroom – but in special education, being shorthanded is only part of the problem. The teachers who do work in the field need a wider range of skills than other teachers, but they...
by abhiramgorle | Sep 12, 2007 | Press Releases
When American academics travel to sub-Saharan Africa, the public often sees them as missionaries – sharing the advanced learning of the West with struggling people on a strife-torn continent. But when Professor Cirecie West-Olatunji and her students traveled to...
by abhiramgorle | Sep 12, 2007 | Press Releases
Welcome back to a new academic year! We have a record number of new faculty who have joined the college, 15 in all, and enrollments in several graduate programs have increased. Among the new faculty appointees is the inaugural holder of the David Lawrence Jr. Endowed...