News & Announcements
Omni Shoreham HotelWashington, DC The American Association of Community Colleges, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), held its 26th National ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. This conference brought together 850 NSF ATE grantees and their project partners to focus on the critical …
Contextualize to Learn partners met on Friday, April 5, 2019 on the UW-Madison campus to discuss our research agenda and share project updates. Activities in Summer and Fall, 2019 will include curriculum writing around contextualized course lessons, data collection, and continued engagement with the communities of practice set up at …
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Madison College hosted the Fall 2018 Cross Institutional Meeting for the Contextualize to Learn project on October 5, 2018. The meeting featured a review of recent and ongoing professional development surrounding math contextualization at the colleges as well as approaches to collaboration for research efforts related to contextualization in the …
Dr. Xueli Wang’s research was featured in a blog post by Davis Jenkins and John Fink of Teachers College, Columbia University. The blog reviews research findings related to community college student momentum and how these findings can provide insights for colleges pursuing a “guided pathways” approach to reform in order …
Contextualize to Learn was featured in Showcase Session II in the Exhibit Hall at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Booth 209 on Thursday, October 25. Project PI Xueli Wang, Co-PIs Mona Gauthier and Ann Thompson as well as Larry Gross presented updates on the project. In addition, Dr. Wang presented her …
C2L project PI Dr. Xueli Wang and team member Dr. Kelly Wickersham shared project work at the 60th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference held April 26-28, 2018 in Addison, Texas. Dr. Wang and Dr. Wickersham presented preliminary findings around faculty meaning-making of math contextualization as a …
Dr. Xueli Wang will present work done within the C2L project focusing on faculty development as part of a symposium at the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting (April 13-17, 2018) facilitated by Dr. Pamela Eddy of the College of William and Mary, “Faculty Development to Obtain Student Success: Learning Across National …
The Contextualize to Learn team met for our second annual cross-institutional meeting, which took place March 23, 2018 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Team members from Madison College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and UW-Madison gathered to share findings to date, discuss project progress and future plans, present contextualized course outcomes and lesson …
C2L project members will present project work at the 60th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference, which will be held April 26-28, 2018 in Addison, Texas. The accepted proposal will cover faculty reactions and plans around math contextualization.
