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Education

UC researchers awarded $2.3M to study vocabulary assessment tool

Jul 22, 2009 A team of UC researchers creates a new approach to assessing student vocabulary....

UCSC scores high in competition for UC multi-campus research funding

Jul 21, 2009 Four research programs headquartered at UC Santa Cruz have received awards in the 2009 UC Multi-Campus Research Programs and Initiatives Competition (MRPI). ...

New major in physics education approved

Jun 24, 2009 UCSC has approved a new major in physics education to prepare students for California teaching credentials and teaching careers in science and mathematics at the high school level....

Aspiring teachers to learn novel approach to science instruction

Nov 2, 2008 Aspiring teachers will learn cutting-edge techniques for teaching science to young children in a collaboration led by UC Santa Cruz....

Mr. President . . .

Sep 29, 2008 The 44th president will have tremendous challenges before him. UCSC experts offer their advice on topics ranging from education to climate change....

UCSC wins NSF grant to train more math and science teachers

Sep 18, 2008 Regional schools in need of qualified math and science teachers will benefit from a $750,000 grant to UCSC from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholars Program....

UC Santa Cruz team developing a high-tech dictionary for the classroom

Sep 3, 2008 Dictionaries in the classroom may go the way of typewriters if researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have their way....

Improve teacher quality and retention by broadening teacher preparation, professor says

Apr 8, 2008 Aspiring teachers come to the profession with a wealth of life experience that shapes their training, their work in the classroom, and their longevity in the occupation, says the author of the new...

New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers

Nov 1, 2007 The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research....

UCSC's New Teacher Center launches online mentoring program for math teachers

Sep 24, 2007 The New Teacher Center has launched a new initiative to boost student performance in mathematics by providing an online network for beginning math teachers....