Hot Topics & Workshops
Diversity as a Research Construct: Learning, Culture, Language and Socioeconomic Status
Bringing issues of culture, race, diversity, and language into the mainstream of learning science research is a fundamental driving theme in LIFE’s mission and organization. These issues were at the forefront of the LIFE Center’s first Hot Topics workshop, which was held January 11-12, 2008 at the University of Washington.
News & Events
Research Highlight: Schools from Around the World Convene at Innovative Schools Conference
NRC Publishes Book on Informal Science Learning
2009 iSLC Conference
Research Roundtable on the Science of Learning
Researchers: Rechele Brooks, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia Kuhl
Rechele Brooks takes chief responsibility in organizing and conducting a regular roundtable discussion on the “science of learning”, linking brain and behavioral sciences, with assistance from Andrew Meltzoff and…
An NSF Science of Learning Center
LIFE Activities
NSF Cyberlearning Task Force Report
March 12, 2009
Investigator: Roy Pea, in a contributing role as NSF Cyberlearning Task Force Committee Member
Institution: Stanford University
During the first six months of 2008, the NSF Directorate of Education and Human Resources (EHR) and the Office of Cyberinfructure (OCI)…
Formal Schooling in Home Country Improves Immigrant Adults’ Ability to Master English in US Classrooms
December 21, 2008Investigators: Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, Kathryn Harris, John Hellermann, Clemence Richard, Steve Reder & Patricia K. Kuhl
Institutions: University of Washington, Portland State University
According to a new study by LIFE researchers in Seattle in collaboration with Portland State…
