Monthly News | October 2023

Report identifies solutions to reduce intergenerational poverty

A recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report – written by a committee chaired by Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan – identifies evidence-based programs and policies to combat intergenerational poverty in the United States.

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Spotlight: Lizette Espino Delgado, senior academic advisor

Espino Delgado shares about being a first-generation college grad and connecting with Education majors as an advisor in this video feature, which premiered during National Hispanic Heritage Month and UCI Staff Appreciation Week.

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Class of 2023 alums discuss their path to teaching

Three recent graduates – pictured from left: Alejandra Atilano, Monica Gomez and Estefania Hurtado – from the School of Education's Master of Arts in Teaching, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and Bilingual Authorization in Spanish programs now lead their own classrooms in local school districts, creating an atmosphere of inclusion while using their own experiences to guide their students towards success.

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Upcoming Events

• Oct. 23 – Registration deadline for UCI Science Project: PK-5 STEAM Book Bag Program

• Oct. 23-25 – "Empowering Learners for the Age of AI" conference

• Oct. 25 & 26 – "Learn How Results: Word Recognition & Fluency Can Help K-5 Educators Equip Striving Readers With Reading Success!" presented by the UCI Teacher Academy and the California Reading & Literature Project

• Oct. 26 – "What Works in Secondary Writing Instruction?" presented by the WRITE Center

• Oct. 30-Nov. 10 – UCI Science Project: NGSS Certification Hybrid Program (Tier 1) – Foundations

• Nov. 1 & 15 – California Reading & Literature Project: CRLP TK Literacy Series

• Nov. 7 – California Reading & Literature Project: Administrator PLC Series

• Nov. 27 – Registration deadline for UCI Science Project: STEAM PK-5 Books Program

Please visit the Teacher Academy website to view more upcoming workshops.

• Professor Young-Suk Kim stresses the need for inclusive classroom environments and personalized learning plans for dyslexic students (K-12 Dive)

• Project Scientist Tamara Tate on benefits of using large language models as learning partners (Nature Portfolio)

• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan discusses promise of viable solutions to intergenerational poverty (KCBS)​

• Affiliated faculty, Professor Elizabeth Cauffman on Young Adult Court and preventing repeat offenses (KABC)



• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan encouraged by breadth of potential solutions to intergenerational poverty (EdWeek)

• Associate Professor Drew Bailey and Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles: "Girls’ comparative advantage in language arts explains little of the gender gap in math-related fields: A replication and extension." In: Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

• Doctoral Student Lora Cawelti and Professor Kylie Peppler: "Navigating Tensions: Dominant Traditions and Culturally Sustaining Practices in Music Learning." In: International Society of the Learning Sciences

• Doctoral Student Phebe Chew and Professor Kylie Peppler: "Relational connective tissue: The role relationships play in freedom of movement across culinary learning." In: International Society of the Learning Sciences

• Assistant Professor Shayan Doroudi: "Learning, teaching, and assessment with generative artificial intelligence: towards a plateau of productivity." In: Learning: Research and Practice

• Assistant Professor Shayan Doroudi: "The potential of second-order cybernetics in the college classroom: Applications to curriculum and educational technology design" (chapter). In: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD12) Symposium

• Assistant Professor Shayan Doroudi: "What happened to the interdisciplinary study of learning in humans and machines?" In: Journal of the Learning Sciences

• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan: "Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Assessments of Children's Health, Nutrition, and Sleep: A Randomized Clinical Trial." In: JAMA Network Open

• Associate Professor Michael Hebert: "Hitching a Ride with Steve Graham Through the Galaxy of Writing Research​" (chapter). In: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Writing Research

• Professor Young-Suk Kim, Project Scientist Tamara Tate, Professor Penelope Collins, Doctoral Student Youngsun Moon, Director of Research, UCI Writing Project Huy Chung and Professor Emerita Carol Booth Olson: "A meta-analysis of writing treatments for students in grades 6–12." In: Journal of Educational Psychology

• Postdoctoral Scholar Sharin Jacob and Professor Mark Warschauer: "Asset-based Approaches to Multilingual Students’ Computer Science Identity Development." In: Journal of Computer Science Integration

• Postdoctoral Scholar Sharin Jacob and Professor Mark Warschauer: "Marina Bers, Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Broader Values through Programming" (book review). In: Prometheus

• Professor Lindsey Richland: "Measuring the building blocks of everyday cognition: executive functions and relational reasoning." In: Frontiers in Psychology

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Nestor Tulagan and Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles: "Patterns of African American parents' educational involvement: associations with adolescents' academic performance and motivational beliefs." In: Research on Adolescence

• Professor Elizabeth van Es: "Noticing instructional challenges in artifacts of teaching." In: School Science and Mathematics

• Chancellor's Professor Emerita Deborah Lowe Vandell: "Early cumulative risk and outcomes in adolescence and adulthood: The role of executive function and behavioral regulation." In: Developmental Psychology

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