The ASSIST lab focuses on developing technology-rich learning environments that analyze your personal learning and adapt to the way in which specific individuals learn. As you use an online learning system — clicking, typing, scrolling, selecting menus, etc. — the system logs these fine-grained behaviors (and their outcomes) to model how you learn.
Dr. Lauren Barth-Cohen has a passion for how students learn science. She aims to translate her research into ways that can be useful to K-12 teachers. To carry out this research, she designs and implements science instruction where students engage in knowledge-building practices.
Researchers at the University of Utah College of Education have formed the "Well-Being Team" to work with two local secondary schools in an effort to improve student access to mental health.
Shamby Polychronis is passionate about social justice and, in particular, inclusiveness for children with disabilities. Dr. Polychronis is a clinical instructor in the Special Education Department of the College of Education. Passion is hardly an unusual quality in university professors, but Polychronis has a personal connection: her son was diagnosed with a developmental delay at age two.