Educational Psychology

Helping Teachers Assess, Improve Student Behavior

Educational psychology professor Sandra Chafouleas is heading a U.S. Department of Education-funded project that will help teachers gather data on behavior in the classroom.

New Book Encourages Parents to Foster Love of Learning

Two gifted education experts urge parents to pay less attention to test scores and place greater emphasis on nurturing a child's interests outside the classroom.

Distinguished Education Professor Joseph S. Renzulli Honored with McGraw Prize in Education

Joseph S. Renzulli, a distinguished professor of educational psychology in the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, is one of three outstanding 2009 educators to receive the prestigious Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education. The director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at UConn and the Neag Chair in […]

Teaching Fellow Prepares Students to Work in Special Education

Set clear expectations, be organized, be flexible, and show enthusiasm. These are a few of Joseph Madaus’s guidelines for successful teaching. An associate professor of educational psychology in the Neag School of Education, Madaus prepares teachers who will work with students with disabilities in settings ranging from kindergarten to higher education.