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Young-Suk Kim, UCI professor of education, has been awarded a $1.4 million, four-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to explore children’s Spanish-English language transfer skills. “In kindergarten through 12th grade, English learners are the fastest-growing student population,” Kim said. “This study will systematically investigate how children’s first-language skills are related to their second-language […]

Doctors and researchers share snapshots of how communication, lifestyle, data, innovation and scientific evidence are changing healthcare as we know it

Chancellor’s Professor Carol Connor has been awarded a $1.4 million, four-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to develop and test a series of digital books that embed strategies to improve reading ability for students in grades 3 to 5. The project involves designing and evaluating e-books that will help children gain a deeper […]

Informatics new hires plan to take beneficial gaming to the next level

UCI teacher development program fosters academic literacy of English learners in middle and high school

UCI MIND takes multipronged approach to finding preventions, cures in effort to avert baby-boom crisis

Trend is most pronounced among the better-educated, UCI study finds

Favorite songs from a person’s past can ease depression, agitation and other symptoms of dementia, says a UCI researcher who donates iPods to nursing homes

UCI study shows maternal infant-rearing link to adolescent depression

Study by UCI sociologist is first to tie low natal weight to biological, social factors three generations deep