Education & Society

Florida State awarded $2.8 million to improve math in early grades

Published: September 22, 2011 | 12:00 am

Math skills are increasingly critical to Florida’s economy, yet many of the state’s students struggle with the subject. Their problems […]

Education professor wins grant to develop digital game-based ‘stealth’ assessments

Published: August 12, 2011 | 12:00 am

When playing digital games, children hone skills such as persistence, creative problem solving, and conceptual physics that traditional pen-and-paper assessment […]

Education professor receives grant to evaluate Florida’s Bright Futures program

Published: June 22, 2011 | 12:00 am

Since 1997, the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program has provided academic scholarships to thousands of the state’s highest-achieving high school […]

FSU to train 200 Northwest Florida teachers in teaching science more effectively via state grant

Published: May 25, 2011 | 12:00 am

A new, $3.64 million professional development program designed and implemented by the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology Engineering […]

Educational institute to study roadblocks to community-college student transfer, bachelor’s degree completion

Published: May 20, 2011 | 12:00 am

The Center for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Innovation (CHERTI) at Florida State University is initiating a study to examine […]

Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine kicks off at Florida State

Published: May 11, 2011 | 12:00 am

Florida State University experts in medicine, exercise science, nutrition, sports psychology and athletic training have partnered with one of the […]

From Peter Rabbit to Curious George, FSU study finds 100 years of gender bias in children’s books

Published: May 6, 2011 | 12:00 am

A Florida State University sociologist has led the most comprehensive study of 20th century children’s books ever undertaken in the […]

Florida State experts discuss disaster in Japan

Published: March 17, 2011 | 12:00 am

Florida State University’s internationally recognized faculty researchers are sharing their expertise with national and international media on a variety of […]