The Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations involves the psychological and quantitative foundations of education. We have four graduate programs: Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Educational Measurement and Statistics, and School Psychology. Each of these programs seeks to understand issues related to education from a psychological and/or quantitative perspective, rather than from a social or historical perspective.
Programs
Educational Measurement and Statistics
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Science of skateboarding inspires children to learn about physics
June 05, 2018
STEM meets skateboarding in a brand new, game-based exhibit funded by a nearly $1.3 million National Science Foundation grant. The Iowa Children's Museum partnered with the University of Iowa College of Education and the University of Washington to develop "Notion of Motion: Science of Skateboarding."
After 34 years at UI, Tim Ansley retiring in July
April 12, 2018
“I could not have written a better script,” he says. “I get to do what I love to do – I love testing, I love statistics, but what I love most is teaching. That’s where my real passion always has been.”
William Liu honored with Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
October 11, 2017
William Liu, a counseling psychology professor and renowned scholar in the UI College of Education, was recently recognized with an Iowa Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence.