3 COE scholars cited for excellence in research reporting

Posted July 22, 2010

An international teacher-education journal has selected three UF education scholars to receive its 2010 Nate Gage Award for excellence in educational research reporting.

The journal, Teaching and Teacher Education, honored co-authors Dorene Ross, Vicki Vescio and Alyson Adams for their 2008 published review on the educational impact of professional learning communities. The award is based on the number of times an article is downloaded and on a vote of the journal’s editorial board.

Associate Professor Ross is the co-holder of the endowed Irving and Rose Fien Professor of Education post in the College of Education; Adams is a clinical assistant professor in teaching and learning and the program director of the college’s Lastinger Center for Learning; Vescio is due to receive her doctorate in August and will start in the fall as a clinical assistant professor in teaching and learning and a professor-in-residence for the Lastinger Center for Learning in Pinellas County.