M. Elizabeth Graue

M. Elizabeth Graue is a professor of Curriculum and Instruction, in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [ [http://www.education.wisc.edu/ci/faculty/details.asp?id=megraue University of Wisconsin-Madison site] ] She directs the Wisconsin Spencer Doctoral Research Program and is a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. [ [http://www.wcer.wisc.edu Wisconsin Center for Education Research site] ]

Elizabeth Graue’s areas of interest include school readiness, class size reduction, preparing teachers for inclusive home-school relations, and qualitative research methods.

She is part of a team of researchers conducting an evaluation of Wisconsin's Student Achievement Guarantee for Education (SAGE). Current work includes longitudinal qualitative research on the implementation of a class size reduction program.

Awards and Honors

Vilas Associates Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, 2006-8;
Outstanding reviewer, Educational Researcher, 2003, 2006;
American Educational Research Association Division D & Special Interest Group on Qualitative Research Outstanding Dissertation Using Qualitative Methodology, 1990;
American Educational Research Association Early Education/Child Development Special Interest Group Outstanding Dissertation Award, 1990.

Books

Graue, M.E. & Walsh, D.J. (1998). Studying children in context: Theories, methods & ethics. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Graue, M.E. (1993). Ready for what? Constructing meanings of readiness for kindergarten. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

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