CHIP Principal Investigator Jeff Volek is disseminating nearly a decade’s worth of research on the effectiveness of low-carbohydrate diets through a well-received new book.
Volek, an associate professor of kinesiology in the Neag School of Education, co-authored The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great with two other researchers who, like himself, professionally study and personally follow the Atkins diet.
The book has appeared on the top of the London Times non-fiction best seller list and has been consistently in the top 15 of …

It will come as no surprise to any college student (or parent of one) that achieving success in higher education starts with the right preparation during the K-12 years. But for students with disabilities, postsecondary education presents an additional set of challenges, though they too can be met with the right strategies in place.
In their new book, Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success, Neag Associate Professor Joseph Madaus, Professor Emeritus Stan Shaw, and University of South Florida Associate Professor and UConn graduate Lyman Dukes III have put together what …

CBER Team Publishes in Journal of Literacy Research
While schools and governments were putting the top priority on teaching basic reading skills to beginners, older students have been faltering on the path to understanding what they’re reading. Two-thirds of eighth- and twelfth-graders read below proficiency, and one-third of high school graduates are not prepared to read at the college level, according to research.
As educator concerns alight on this emerging challenge, a team led by Michael Faggella-Luby at the Center for Behavioral Education and Research in the Neag School of Education has …

Practical Strategies for Cultivating Child’s Love of Learning

Light Up Your Child’s Mind, a new book written by Neag School of Education professors Sally Reis and Joe Renzulli, is aimed directly at parents, offering them practical advice on how to play a more meaningful role in a child’s education, both in and out of the classroom.

“Parents have been sold a bill of goods on test scores,” say Renzulli and Reis, the husband-and-wife research team from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented based at UConn.  “We want to …