Developing a Modeling Orientation to Science: Teaching and Learning Variability and Change in Ecosystems (Collaborative Research: Lehrer, Miller, and Peake)

Principal Investigator:
Richard Lehrer
Alison Miller
Leigh Peake

We are investigating the development of middle-schoolers' understandings and practices of modeling in the context of investigations of variability and change in ecosystems. We are studying how and to what extent students' participation in distinct forms of modeling informs their classroom-based citizen science investigations.

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Discipline/Topic:
Science
Cognitive Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Professional Development
Target Audience:
Middle School

Developing a Modeling Orientation to Science: Teaching and Learning Variability and Change in Ecosystems (Collaborative Research: Lehrer, Miller, and Peake)

Principal Investigator:
Richard Lehrer
Alison Miller
Leigh Peake

We are investigating the development of middle-schoolers' understandings and practices of modeling in the context of investigations of variability and change in ecosystems. We are studying how and to what extent students' participation in distinct forms of modeling informs their classroom-based citizen science investigations.

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Discipline/Topic:
Science
Cognitive Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Professional Development
Target Audience:
Middle School

Science Communities of Practice Partnership

Principal Investigator:
Kathryn Hayes

Despite widespread agreement about the importance of teacher professional development (PD), translating what is learned in PD to classroom practice remains challenging. Guided by Self Determination Theory, this study examines how PD facilitators, including pedagogical coaches and university faculty, support the three basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness for teachers' intrinsic motivation as learners in PD focused on reform-based science instruction. Study findings include high-leverage practices that facilitators can use to support teacher motivation.

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Discipline/Topic:
Science
Broadening Participation
Professional Development
Target Audience:
Elementary School

Strengthening Mathematics Intervention Classes: Identifying and Addressing Challenges to Improve Instruction for Struggling Learners

Principal Investigator:
Amy Brodesky
The SMI project's goals are to: 1) study the current landscape of mathematics intervention classes at the middle grades, and 2) create PD to strengthen intervention teachers' practices for supporting students with mathematics difficulties/disabilities.
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Discipline/Topic:
Mathematics
Broadening Participation
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Professional Development
Special Education
Target Audience:
Middle School

Q&A Session on the 2021 ITEST Solicitation (Procedural/Budget/Technical Questions)

Event Date
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Join STELAR for a series of Q&A “office hours” style discussions with National Science Foundation Program Officers, geared towards answering general questions including procedural, budget related, and technical questions around completing the required proposal sections and finalizing your submission.

Questions that are submitted in advance or that are posed during the office hours will be addressed throughout the office hour-long sessions. 

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Event Type
Webinar

Q&A Session on the 2021 ITEST Solicitation (General Questions)

Event Date
-

Join STELAR for a series of Q&A “office hours” style discussions with National Science Foundation Program Officers, geared towards answering general questions including procedural, budget related, and technical questions around completing the required proposal sections and finalizing your submission.

Questions that are submitted in advance or that are posed during the office hours will be addressed throughout the office hour-long sessions. 

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Event Type
Webinar

Q&A Session on the 2021 ITEST Solicitation (General Questions)

Event Date
-

Join STELAR for a series of Q&A “office hours” style discussions with National Science Foundation Program Officers, geared towards answering general questions including procedural, budget related, and technical questions around completing the required proposal sections and finalizing your submission.

Questions that are submitted in advance or that are posed during the office hours will be addressed throughout the office hour-long sessions. 

LEARN MORE & REGISTER

Event Type
Webinar

Supporting Science Learning and Teaching in Middle School Classrooms through Automated Analysis of Students' Writing (Collaborative Research: Passonneau and Puntambekar)

Principal Investigator:
Sadhana Puntambekar
This project will design a sociotechnical system to automatically assess students written scientific explanations during science problem solving. The project will use two complementary mechanisms to provide feedback: automated assessment and feedback to students’ science explanations using using NLP techniques, and feedback to teachers provided through aggregated data about students’ writing generated by the system.
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Discipline/Topic:
Science
Technology
Educational Technology
Target Audience:
Middle School

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teaching in Rural Areas Using Cultural Knowledge Systems

Principal Investigator:
Lynda McGilvary
Science, Engineering, Engineering & Mathematics Teaching in Rural Areas using Cultural Knowledge Systems (STEM TRACKS) engages Iñupiaq people in northern Alaska in all aspects of curricular development and tests the Cultural Connections Process Model for community engagement. Our advisors in Kotzebue, Alaska selected the theme topic (snow), told us what is important about the topic, and provided content to support curriculum development. Pilot testing recently concluded. Find out how we made it happen during the pandemic, and what we have learned so far!
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Discipline/Topic:
Science
Professional Development
Target Audience:
High School
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