Developing the Pedagogical Skills and Science Expertise of Teachers in Underserved Rural Settings

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Rural educators often have limited access to professional development, especially in science education aligned with three-dimensional standards. This research evaluates technology-mediated lesson study (TMLS), where small groups of rural science teachers collaborate to improve instruction. Teachers responded positively to group work, using technology to observe teaching, and co-designing lessons. TMLS offers an effective, collaborative method for lesson planning and is adaptable for any group of educators aiming to enhance instructional practices.

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Co-designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research)

This project explores the development of a shared vision for high-quality and equitable mathematics (HQEMI) at a state-wide level. This includes studying the visions of HQEMI of educators in different roles across the system, as well as the co-design efforts of over 80 mathematics educators and leaders working to foster a common vision of HQEMI through the development of resources for educators and leaders at multiple levels of a state education system.

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Co-designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research)

This project explores the development of a shared vision for high-quality and equitable mathematics (HQEMI) at a state-wide level. This includes studying the visions of HQEMI of educators in different roles across the system, as well as the co-design efforts of over 80 mathematics educators and leaders working to foster a common vision of HQEMI through the development of resources for educators and leaders at multiple levels of a state education system.

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Co-designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research)

This project explores the development of a shared vision for high-quality and equitable mathematics (HQEMI) at a state-wide level. This includes studying the visions of HQEMI of educators in different roles across the system, as well as the co-design efforts of over 80 mathematics educators and leaders working to foster a common vision of HQEMI through the development of resources for educators and leaders at multiple levels of a state education system.

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Co-designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research)

This project explores the development of a shared vision for high-quality and equitable mathematics (HQEMI) at a state-wide level. This includes studying the visions of HQEMI of educators in different roles across the system, as well as the co-design efforts of over 80 mathematics educators and leaders working to foster a common vision of HQEMI through the development of resources for educators and leaders at multiple levels of a state education system.

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Opening Pathways into Engineering Through an Illinois Physics and Secondary Schools Partnership

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Although most teachers recognize the importance of taking investigative, open-ended approaches to students’ learning experiences, implementing them in high school classes can be challenging for teachers.

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Empowering Changemakers: Urban Biodiversity Initiative for Teachers and Youth

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The ECUITY project aims to develop and utilize a multi-agency partnership to design, implement, and test a research-based professional learning (PL) approach that will ensure that teachers and their students have actionable knowledge on how to protect and enhance the biodiversity in their communities.

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Comparing the Efficacy of Collaborative Professional Development Formats for Improving Student Outcomes of a Student-Teacher-Scientist Partnership Program

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This poster shares preliminary results from our first cohort of participants toward answering the question "How does online mentoring of student-led plant biology investigations impact high school students' views of scientists? This is just one aspect of the overall research project, which involves 1) a conceptual replication of a previous efficacy study (DIgging Deeper, NSF #2010556) on the impact of a student-teacher-scientist partnership online mentoring program (Taylor et al.

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CAREER: Supporting Model Based Inference as an Integrated Effort Between Mathematics and Science

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This project is designing opportunities for mathematics and science teachers to coordinate their instruction to support a more coherent approach to teaching statistical model-based inference in middle school. It is preparing teachers to help more students develop a deeper understanding of ideas and practices related to measurement, data, variability, and inference and to use these tools to generate knowledge about the natural world.

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