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Mobilizing Physics Teachers to Promote Inclusive and Communal Classroom Cultures Through Everyday Actions (Collaborative Research: Hazari)
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The project addresses the historic marginalization of women and minoritized racial/ethnic (MRE) groups in physics. The aim of the project is to co-design, test, and disseminate professional learning for high…
Mobilizing Physics Teachers to Promote Inclusive and Communal Classroom Cultures Through Everyday Actions (Collaborative Research: Cunningham)
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The project addresses the historic marginalization of women and minoritized racial/ethnic (MRE) groups in physics. The aim of the project is to co-design, test, and disseminate professional learning for high…
Developing a Multi-disciplinary STEM Education Model for Multilingual Learners that Meets Societal Challenges
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This project contributes to advancing knowledge on STEM education focusing on societal challenges by harnessing the convergence of STEM subjects, including data science and computer science, to empower a…
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This project will develop and iteratively refine a practical framework and a suite of teacher education materials that support early career teachers—from preservice teacher education through their third year of…
Enhancing the Future of Teacher Practice via AI-Enabled Formative Feedback for Job-Embedded Learning (Collaborative Research: D'Mello)
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This project envisions a future of work where advanced technologies provide automated, job-embedded, individualized feedback to drive professional learning of the future worker. To achieve this goal, it…
Enhancing the Future of Teacher Practice via AI-Enabled Formative Feedback for Job-Embedded Learning (Collaborative Research: Kelly)
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This project envisions a future of work where advanced technologies provide automated, job-embedded, individualized feedback to drive professional learning of the future worker. To achieve this goal, it…
Development of the Orienting Positive Emotions in New Educators for Mathematics (OPEN for Math) Professional Learning Program
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Research has shown that the emotions elementary school teachers and their students experience when engaging in mathematics activities play an important role in mathematics teaching and learning. Yet, the field…
Professional Learning to Navigate Student Uncertainty for Productive Struggle Around Equity-Oriented Sensemaking
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Progress in science is motivated and directed by uncertainties. Yet even though uncertainty is a crucial fulcrum for scientific thought, school students are taught science within an overarching assumption that…
Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS) (Collaborative Research: Israel)
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This project will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities through professional…
Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS) (Collaborative Research: Mak)
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This project will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities through professional…
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High school counselors play an integral role in supporting students’ trajectories toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. Many professional learning experiences for counselors…
Establishing a Partnership Among a State Department of Education, Educators, School District Leaders, and Researchers to Enhance Early Childhood Educators’ Mathematics Teaching
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High-quality early educational experiences, particularly in mathematics, are crucial for students’ success in K-12 schooling. To create these foundational experiences for young children, early childhood…
Professional Learning Hub for Early Science (HubES): Leveraging Technology to Develop Supports for Educators to Promote Meaningful Science Learning in Preschool
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Although science is increasingly recognized as a key dimension of early learning, findings to date indicate that young children, especially those enrolled in public preschool programs serving historically…
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Young children thrive when strong relationships exist between their home and school environments. Early home and school experiences support the development of mathematical skills. Often, schools and teachers…
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While more accessible online learning opportunities that reflect everyday teaching challenges are becoming more available, most of these more flexible professional development experiences are being offered by…
Interactive, Individualized Professional Learning for Elementary School Teachers: Enhancing Content and Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a Basis for Improving Practice
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Research has shown that when teachers have strong content and pedagogical content knowledge that they can provide better quality mathematics instruction to their students and improve student outcomes. The goal…
Empowering Teachers to Integrate Computational Thinking into Middle School Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Barnes)
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Providing students with exposure to high quality computational thinking (CT) activities within science classes has the possibility to create transformative educational experiences that will prepare students to…
Empowering Teachers to Integrate Computational Thinking into Middle School Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Chiu)
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Providing students with exposure to high quality computational thinking (CT) activities within science classes has the possibility to create transformative educational experiences that will prepare students to…
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Despite years of research and interventions to address inequities that are largely related to race, science education continues to perpetuate these inequities in both participation and outcomes in science. This…
Investigating Teacher Expertise Within a Nested Learning System Using Mathematics Professional Learning Communities in Elementary and Middle Schools
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Professional learning communities (PLCs) are one common model for teachers to collaborate and learn from one another. The goal of this study is to understand how teachers' expertise is positioned in a PLC and…
Broadening Participation Among Multilingual Learners Through High School Teachers' Professional Learning Experiences in the Instructional Conversation Pedagogy
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Across the nation, many school districts are experiencing rapid expansion in the enrollment of multilingual learners, yet many high school teachers do not have corresponding opportunities to learn how to…
Supporting Teacher Customizations of an Integrated Science, Engineering, and Computational Thinking Curriculum Unit (Collaborative Research: Chiu)
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National frameworks for science education in the United States advocate for bringing science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM+CS) disciplines together in K-12 classrooms.…
Supporting Teacher Customizations of an Integrated Science, Engineering, and Computational Thinking Curriculum Unit (Collaborative Research: Basu)
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National frameworks for science education in the United States advocate for bringing science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM+CS) disciplines together in K-12 classrooms.…
Supporting Teacher Customizations of an Integrated Science, Engineering, and Computational Thinking Curriculum Unit (Collaborative Research: Biswas)
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National frameworks for science education in the United States advocate for bringing science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM+CS) disciplines together in K-12 classrooms.…
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Providing computer science (CS) education to students prior to high school is critical for catalyzing their interest in CS and closing achievement and development gaps. However, the retention rate for…
Engaging Elementary Teachers in Developing and Implementing Instructional Materials Promoting Socioscientific Literacy
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Navigating complex societal issues such as water shortages, forest fires, and other phenomena-based problems requires understanding the social, technological, and scientific dimensions surrounding the issues and…
Scientific Sensemaking About Place-based Phenomena: Mobilizing Rural Elementary Teacher Learning to Propel School-Wide Transformation (Collaborative Research: Whitt)
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Science education research shows that incorporating attention-grabbing concepts and experiences—phenomena—in science classes has the power to engage and inspire young learners. However, many elementary teachers…
Scientific Sensemaking About Place-based Phenomena: Mobilizing Rural Elementary Teacher Learning to Propel School-Wide Transformation (Collaborative Research: Taylor)
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Science education research shows that incorporating attention-grabbing concepts and experiences—phenomena—in science classes has the power to engage and inspire young learners. However, many elementary teachers…
Scientific Sensemaking About Place-based Phenomena: Mobilizing Rural Elementary Teacher Learning to Propel School-Wide Transformation (Collaborative Research: Mawyer)
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Science education research shows that incorporating attention-grabbing concepts and experiences—phenomena—in science classes has the power to engage and inspire young learners. However, many elementary teachers…
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This project is developing and evaluating effectiveness of 15 - 20 short computer mediated animations and games that are designed to: (1) increase students' conceptual understanding in especially…
CAREER: A Study of Strategies and Social Processes That Facilitate the Participation of Latino English Language Learners in Elementary Mathematics Classroom Communities
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The project aims to: (1) study resources and strategies for teachers that will facilitate participation of 3rd grade Latino English Language Learners (ELLs) in the mathematics classrooms; (2) develop…
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Founded on ethnomathematics research findings, this project aims to increase the mathematics learning of first-, fourth-, and seventh-grade elementary school Micronesian students. Plans are to develop and field-…
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The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) Center for Learning and Teaching (NCLT) would focus on the research and development of nano-science instructional resources for grades 7-16, related…
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This project will develop 15 modules for high school students that connect biology, computation, and mathematics with corresponding teacher materials and professional development activities. The modules will…
CAREER: Creating Effective, Sustainable Inquiry-Based Instruction in Middle School Science Classrooms
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The goal of this project is to improve the quality of middle school science in a select number of schools and to gain insight into effective science professional development practice more generally. The project…
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The aim of this project is to explore the hypothesis that a curricular focus on quantitative reasoning in middle grades mathematics can enhance development of student skill and understanding about mathematical…
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Doing science requires that students learn to create evidence-based arguments (EBAs), defined as claims connected to supporting evidence via premises. In this CAREER project, I investigate how argumentation…
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This project will develop and systematically investigate a teaching model to assist teachers in developing ideas about proof in grades 2-5. The teaching model provides both a tool for learning on the part of…
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This project uses items and data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) to develop two kinds of resources for preparation and professional development of secondary mathematics teachers: one…
Differentiated Professional Development: Building Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching Struggling Learners
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This project is creating and studying a blended professional development model (face-to-face and online) for mathematics teachers and special educators (grades 4-7) with an emphasis on teaching struggling math…
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Twelve fifth and sixth grade science teacher specialists and their students in a high needs district in Ohio are engaged in a design-based research project within a three-year professional development effort…
Evaluating the Developing Mathematical Ideas Professional Development Program: Researching its Impact on Teaching and Student Learning
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This is a 3.5-year efficacy study of the Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI) elementary math teacher professional development (PD) program. DMI is a well-known, commercially available PD program with substantial…
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This project is developing and testing curriculum materials and a professional development model designed to explore the potential for introducing engineering concepts in grades 3 - 5 through design challenges…
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This exploratory study develops and pilot-tests a model for improving science teaching and learning with middle school ELLs. Study goals include: (1) clarifying pedagogical constructs of language-rich science…
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This project is conducting a comprehensive study of professional development models designed for mathematics teachers in grades K-12. The research team will identify key constructs and frameworks within…
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This project is creating and studying a professional development model to support preK teachers in developing culturally and developmentally appropriate practices in counting and early number. The proposed model…
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This project will adapt and study successful discourse strategies used during language arts instruction to help teachers promote mathematically-rich classroom discourse. Of special interest is the use of models…
ScratchEd: Working with Teachers to Develop Design-Based Approaches to the Cultivation of Computational Thinking
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This project is designing, developing, and studying an innovative model for professional development (PD) of teachers who use the Scratch computer programming environment to help their students learn…
Supports for Science and Mathematics Learning in Pre-Kindergarten Dual Language Learners: Designing a Professional Development System
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SciMath-DLL is an innovative preschool professional development (PD) model that integrates supports for DLLs with high quality science and mathematics instructional offerings. It engages teachers with workshops…
SimScientists Human Body Systems: Using Simulations to Foster Integrated Understanding of Complex, Dynamic, Interactive Systems
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This project leverages curricular module development to design, develop, and test new cyberlearning modules that integrate multiple (circulation, respiration, and digestion) systems of the human body. The…