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Designing Computational Modeling Curricula across Science Subjects to Study How Repeated Engagement Impacts Student Learning throughout High School (Collaborative Research: Klopfer)
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The focus of this project is the design of learning experiences in different high school science courses to help students gain experience in computational thinking. The project uses a partnership between two…
Unpacking Computational Thinking for Elementary Teachers and Learners (Collaborative Research: Albert)
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The goal of this project is to investigate the integration of computational thinking (CT) into elementary school curricula by studying how teachers develop expertise in integrating CT activities that align with…
Unpacking Computational Thinking for Elementary Teachers and Learners (Collaborative Research: Jocius)
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The goal of this project is to investigate the integration of computational thinking (CT) into elementary school curricula by studying how teachers develop expertise in integrating CT activities that align with…
Biomimicry as an Authentic Anchor: Giving Teachers the Tools to Adapt an Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum
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This project builds capacity for middle school teachers to enact and adapt integrated STEM curriculum units with their students. The units will focus on biomimicry—examining structures and functions found in…
The Effects of Family Engagement on STEM Learning and Motivation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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This synthesis study includes a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of research published since 2001 evaluating the impact of family engagement interventions on student STEM outcomes. The goal of…
Hearing Each Other's Voices: Community Models for Professional Learning for Teachers, STEM Coaches, and Researchers (Collaborative Research: Hmelo-Silver)
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A long-standing challenge for education and learning sciences is sharing the distinct knowledge bases of researchers and teachers with each other. The goal of this project is to support teachers, STEM coaches,…
Hearing Each Other's Voices: Community Models for Professional Learning for Teachers, STEM Coaches, and Researchers (Collaborative Research: Fusco)
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A long-standing challenge for education and learning sciences is sharing the distinct knowledge bases of researchers and teachers with each other. The goal of this project is to support teachers, STEM coaches,…
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This project will develop, enact, and study a critical climate technology journalism curriculum to support multilingual sixth grade students’ knowledge and practices in engineering. Synthesizing expertise in…
Supporting Rural STEM Middle School Teachers and Career Counselors in the Development of Effective STEM Content and Career Development Experiences
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This project will provide rural STEM middle school teachers and career counselors professional development and the support needed to collaborate with each other and local community assets in designing,…
The Smart Playground: Computational Thinking Through Robotics in Early Childhood (Collaborative Research: Bustamante)
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This project aims to create and test an innovative educational approach for bringing STEM learning experiences to underserved youth. It will co-create and study an outdoor robotic-augmented playground called the…
The Smart Playground: Computational Thinking Through Robotics in Early Childhood (Collaborative Research: Bers)
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This project aims to create and test an innovative educational approach for bringing STEM learning experiences to underserved youth. It will co-create and study an outdoor robotic-augmented playground called the…
The Smart Playground: Computational Thinking Through Robotics in Early Childhood (Collaborative Research: Rogers)
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This project aims to create and test an innovative educational approach for bringing STEM learning experiences to underserved youth. It will co-create and study an outdoor robotic-augmented playground called the…
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 investigates the STEM teacher pipeline and examine qualifications, from teacher candidates who express interest in teaching STEM through to the eventual career paths of teachers in the workforce. In…
Advancing AI in Science Education (AASE): A Comprehensive Approach to Equity, Inclusion, and Three-Dimensional Learning
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In the 21st century, the educational landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerging as a pivotal force reshaping the contours of teaching and learning, especially in the…
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This project will study learning associated with elementary teachers' engagement in professional learning and elementary students' learning related to quantum science, quantum thinking, and careers. The…
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K-12 teachers are a critical resource for promoting equitable STEM achievement and attainment. Experimental research, however, rarely identifies specific, transferable STEM instructional practices, because STEM…
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…
Capturing and Leveraging Data from Teacher-Student Interactions to Improve STEM Learning: An Incubator Project
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Teachers are extraordinarily important to student learning, but researchers have surprisingly little data about what teachers do moment-to-moment with students. What are the instructional moves and…
Strengthening and Developing Partnerships in East Tennessee for Community Engagement in Artificial Intelligence Education
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Although there is a push to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 education, the novelty of AI means that little is known about what schools, teachers, students, and parents know, need, and expect…
Designing Interactive Visualizations of Neural Pathways in Language-based AI for Secondary Students to Explore Interpretability of AI and Human-Machine Collaboration
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming numerous industries and catalyzing scientific discoveries and engineering innovations. To prepare for an AI-ready workforce, young people must be introduced to core…
CAREER: Cultivating Environmental Science Data Agency Through Data Storytelling and Issue-based Learning
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Environmental issues like wildfires can serve as effective science learning contexts to promote scientific literacy and citizenship. This project will partner with teachers, teacher educators, and disciplinary…
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…
actLocal - A Platform for Developing Localized Simulations to Support Interactive Learning About Climate Change
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Despite the importance of addressing climate change, existing K-12 curricula struggle to make the urgency of the situation personally relevant to students. This project seeks to address this challenge in climate…
A Semiconductor Curriculum and Learning Framework for High Schoolers Using Artificial Intelligence, Game Modules, and Hands-on Experiences (Collaborative Research: Lipsmeyer)
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Semiconductors are essential components of electronic devices, enabling advances in important applications and systems such as communication, healthcare, and national security. In order to sustain the U.S.'s…
Capturing Individual Student Real-Time Classroom Experience and Engagement: A Laboratory for Breakthrough Advances in STEM and Equity
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STEM learning is a function of both student level and classroom level characteristics. Though research efforts often focus on the impacts of classrooms level features, much of the variation in student outcomes…
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…
An AI-Enhanced Colleague for Teachers: Developing and Studying an Innovative Platform for Efficient, Inclusive Middle-Grade Mathematics Lesson Planning
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This project will develop a technology platform that can streamline lesson planning and allow teachers to adapt resources to their students' needs. The project will design and investigate an AI-powered lesson…
Virtual Research Laboratories to Bridge from Educational Games to Real-World Scientific Research in Polar Regions
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Research has shown that educational games can increase student motivation, support critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills. This project will explore what approaches to the design of virtual…
Investigation of Students' Learning, Interest, and Career Aspirations in an Integrated Science and Artificial Intelligence Learning Environment (i-SAIL)
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The United States faces the critical need to prepare students and the future workforce for advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This project will develop curriculum that will engage middle-school students…
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Exemplary teaching in STEM fields encourages students from diverse backgrounds to pursue further education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Improving teaching, however, first…
Developing Learning Trajectories Supporting Middle School Student Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Concepts
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With recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), the United States needs to develop a diverse workforce with strong computational skills and the knowledge and capability to work with AI. Recent studies have…
Engaging High Schoolers in Integrated Computer Science and Engineering Through Hands-On Experiences with Microelectronics and Artificial Intelligence (Collaborative Research: Antonenko)
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Society has grown to rely on smart, embedded, and interconnected systems. This has created a great need for well-qualified and motivated engineers, scientists, and technicians who can design, develop, and deploy…
Engaging High Schoolers in Integrated Computer Science and Engineering Through Hands-On Experiences with Microelectronics and Artificial Intelligence (Collaborative Research: Hoque)
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Society has grown to rely on smart, embedded, and interconnected systems. This has created a great need for well-qualified and motivated engineers, scientists, and technicians who can design, develop, and deploy…
Engaging High Schoolers in Integrated Computer Science and Engineering Through Hands-On Experiences with Microelectronics and Artificial Intelligence (Collaborative Research: Eutsler)
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Society has grown to rely on smart, embedded, and interconnected systems. This has created a great need for well-qualified and motivated engineers, scientists, and technicians who can design, develop, and deploy…
Learning How to Help Middle Grades Science Teachers Integrate Data Exploration and Sensemaking in the Classroom (Collaborative Research: Griffith)
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Data literacy is the ability to ask questions, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from data. As the world and the workplace become more data-driven, students need to have stronger data literacy across…
Learning How to Help Middle Grades Science Teachers Integrate Data Exploration and Sensemaking in the Classroom (Collaborative Research: Rosenberg)
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Data literacy is the ability to ask questions, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from data. As the world and the workplace become more data-driven, students need to have stronger data literacy across…
Building Teacher Capacity for Teaching Across Science Disciplines Using "Smart" Greenhouses (Collaborative Research: Barnett)
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Transdisciplinary science integrates knowledge across STEM disciplines to research complex challenges such as climate science, genetic engineering, or ecology. In this project, teachers and students will design…
Building Teacher Capacity for Teaching Across Science Disciplines Using "Smart" Greenhouses (Collaborative Research: Zha)
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Transdisciplinary science integrates knowledge across STEM disciplines to research complex challenges such as climate science, genetic engineering, or ecology. In this project, teachers and students will design…
Achievements and Challenges of Modeling-based Instruction (ACMI) in Science Education: from 1980 to 2009
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This project will synthesize existing literature on modeling-based instruction (MBI) in K-12 science education over the last three decades. It will rigorously code and examine the literature to conceptualize the…
INK-12: Teaching and Learning Using Interactive Ink Inscriptions in K-12 (Collaborative Research: Koile)
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This is a continuing research project that supports (1) creation of what are termed "ink inscriptions"--handwritten sketches, graphs, maps, notes, etc. made on a computer using a pen-based interface, and (2) in-…
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This project is developing and testing a set of 12 curriculum modules designed to engage high school students and their teachers in the process of applying computational concepts and methods to problem solving…
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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…
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This project conducts interdisciplinary research to advance understanding of embodied learning as it applies to STEM topics across a range of current technology-based learning environments (e.g., desktop…
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Colorado’s PhET project and Stanford’s AAALab will develop and study learning from interactive simulations designed for middle school science classrooms. Products will include 35 interactive sims with related…