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Problem-Based Learning Designed for Science and Mathematics Professional Development
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This project aims to: (1) develop, implement and study the impact of a subject matter-focused, Problem-based Learning professional development model; and to (2) design ways of incorporating Problem-Based…
Formative Assessment Delivery System (FADS)
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This project uses new psychometric techniques to create a technological tool that could evaluate how well students in the 4th-8th mathematics and science classrooms respond to complex performance tasks. The…
Enhanced Earth System Teaching Through Regional and Local (ReaL) Earth Inquiry
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The ReaL Earth Inquiry project empowers teachers to employ real-world local and regional Earth system science in the classroom. Earth systems science teachers need the pedagogic background, the content, and the…
Semiotic Pivots and Activity Spaces for Elementary Science
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This project employs sensing technologies to help transform students' physical actions during play into a set of symbolic (computer) representations in a physics simulation and to engage the children in a…
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Integrating Literacy and IPY in the K-5 Classroom
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, an online professional development magazine for elementary teachers, focuses on preparing teachers to teach science concepts in an already congested curriculum by integrating…
Positive Learning Environments Aiming for Success in Science Education (PLEASSE)
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This study is aimed at exploring the components and impact of a teacher professional development model on teacher performance and student achievement and motivation in STEM disciplines at schools serving large…
SPRINTT: Student Polar Research with IPY National (and International) Teacher Training
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SPRINTT uses an innovative, live, online training format to train hundreds of teachers in how to teach life, Earth, and physical science content in a polar context. Polar scientists directly inform the content…
Taking Games to School: Exploratory Study to Support Game-based Teaching and Learning In High-School Science Classes
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This project is building a set of software tools, including a tool for annotating screen recordings of activities in games, a teacher data dashboard for information about students' in-game learning, and tools to…
Driven to Discover: Citizen Science Inspires Classroom Investigation
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This project utilizes existing citizen science programs as springboards for professional development for teachers during an intensive summer workshop. The project curriculum helps teachers use student…