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Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP)
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CISIP is a professional development program that enables English and science teachers to help students to learn content and communicate scientifically. The CISIP program: Translates How Students Learn Science in…
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…
CAREER: Promoting Equitable and Inclusive STEM Contexts in High School
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This project focuses on fostering equitable and inclusive STEM contexts with attention to documenting and reducing adolescents' experiences of harassment, bias, prejudice and stereotyping. This research will…
Pandemic Learning Loss in U.S. High Schools: A National Examination of Student Experiences
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across much of the U.S. have been closed since mid-March of 2020 and many students have been attempting to continue their education away from schools. Student…
Anchoring High School Students in Real-Life Issues that Integrate STEM Content and Literacy
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Through the integration of STEM content and literacy, this project will study the ways teachers implement project practices integrating literacy activities into STEM learning. Teachers will facilitate…
Preparing Teachers to Design Tasks to Support, Engage, and Assess Science Learning in Rural Schools
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This study focuses on working with teachers to develop assessment practices that focuses on the three NGSS dimensions of science ideas, practices and cross-cutting concepts, and adds two more dimensions;…
Learning Progressions in Science: Analyzing and Deconstructing the Multiple Dimensions in Assessment
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Through this project, researchers will develop internet-based assessments designed to capture learning outcomes that (a) measure the higher order cognitive skills that are essential to current reform efforts,…
Supporting Students' Language, Knowledge, and Culture Through Science
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This project will test and refine a teaching model that brings together current research about the role of language in science learning, the role of cultural connections in students' science engagement, and how…
Assessing College-Ready Computational Thinking (Collaborative Research: Wilson)
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The goal of this project is to develop learning progressions and assessment items targeting computational thinking. The items will be used for a test of college-ready critical reasoning skills and will be…
Geological Construction of Rock Arrangements from Tectonics: Systems Modeling Across Scales
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This project will create two curriculum units that use sophisticated simulations designed for students in secondary schools that integrate the study of the tectonic system and the rock genesis system. The…