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This project develops mixed-initiative dialog and speech recognition technologies to encourage students to speak and reason about science concepts. It is part of a larger collaboration to help fourth and fifth…
Applying Research on Science Materials Implementation: Bringing Measurement of Fidelity of Implementation (FOI) to Scale
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This project is creating a suite of instruments for measuring fidelity of implementation of several science and mathematics instructional materials programs and a User's Guide for customizing those instruments…
Effective Science Teaching for English Language Learners (ESTELL): A Preservice Teacher Professional Development Research Project Across Three Universities in California
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Effective Science Teaching for English Language Learners (ESTELL): A Pre-Service Teacher Professional Development Research Project project is funded by the National Science Foundation DR-K-12 Discovery Research…
Validation and Refinement of a Model for Teacher Professional Development that Leverages a Major Applied Research Laboratory
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This project focuses on the assessed impact of a teacher professional development (TPD) program around the applied sciences. Specifically, researchers seek to examine the measurable impact of an established…
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This project is documenting how middle and secondary school science teachers first develop a perspective on science learning, translate that perspective into their own teaching practice and finally make explicit…
CAREER: Collaborative Learning with Classroom Networks: Integrating Technological and Pedagogical Innovations
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This project studies teaching practices in a year-long high school algebra course that integrates hand-held and other electronic devices. Of particular interest is how these technologies can support learners'…
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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…
Seeds of Science / Roots of Reading: Developing a New Generation of Research-based Elementary Science Instructional Materials
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This project is developing research-based science units for 3rd-4th grades in life, earth and physical science. The Seeds/Roots series is an integrated science-literacy instructional program based on a…
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This project will develop an intervention to support the teaching and learning of proof in the context of geometry. This study takes as its premise that if we introduce proof, by first teaching students…
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This project will work with middle school mathematics teachers in San Francisco Unified School District to develop their capacity to conduct professional development for the teachers in their schools. A central…
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This project will convene two workshops, held in 2015 and 2016, which will focus on developmental mathematics and other critical issues in mathematics education. The workshop will frame critical issues; draw…
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Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) are a structure for redefining the relationship between education research and development and practice so as to more effectively address real problems in order to…
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One significant challenge facing elementary STEM education is the varied preparation of English-language learners. The project addresses this with an innovative use of engineering curriculum to build on the…
Development of Language-Focused Three-Dimensional Science Instructional Materials to Support English Language Learners in Fifth Grade (Collaborative Research: Valdes)
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The main purpose of this project is to develop instructional materials for a year-long, fifth grade curriculum for all students, including ELLs. The planned curriculum will promote language-focused and three-…
Development of Language-Focused Three-Dimensional Science Instructional Materials to Support English Language Learners in Fifth Grade (Collaborative Research: Lee)
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The main purpose of this project is to develop instructional materials for a year-long, fifth grade curriculum for all students, including ELLs. The planned curriculum will promote language-focused and three-…
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This project will convene stakeholders in STEM and early childhood education to discuss better integration of STEM in the early grades. PIs will begin with a phase of background research to surface critical…
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Project staff are developing a two-year integrated science course for grades 9–10. The Science and Global Issues course includes a complete year of new material, along with a major revision to the Science and…
Personalizing Recommendations in a Large-Scale Education Analytics Pipeline (Collaborative Research: Kesselman)
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This pilot project aims to begin to organize the world's digital learning resources to make personalized recommendations to learners that are engaging and effective in increasing mathematics learning outcomes.…
Personalizing Recommendations in a Large-Scale Education Analytics Pipeline (Collaborative Research: Pardos)
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This pilot project aims to begin to organize the world's digital learning resources to make personalized recommendations to learners that are engaging and effective in increasing mathematics learning outcomes.…
Personalizing Recommendations in a Large-Scale Education Analytics Pipeline (Collaborative Research: Ram)
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This pilot project aims to begin to organize the world's digital learning resources to make personalized recommendations to learners that are engaging and effective in increasing mathematics learning outcomes.…
Precision Math: Using Interactive Gaming Technology to Build Student Proficiency in the Foundational Concepts and Problem Solving Skills of Measurement and Data Analysis
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The purpose of this 4-year project is to improve student mathematics achievement by developing a mathematics intervention focused on key measurement and data analysis skills. The PM intervention will be designed…
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This project will convene mathematics teacher educators with different theoretical perspectives to develop a shared menu of research-supported practices and new research questions to explore that could improve…
Scientific Data in Schools: Measuring the Efficacy of an Innovative Approach to Integrating Quantitative Reasoning in Secondary Science (Collaborative Research: Mead)
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Data Nuggets (http://datanuggets.org) are classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, which give students practice interpreting quantitative information and making claims based on evidence. The…
Scientific Data in Schools: Measuring the Efficacy of an Innovative Approach to Integrating Quantitative Reasoning in Secondary Science (Collaborative Research: Stuhlsatz)
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The project provides a detailed research plan to build on a university-based mentor model to design school-based approaches. It addresses two challenges of implementing professional development: a) transitioning…
SmartCAD: Guiding Engineering Design with Science Simulations (Collaborative Research: Magana-de-Leon)
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This project investigates how real time formative feedback can be automatically composed from the results of computational analysis of student design artifacts and processes with the envisioned SmartCAD software…
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This project investigates how real time formative feedback can be automatically composed from the results of computational analysis of student design artifacts and processes with the envisioned SmartCAD software…
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This project investigates how real time formative feedback can be automatically composed from the results of computational analysis of student design artifacts and processes with the envisioned SmartCAD software…
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This is an exploratory project that will research and develop resources and a model for professional learning needed to meet the demand of implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The…
Teachers with GUTS: Developing Teachers as Computational Thinkers Through Supported Authentic Experiences in Computing Modeling and Simulation
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This project directly addresses middle school teachers' understanding, practice, and teaching of modern scientific practice. Using the Project GUTS program and professional development model as a foundation,…
Thinking Spatially about the Universe: A Physical and Virtual Laboratory for Middle School Science (Collaborative Research: Goodman)
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This project will develop and study three week-long middle school lab units designed to teach spatial abilities using a blend of physical and virtual (computer-based) models. "ThinkSpace" labs will help students…
Thinking Spatially about the Universe: A Physical and Virtual Laboratory for Middle School Science (Collaborative Research: Sadler)
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This project will develop and study three week-long middle school lab units designed to teach spatial abilities using a blend of physical and virtual (computer-based) models. "ThinkSpace" labs will help students…
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This project is exploring how curricula and assessment using dynamic, interactive scientific visualizations of complex phenomena can ensure that all students learn significant science content. Dynamic…
Tools for Teaching and Learning Engineering Practices: Pathways Towards Productive Identity Work in Engineering
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Identifying with engineering is critical to help students pursue engineering careers. This project responds to this persistent large-scale problem. The I-Engineering framework and tools address both the learning…
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This project will develop and disseminate an online educational resource called Understanding Ebola Virus Disease (UEVD). The objective is to provide users with an interactive learning experience that helps them…
An Efficacy Study of the Learning and Teaching Geometry PD Materials: Examining Impact and Context-Based Adaptations
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This study will examine the impact of the Learning and Teaching Geometry (LTG) professional development for secondary mathematics teachers on the teachers' knowledge and classroom instruction, as well as on…
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This project will produce insights into the challenges teachers face in modifying their teaching in the substantial and complex ways demanded by the Next Generation Science Standards. This project will develop…
Learning Labs: Using Videos, Exemplary STEM Instruction and Online Teacher Collaboration to Enhance K-2 Mathematics and Science Practice and Classroom Discourse
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This project will develop and study two sets of instructional materials for K-2 teacher professional development in mathematics and science that are aligned with the CCSS and NGSS. Teachers will be able to…
Math Snacks Early Algebra Using Games and Inquiry to Help Students Transition from Number to Variable
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This project will develop games to build conceptual understanding of key early algebra topics. The materials will be freely accessible on the web in both English and Spanish. The project will develop 4-5 games.…
Online Resources for Educating Students about Ebola and Other Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
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This project will develop a Web-based set of instructional materials and resources that will use the recent Ebola outbreak as the overarching narrative for educating middle and high school students about the…
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This project focuses on the challenge of using assessment of relevant STEM content to improve K-12 teaching and learning. CLEAR takes advantage of new technologies and research findings to investigate ways that…
SimScientists Games: Development of Simulation-Based Game Designs to Enhance Formative Assessment and Deep Science Learning in Middle School
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This project will focus on understanding how educational games, designed according to research-based learning and assessment design principles, can better assess and promote students' science knowledge,…
Stopping an Epidemic of Misinformation: Leveraging the K-12 Science Education System to Respond to Ebola
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This project will develop resources for teachers and administrators that will provide instructional guidance for teaching about the Ebola virus and other epidemics of infectious diseases that may arise. The…
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This project will use video case studies to identify key strategies used by exemplary teachers to guide class discussions. The project will study teachers in the areas of high school mechanics and electricity,…
Teaching and Learning Algebraic Thinking Across the Middle Grades: A Research-based Approach Using PhET Interactive Simulations
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This project addresses three central challenges: 1) the tendency for students to not engage in real mathematical thinking as they use technologies; 2) the tendency for teachers to not enact pedagogically-…
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This project will support the participation of 55 U.S. K-12 mathematics teachers or supervisors, graduate students, community college/university mathematics teachers, mathematicians, mathematics teacher…
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This project aims to build elementary age students' content knowledge in robotics and computer science more broadly by fostering their disciplinary engagement and participation within a humanoid robots-…
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Understanding Science provides an accurate portrayal of the nature of science and tools for teaching associated concepts. This project has at its heart a public re-engagement with science that begins with…
Multiple Instrumental Case Studies of Inclusive STEM-Focused High Schools: Opportunity Structures for Preparation and Inspiration (OSPrl)
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The aim of this project is to examine opportunity structures provided to students by inclusive STEM-focused high schools, with an emphasis on studying schools that serve students from underrepresented groups.…
The Role of Educative Curriculum Materials in Supporting Science Teaching Practices with English Language Learners
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This project aims to determine whether curricula designed to support teacher and student learning have positive impacts on teacher knowledge, attitudes, and instructional practices; to what degree educative…
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Ensuring that beginning teachers are "classroom-ready" requires assessments that efficiently and validly evaluate proficiency in teaching. This project explores assessments involving simulated students as a way…
Zoombinis: The Full Development Implementation Research Study of a Computational Thinking Game for Upper Elementary and Middle School Learners
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This project leverages an existing game by embedding tools for studying patterns of students' decision-making and problem solving in the environment. This allows researchers to understand how students learn…
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This project addresses a critical need, developing professional development materials to address the teachers of ELLs. The project will create resources to help teachers build ELLs' mathematical proficiency…
Student-Adaptive Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers: Promoting Multiplicative and Fractional Reasoning to Improve Students' Preparedness for Middle School Mathematics
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The project develops a teacher professional development intervention to support student-adaptive pedagogy for multiplicative and fractional reasoning. The idea is that classroom instruction should build on…
Playing with the Data: Developing Digital Supports for Middle School Science Teachers using Game-based Formative Assessment
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This project will use cycles of design-based research to build new knowledge about how to facilitate teachers' interpretation and use of digital game-based formative assessment data. The research will also…
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This project will develop and test a biology teacher professional model that employs analysis of videotaped lessons to promote increased biology content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge among…
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This project contributes to the emerging knowledge base for reform-minded middle school STEM instructional materials development through the development, field-testing, and evaluation of a prototype…
PBS NewsHour STEM Student Reporting Labs: Broad Expansion of Youth Journalism to Support Increased STEM Literacy Among Underserved Student Populations and Their Communities
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The production of news stories and student-oriented instruction in the classroom are designed to increase student learning of STEM content through student-centered inquiry and reflections on metacognition. This…
TRUmath and Lesson Study: Supporting Fundamental and Sustainable Improvement in High School Mathematics Teaching (Collaborative Research: Donovan)
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Given the changes in instructional practices needed to support high quality mathematics teaching and learning based on college and career readiness standards, school districts need to provide professional…
TRUmath and Lesson Study: Supporting Fundamental and Sustainable Improvement in High School Mathematics Teaching (Collaborative Research: Schoenfeld)
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Given the changes in instructional practices needed to support high quality mathematics teaching and learning based on college and career readiness standards, school districts need to provide professional…
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This project brings together leaders in simulation design and accessibility to develop and study interactive science simulations for diverse middle school students including those with sensory, mobility, or…
Conceptual Model-based Problem Solving: A Response to Intervention Program for Students with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics
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This project will develop a cross-platform mathematics tutoring program that addresses the problem-solving skill difficulties of second- and third-grade students with learning disabilities in mathematics (LDM).…
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This project will adapt and study a promising and replicable teacher professional development (PD) intervention, called Collaborative Math (CM), for use in early childhood programs. Prepared as generalists,…
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This project will examine the relationship between teacher professional development associated with newly developed modules in urban ecology and the achievement and engagement of long-term English learners (LTEL…
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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…
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The project will use a quasi-experimental design to explore students' knowledge of core algebraic concepts in middle grades (grade 6), one year after their completion of 3-year, grades 3-5 early algebra…
The Classroom Ecosystem Explorer (CEE): Developing and Testing a Multimedia Tool to Support Early Grades Instruction in Science
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This project is designed to assist K-3 teachers in teaching life and physical science for conceptual understanding. It integrates videos, stills and voice-over into one multimedia web-based tool. The program…
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This project establishes a Center to conduct research and education on the interactions of nanomaterials with living systems and with the abiotic environment. The research combines high throughput screening…
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This project develops ecosystems-focused instructional materials that use sensor data and technology to help second and third graders become more proficient at data modeling and scientific argumentation. The…
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The project will develop modules for grades 9-12 that integrate mathematics, computing and science in sustainability contexts. The project materials also include information about STEM careers in sustainability…
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This project provides middle school students and teachers access to live scientific data from the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, and curriculum modules built around sensor networks that target core life…
Building Assessment Items and Instructional Tasks to Build Intercommunity Capacity to Develop Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
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The infrastructure to improve mathematics education in the US requires building human resources in mathematics and mathematics education into a professional community that can respond to the critical needs in…
PlantingScience: Digging Deeper Together - A Model for Collaborative Teacher/Scientist Professional Development
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This project will design, develop, and test a new professional development (PD) model for high school biology teachers that focuses on plant biology, an area of biology that teachers feel less prepared to teach…
Untangling Mathematical KnoTSS (Knowledge for Teaching Secondary School): An Investigation of Collaborations Between Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators
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This project examines the nature and process of collaborations between mathematicians and mathematics teacher educators engaged in the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers. KnoTSS participants are teams…
Developing Integrated Elementary Science, Engineering, and Language Arts Curricula Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards
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This project will conduct a study to develop and field-test curricula integrating science, engineering, and language arts at the elementary level which is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS…
Exploring Ways to Transform Teaching Practices to Increase Native Hawaiian Students' Interest in STEM
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This project will integrate Native Hawaiian cross-cultural practices to explore ways to help teachers know about and know how to connect resources of students' familiar worlds to their science teaching. This…
Exploring Ways to Enhance Science Learning for English Language Learners Through Improvement in Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs
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This project will explore the influence of a professional learning community model on preparing preservice and novice science teachers to teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms of English…
Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning: Rebuilding and Researching an Online Middle School Curriculum
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This project will develop an online curriculum-based supported by a teacher professional development (PD) program by rebuilding an existing life science unit of Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Middle…
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This project will develop and test a digital monitoring tool that will enable teachers to track student learning within a digital learning system and quickly adjust classroom instructional strategies to…
A Task Force on Conceptualizing Elementary Mathematical Writing: Implications for Mathematics Education Stakeholders
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The Elementary Mathematical Writing (EMW) Task Force was made up of educators with unique perspectives about elementary mathematical writing and with the goal to reach a consensus about and priorities for the…
Current Climate Changes over Eastern Siberia and Interior Alaska and their Impact on Permafrost Landscapes, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Hydrological Regime
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Through integration of research and education, this project is providing high resolution data on the spatial distribution of the thermal state of permafrost in Alaska, improving the general knowledge of Earth's…
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Investigations in Cyber-enabled Education (ICE) strives to provide a professional development design framework for enhancing teacher ability to provide science, technology, and math (STM) instruction for…
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The ability to express scientific ideas in both written and oral form is an important 21st century skill. This project would help teachers help students achieve these skills through automating an effective…
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This research is examining science and mathematics teacher learning in the context of an alternative certification program employing two different models of field-based preparation. The project will inform the…
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UNCG and NCSU are developing instructional resources for grades-2–5 students that infuse cutting-edge content from the emerging field of biomusic into standards-based elementary science and music curricula. The…
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This project explores the use of cyberinfrastructure to significantly enhance the delivery and quality of professional development for grades 8-12 engineering, technology, and design educators. The goal of the…
Assessing the Educational, Career, and Social Impacts of the XO Laptop Program in Birmingham, AL City Schools
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The mayor of Birmingham is making a two year loan of XO laptops to middle school students in the Birmingham City Schools in Alabama. The educational and social changes that will occur in classrooms and the…
Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum (ICAC): Incorporating Technology into STEM Education Using XO Laptops
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This project builds and tests applications tied to the school curriculum that integrate the sciences with mathematics, computational thinking, reading and writing in elementary schools. The investigative core of…
Undergraduate Science Course Reform Serving Pre-service Teachers: Evaluation of a Faculty Professional Development Model
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This project focuses on critical needs in the preparation and long-term development of pre-service, undergraduate, K-6 teachers of science. The project investigates the impact on these students of undergraduate…
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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…
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This project supports up to eight fellows per year to participate in the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows Program. This program provides opportunities for teachers to work on educational issues and…
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This project is conducting repeated randomized control trials of an approach to high school geometry that utilizes Dynamic Geometry (DG) software and supporting instructional materials to supplement ordinary…
A Longitudinal Randomized Trial Study of Middle School Science for English Language Learners (Project MSSELL) (Collaborative Research: Lara-Alecio)
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This project seeks to improve the science achievement and the academic English language proficiency of middle school Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs). This project will conduct a randomized…
Engaging Middle School Students in Student-directed Inquiry through Virtual Environments for Learning
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This project is developing five web-based modules for middle school science that engage students in student-directed inquiry and provide teachers with professional development in facilitating this inquiry. These…
Foundations of Algebra in the Elementary and Middle Grades: Supporting Students to Make, Represent and Justify General Claims about Operations
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This project develops images, extended examples, and principles that illustrate how the articulation, representation and justification of general claims about operations evolve in the elementary grades and how…
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This project is developing a week-long unit of activities focused on the cryosphere, implementing the activities with students, and studying the activities’ effectiveness. The overarching goals of this project…
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This exploratory project seeks to understand the role that a network of tablet computers may play in elementary and middle school math and science classrooms. The study will use classroom observations, student…
CAREER: Designing Learning Environments to Foster Productive and Powerful Discussions Among Linguistically Diverse Students in Secondary Mathematics
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This project will design and develop specialized instructional materials and guidelines for teaching secondary algebra in linguistically diverse classrooms. These materials will incorporate current research on…
CAREER: Investigating Fifth Grade Teachers' Knowledge of Noticing Appalachian Students' Thinking in Science
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This project will investigate teachers' knowledge of noticing students' science thinking. The project will examine teacher noticing in practice, use empirical evidence to model the teacher knowledge involved,…
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This project is designed to enhance and study the development of elementary science teachers’ skills in managing productive classroom talk in inquiry-based physical science studies of matter. The project…
CAREER: Making Science Visible: Using Visualization Technology to Support Linguistically Diverse Middle School Students' Learning in Physical and Life Sciences
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This project investigated the potential opportunities and challenges for educators to incorporate explorations of a variety of large data sets into science, math and, to a lesser extent, social science classes…
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The goal of this conference was to bring together classroom teachers, mathematics educators, mathematicians, and community college faculty to consider critical questions about content and pedagogy in the…
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This project promotes teacher "learning in practice" to bring out and build on the cognitive strengths of their students for science learning in the classroom. Understanding the broader contexts of their student…
Accessing Science Ideas: Enhancing Curriculum to Support Scientific Reasoning of Students with Learning Disabilities
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The Accessing Science Ideas (ASI) project is developing and researching content enhancements that support science learning of middle school students with executive function and related learning disabilities.…
Biocomplexity and the Habitable Planet -- An Innovative Capstone Course for High School (Collaborative Research: Puttick)
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This project is developing a set of instructional materials that engages students and teachers in the science of coupled natural human (CNH) systems. Teacher guides, a website and multimedia resources accompany…
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This project is developing a learning progression in scientific inquiry about the nature of matter. The effort will result in a research-guided system of curriculum, assessment and professional development…
Researching the Wireless High School: Effects on Science Teaching and Implications for Professional Development
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This study investigates the impact of the wireless environment on high school science using a purposeful sampling of schools with high implementers. Five schools will be examined and extensive data in multiple…
Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom Project: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developed by a Collaboration of Scientists and Educators from Three Different Minority Communities
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This project is designed to enhance an existing interdisciplinary high school science curriculum—Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom (ASC)—in an innovative way and conduct research to determine the…
Mathematics Attainment and African-American Students: Discourse from Multiple Perspectives (Collaborative Research: Leonard)
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This project is convening a series of two professional mini-conferences and one professional summit to address issues related to the mathematical education of African American students, Pre-K-16…
Interactive Virtual Intelligent System for Scientific Inquiry in a Biology Learning Environment (Project INVISSIBLE)
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This project is developing, testing, refining, and evaluate an intelligent, interactive, multimedia system. This intelligent tutoring system will provide high school biology students a virtual, hands-on,…
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The SAVE Science project is creating an innovative system using immersive virtual environments for evaluating learning in science, consistent with research- and policy-based recommendations for science…
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This project studies the impact of emphasizing formative assessment strategies in concurrent undergraduate methods courses and STEM content courses on the subsequent teaching practices of these pre-service…
Investigating the Meaningfulness of Preservice Programs Across the Continuum of Teaching (IMPPACT) in Science Education
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This project investigates the longitudinal impact of science teacher education programs on middle and secondary science teachers and their students across critical developmental stages of the teacher…
An Investigation of the Impact of Strengthening the "T" and "E" Components of STEM in High School Biology and Chemistry Courses
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The overriding goal of this project is to strengthen the “T” and “E” components of STEM in high school courses taken by a majority of students. Our hypothesis is that increasing the presence of engineering and…
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This project is developing, validating, and evaluating computer modeling-based formative assessments to improve student learning in chemistry. Activities include developing a series of computer models related to…
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This project uses sea urchin embryos to provide a curriculum module for inquiry-based biology. The curriculum is provided via a new open access website. It addresses several of the National Science Content…
Developing Contingent Pedagogies: Integrating Technology-enhanced Feedback into a Middle School Science Curriculum to Improve Conceptual Teaching and Learning
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SRI International developed a formative assessment intervention that integrates classroom network technologies and contingent curriculum activities to help middle school teachers adjust instruction to improve…
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This project aims to (1) determine ways in which Evidence-Centered Design enhances the quality of large-scale, technology-based science assessments for middle school grades and high school equivalency; (2)…
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This project examines the nature of adaptive expertise in mathematics education, exploring relationships between this concept from cognitive psychology and effective middle school mathematics instruction. One…
Bridging the Gap Between Content Knowledge and Practice: Improving Middle School Teachers' Content Knowledge and Classroom Practices
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This project focuses on scaling up the SimCalc project and emphasizes bridging mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) on proportional reasoning and argumentation as part of teachers' classroom practices. This…
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This project aims to advance the preparation of preservice teachers in middle school mathematics, specifically on the topic of proportionality, a centrally important and difficult topic in middle school…
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This project implemented a facets-of-thinking perspective to design tools and practices to improve high school chemistry teachers' formative assessment practices. Goals are to identify and develop clusters of…
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This project researches the use of cyberinfrastructure to implement a strategy for using online telescopes as a laboratory to engage middle and high school students in cutting edge science research while…
Designing Professional Development Resources that Lead to Effective Science and Expository Writing Instruction
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This project is developing professional resources to help elementary teachers strengthen their students' writing skills, particularly writing in science notebooks. The proposed resources would include print and…
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This project is developing a science teacher education model focused on the establishment of a diagnostic learning environment through formative assessment as a powerful instructional practice for promoting…
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In this project teachers are introduced to the \"Diagnoser\" software and diagnostic testing both in workshops and online environments. The project is categorizing facets of student thinking in three more…
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This project is developing and evaluating a test form that diagnoses teachers' capacities in two closely connected cases of reasoning about multiplicative relations among quantities: fractions and proportions.…
Investigating the Needs of Elementary School Teachers of Mathematics at Different Points During Sustained Professional Development
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This project seeks to map a trajectory for the evolution of elementary school mathematics teachers engaged in sustained professional development. The goal of the project is to identify and understand the…
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The project has had three major areas of focus: (1) Offering professional development to help elementary and 6th grade teachers become more responsive teachers, attending and responding to their students'…
A Longitudinal Randomized Trial Study of Middle School Science for English Language Learners (Project MSSELL) (Collaborative Research: Irby)
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Project MSSELL will conduct a two-year randomized trial longitudinal evaluation of an enhanced standards-based science curriculum model. In Year 1, the project will refine and pilot the model based on learnings…
Cyber-enabled Design Research to Enhance Teachers' Critical Thinking Using a Major Video Collection on Children's Mathematical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Maher)
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This project is working to create a cyber infrastructure that supports development and documentation of additional interventions for teacher professional development using the video collection, as well as other…
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This exploratory research and development project addresses the question, "Can students develop an understanding of the ecological nature of science (ENOS) in high school biology and environmental science…
CAREER: A Comprehensive Modeling Approach to Cognitively Diagnostic Assessment: Methodological Developments and Practical Implementations
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This project is developing an 8th-grade assessment for proportional reasoning from a cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) framework. CDMs are psychometric models developed specifically for diagnosing the presence or…
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The PuM project develops and conducts research on a learning continuum for seamless instruction in middle school physical science and high school physics. The ultimate goal is to use physics as the context to…
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This project addresses two grand challenges—cutting-edge STEM content and K-12 science assessments. Using DNA Sequencing Analysis Program (DSAP), which will be modified, high school students and teachers will…
Radford Outdoor Augmented Reality (ROAR) Project: Immersive Participatory Augmented Reality Simulations for Teaching and Learning Science
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This project anticipates the needs of learners in 10 years by developing and testing two learning simulations that are immersive, interactive, and participatory and use augmented reality in the outdoors.…
Nurturing Multiplicative Reasoning in Students with Learning Disabilities in a Computerized Conceptual-modeling Environment (NMRSD-CCME)
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The purpose of this project is to create a research-based model of how students with learning disabilities (LDs) develop multiplicative reasoning via reform-oriented pedagogy; convert the model into a computer…
Quality Cyber-enabled, Engineering Education Professional Development to Support Teacher Change and Student Achievement (E2PD)
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In this project, a video and audio network links elementary school teachers with researchers and educators at Purdue to form a community of practice dedicated to implementing engineering education at the…
Making Sense of Global Warming and Climate Change: Model of Student Learning via Collaborative Research
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A major scientific issue of our time is global warming and climate change. Many facets of human life are and will continue to be influenced by this. However, an adequate understanding of the problem requires an…
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This project results in a training manual, web-based resources, and training opportunities in field-based ecology for high school teachers. The project is designed to increase teacher content knowledge in…
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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…
An Investigation of Elementary Teachers' Learning, Understanding and Use of Research-based Knowledge about Students' Mathematical Thinking
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This project uses classroom and individual teaching experiments, along with numerous and extensive interviews, to investigate: (a) the nature of teachers' understandings of students' mathematical thinking before…
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This project performs integrated research on emergent materials and phenomena in magnetoelectronics. The aim of the research activities is to advance understanding of the emergent materials and phenomena and to…
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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…
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The fundamental purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and study a professional development (PD) model for improving chemistry teachers' formative assessment practices to foster teaching focused on…
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The project is a four-year, early-stage design and development project aimed to refine a state-of-the-art professional development model to prepare K-8 teachers and instructional leaders in urban schools to…
Supporting Teacher Practice to Facilitate and Assess Oral Scientific Argumentation: Embedding a Real-Time Assessment of Speaking and Listening into an Argumentation-Rich Curriculum (Collaborative Research: Henderson)
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The fundamental purpose of this project is to support teacher practice and professional learning around oral scientific argumentation in order to improve the quality of this practice in classrooms. The key…
Supporting Teacher Practice to Facilitate and Assess Oral Scientific Argumentation: Embedding a Real-Time Assessment of Speaking and Listening into an Argumentation-Rich Curriculum (Collaborative Research: Greenwald)
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The fundamental purpose of this project is to support teacher practice and professional learning around oral scientific argumentation in order to improve the quality of this practice in classrooms. The key…
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A collaboration among educators, engineers, and mathematicians in three universities, this project is creating, implementing, and evaluating a one-year curriculum for teaching a non-calculus, fourth-year high…
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This project will investigate the effectiveness of a teacher academy resident model to recruit, license, induct, employ, and retain middle school and secondary teachers for high-need schools in the South. It…
Developing Teachers as Computational Thinkers Through Supported Authentic Experiences in Computing Modeling and Simulation
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This project addresses the need for a computationally-enabled STEM workforce by equipping teachers with the skills necessary to prepare students for future endeavors as computationally-enabled scientists and…
CAREER: Multilevel Mediation Models to Study the Impact of Teacher Development on Student Achievement in Mathematics
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This project will develop a comprehensive framework to inform and guide the analytic design of teacher professional development studies in mathematics. An essential goal of the research is to advance a science…
CAREER: A Study of Factors that Affect Middle School Levels of Readiness for Implementing STEM Programs
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This project will investigate whether six urban middle schools are implementing highly effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs based on factors identified through relevant…
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This project enhances elementary students' engagement in and learning of science through visual communication skills using student-generated graphics in science notebooks. The products include two professional…
Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers' Ability to Facilitate Goal-Oriented Discussions in Science and Mathematics via the Use of Simulated Classroom Interactions
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The project will develop, pilot, and validate eight discussion-oriented performance tasks that will be embedded in an online simulated classroom environment. The resulting research and development products could…
Diagnostic E-learning Trajectories Approach (DELTA) Applied to Rational Number Reasoning for Grades 3-8
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This project aims to develop a software diagnostic tool for integrating diagnostic interviews, group administered assessments, and student data in real-time so that teachers can enter and view student status…
Facilitating Teachers' and Young Children's Science Learning Through Iterative Cycles of Teacher Professional Development
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This professional development project engages a sample of kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers in a series of workshops, during which teachers will work individually and together to design and test new lesson…
Misconceptions Oriented Standards-Based Assessment Resource for Teachers of High School Physical Sciences (MOSART HSPS)
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This project builds upon the widely used K-12 Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment Resource for Teachers (MOSART). The project is developing 500 new test items that are intended to assess…
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This study targets elementary schools with a documented achievement gap between White American and African American students and investigates: (a) the ways K-2 teachers draw upon their current knowledge (…
Developing Science Problem-solving Skills and Engagement Through Intelligent Game-based Learning Environments
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The project draws upon intelligent tutoring and narrative-centered learning technologies to produce a suite of intelligent game-based learning environments for upper elementary school science students. The games…
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This project tests whether mentoring middle school science and math teachers by University Ph.D. STEM faculty has a positive effect on the teachers' understanding of science, their teaching ability and the…
Developing A Discourse Observation Tool and Online Professional Development to Promote Science, Oral Language and Literacy Development from the Start of School
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The goal of this project is to develop a classroom observation tool and an online professional development model to help early-elementary teachers improve science instruction among young learners by cultivating…
Connected Biology: Three-Dimensional Learning from Molecules to Populations (Collaborative Research: White)
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This project will design, develop, and examine the learning outcomes of a new curriculum unit for biology that embodies the conceptual framework of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The curriculum…
Improving the Implementation of Rigorous Instructional Materials in Middle-Grades Mathematics: Developing a System of Practical Measures and Routines (Collaborative Research: Jackson)
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The goal of this project is to improve the implementation of rigorous instructional materials in middle-grades mathematics at scale through a system of practical measures and routines for collecting and using…
Improving the Implementation of Rigorous Instructional Materials in Middle-Grades Mathematics: Developing a System of Practical Measures and Routines (Collaborative Research: Cobb)
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The goal of this project is to improve the implementation of rigorous instructional materials in middle-grades mathematics at scale through a system of practical measures and routines for collecting and using…
Enhancing Middle Grades Students' Capacity to Develop and Communicate Their Mathematical Understanding of Big Ideas Using Digital Inscriptional Resources (Collaborative Research: Dorsey)
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This project will develop and test a digital platform for middle school mathematics classrooms to help students deepen and communicate their understanding of mathematics. The digital platform will allow students…
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This design and development project is an expansion of the Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP), an established model for research-based formative assessment in grades 3-8, to the early elementary grades. The…
Improving the Implementation of Rigorous Instructional Materials in Middle Grades Mathematics: Developing a System of Practical Measures and Routines (Collaborative Research: Ahn)
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The goal of this project is to improve the implementation of rigorous instructional materials in middle-grades mathematics at scale through a system of practical measures and routines for collecting and using…
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This project aims to create a web-based STEM Career Exploration and Readiness Environment (CEE-STEM) that will support opportunities for youth ages 16-24 who are neither in school nor are working, in rebuilding…
The Scientific Thinker Project: A Study of Teaching and Learning Concepts of Evidence and Nature of Scientific Evidence in Elementary School
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Current curriculum materials for elementary science students and teachers fail to provoke the following essential questions during science instruction: What is evidence? Why do you need evidence? The goal of…
Connected Biology: Three-Dimensional Learning from Molecules to Populations (Collaborative Research: Reichsman)
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This project will design, develop, and examine the learning outcomes of a new curriculum unit for biology that embodies the conceptual framework of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The curriculum…
Synchronous Online Professional Learning Experiences for Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers in Rural Contexts
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This project will develop and implement an innovative online mathematics professional development model designed to provide growth opportunities for teachers in rural districts who normally lack access to such…
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This project will test new instructional approaches designed to help K-1 students comprehend place value. The project will emphasize the underlying relational structure of place value symbols, and target this…
Supporting Instructional Growth in Mathematics: Enhancing Urban Secondary Teachers' Professional Learning Through Formative Feedback
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This project will explore the potential of video-based formative feedback to enhance professional development around ambitious instruction for secondary teachers in urban schools.
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Enhancing Middle Grades Students' Capacity to Develop and Communicate Their Mathematical Understanding of Big Ideas Using Digital Inscriptional Resources (Collaborative Research: Phillips)
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This project will develop and test a digital platform for middle school mathematics classrooms to help students deepen and communicate their understanding of mathematics. The digital platform will allow students…
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This study will investigate factors influencing the persistence of teacher change after professional development (PD) experiences, and will examine the extent to which modest supports for science teaching in…
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This project will study five elementary STEM schools from across the U.S. that are inclusive of students from underrepresented groups in order to determine what defines these schools and will use an iterative…
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The project will research the implementation of Transition to Algebra, a year-long mathematics course for underprepared ninth grade students taken concurrently with Algebra 1 to provide additional support, and…
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This project will modify an existing assessment system (BEAR Assessment System) to provide ongoing, instructionally productive evidence to teachers about student learning and to link student work products and…
Using Cognitive Science Principles to Help Children Learn Place Value (Collaborative Research: Smith)
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This project will test new instructional approaches designed to help K-1 students comprehend place value. The project will emphasize the underlying relational structure of place value symbols, and target this…
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This study explores the ways middle school mathematics teachers implement standards-based curriculum materials in urban schools. It takes the view that instructional materials are cultural tools and examines how…
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This project addresses the fundamental challenge of how to support teachers to improve their practice. The approach uses a "live mathematics classroom" as a common text for working on practice, where…
Development and Empirical Recovery for a Learning Progression-Based Assessment of the Function Concept
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The project will design an assessment based on learning progressions for the concept of function - a critical concept for algebra learning and understanding. The goal of the assessment and learning progression…
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This project will design and pilot professional development that focuses on developing the confidence, mathematical knowledge, and teaching strategies of paraeducators using classroom activities that they are…
Geological Models for Explorations of Dynamic Earth (GEODE): Integrating the Power of Geodynamic Models in Middle School Earth Science Curriculum
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This project will develop and research the transformational potential of geodynamic models embedded in learning progression-informed online curricula modules for middle school teaching and learning of Earth…
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This project will develop and test two curriculum units on the topic of evolution for high school general biology courses, with one unit focusing primarily on human case studies to teach evolution and one unit…
Improving the Implementation of Rigorous Instructional Materials in Middle-Grades Mathematics: Developing a System of Practical Measures and Routines (Collaborative Research: Ing)
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The goal of this project is to improve the implementation of rigorous instructional materials in middle-grades mathematics at scale through a system of practical measures and routines for collecting and using…
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The purpose of this project is to investigate issues in the design and implementation of effective virtual learning communities (VLCs) for teachers and to examine the relation between teachers' reflective…
Building a Next Generation Diagnostic Assessment and Reporting System within a Learning Trajectory-Based Mathematics Learning Map for Grades 6-8
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This project will build on prior funding to design a next generation diagnostic assessment using learning progressions and other learning sciences research to support middle grades mathematics teaching and…
CLUSTER: Investigating a New Model Partnership for Teacher Preparation (Collaborative Research: Gupta)
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This project integrates the informal and formal science education sectors, bringing their combined resources to bear on the critical need for well-prepared and diverse urban science teachers. The study is…
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This project will modify an existing assessment system (BEAR Assessment System) to provide ongoing, instructionally productive evidence to teachers about student learning and to link student work products and…
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This project will address the need for high quality evidence-based models, practices, and tools for high school teachers and the development of students' problem solving and analytical skills by leveraging novel…
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This project focuses on the creation of the initial functionality for a dynamic microworld, Proportions Playground, designed to support teachers in developing a coherent understanding of proportional reasoning.…
Strengthening Mathematics Intervention: Identifying and Addressing Challenges to Improve Instruction for Struggling Learners
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This project's first goal is to study the national landscape of mathematics intervention classes, which are additional classes provided to struggling students, including learners with and without identified…
Sensing Science through Modeling: Developing Kindergarten Students' Understanding of Matter and Its Changes
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This project will develop a technology-supported, physical science curriculum that will facilitate kindergarten students' conceptual understanding of matter and how matter changes. The results of this…
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This project will create technology-enhanced classroom activities and resources that increase student learning of science practices in high school biology, chemistry, and physics. InquirySpace will incorporate…
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This project will conduct an in-depth analysis of instructional coaching by analyzing archived video-recorded coaching sessions with middle and high school science teachers. The goal of the project is to…
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This project builds on the study of the Ongoing Assessment Project's (OGAP) math assessment intervention on elementary teachers and students and combines the intervention with research-based understandings of…
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This project aims to (1) investigate whether or not it is possible to successfully scale-up and adapt the Capacity Building Systems Model used in the Gadsden Mathematics Initiative and improve mathematics…
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For this project, researchers will iteratively develop simulations to include sonifications, non-speech sounds that represent visual information, aimed at enhancing accessibility for all learners, but…
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This project will scale up, implement, and assess the efficacy of interventions in K-12 mathematics education based on the well-established Algebra Project (AP) pedagogical framework, which seeks to improve…
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This project builds on a prior study that demonstrated increases in students' knowledge of argumentation and their performance on mathematics assessments. The project will extend the use of the argumentation…
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The project will develop and refine an electronic Test of Early Numeracy (e-TEN) in English and Spanish that will assess informal and formal knowledge of number and operations in domains including verbal…
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This project will conduct a study to identify instructional practices and professional development approaches for teachers and the policies needed to support ELLs' accomplishments in science and math. The study…
INFEWS/T4: The INFEWS-ER: a Virtual Resource Center Enabling Graduate Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
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This project will provide a virtual environment for completing the Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) graduate student experience. The proposed work facilitates a transition from interdisciplinary to…
STEM Videohall: Connecting Communities and Disseminating Cutting Edge Work through Video and Discourse
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This project supports the expansion of an interactive, online STEM Videohall where hundreds of NSF-funded researchers share their work through brief video narratives and interactive discussion…
Readiness through Integrative Science and Engineering: Refining and Testing a Co-constructed Curriculum Approach with Head Start Partners
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Building upon prior research on Head Start curriculum, this phase of Readiness through Integrative Science and Engineering (RISE) will be expanded to include classroom coaches and community experts to enable…
International Polar Year Symposia and Web Seminars at NSTA Conferences on Science Education: Collaboration between NSF, NOAA, and NASA
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This project is NSF's contribution to an interagency effort with NASA and NOAA to focus three symposia at the National Science Teachers Association annual meeting, not on particular agency efforts, but…
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The goal of these two linked conferences was to build more effective connections between research and practice. Specifically, the conferences brought together researchers, practitioners. and policy makers around…
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This project is producing research syntheses that summarize and make available to practitioners results from research on effective mathematics curricular interventions, teaching practices, and teacher…
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This project is evaluating existing knowledge about STEM teachers in professional learning communities (PLCs), both prospective teachers and classroom teachers across grades K-12. It will comprehensively…
Building State Representative Samples by Merging State Administrative Data with National Longitudinal Data to Study Transitions from High School to College
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This project augments an NCES data collection effort for the High School Longitudinal Study by including 150 additional schools in up to 10 selected states to create state representative samples of at least 40…
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This project is assessing the potential value and feasibility of developing and implementing content standards for K-12 engineering education. The project is reviewing existing efforts to define what students…
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This project holds a workshop to disseminate the findings of a privately-funded, two-year study of the status and nature of efforts to teach engineering to U.S. K-12 students. The symposium and other…
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This project is developing lessons to engage students in grades 1-5 in engineering activities integrated with their science lessons. The project addresses the need to develop a broad understanding of what…
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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…
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This project conducts research on knowledge that contributes to successful coaching in two domains: coaching knowledge and mathematics content knowledge. The influence of these knowledge domains on both coaches…
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This project is revising and field testing six existing modules and developing, pilot testing, and field testing two engineering modules for required middle school science and mathematics classes:…
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This is a project to develop a learning community model that spans the educational continuum. It connects teacher research participation experience (TRE) projects and science, technology, and mathematics (STM)…
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Mississippi State University is identifying characteristics of exemplary African American elementary science teachers and examining the role of mentoring on beginning elementary science teachers and their…
International Workshop on Mathematics and Science Education: Common Priorities that Promote Collaborative Research
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The goal of this workshop is to advance the construction of new knowledge through international cooperation with Chinese counterparts in the teaching and learning of math and science at the elementary level in…
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This project is exploring the introduction of a nanoscience curriculum into high schools. It is creating and studying a professional development model based on two products, the NanoTeach Teacher's Guide and the…
Mathematics Discourse in Secondary Classrooms (M-DISC): A Case-Based Professional Development Curriculum
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This project is developing, designing, and testing materials for professional development leaders (e.g., teacher educators, district mathematics specialists, secondary mathematic department chairs) to use in…
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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…
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This project is examining the nature of mathematical discourse in middle school mathematics classrooms; the ways in which middle school mathematics teachers’ beliefs impact the discourse when working to enact…
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This project supports the participation of 50 U.S. elementary, middle, and high school mathematics teachers or supervisors, graduate students, community college/university mathematics teachers, mathematicians…
Concept Inventories and Chemistry Misconceptions: Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program
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In response to the critical need for scholars with deep content knowledge in chemistry and the specialized training to conduct CER, this capacity building project prepares scholars whose research marries…
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This exploratory project seeks to understand the role that a network of tablet computers may play in elementary and middle school math and science classrooms. The project uses classroom observations, student…
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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…
The GENIQUEST (GENomics Inquiry through QUantitative Trait Loci Exploration with SAIL Technology): Bringing STEM Data to High School Classrooms
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This project is developing and testing a website, software application, and supplemental instructional materials that use publicly accessible genomics data to foster scientific inquiry among high schools…
Curriculum Topic Study -- A Systematic Approach to Utilizing National Standards and Cognitive Research
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This project is developing a series of print and web resource guides in science and mathematics based on curriculum topic study (CTS), an approach developed and tested successfully. CTS is used to provide a…
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The project describes and analyzes efforts made between 2002 and 2008 when the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was clearly engaged in a process of systemic reform of K-12 math and science education aimed at…
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This project assists teachers in analyzing their own science inquiry skills as well as those of their students via the development of an inquiry skill analyzer (iSA); and to assist teachers in selecting,…
Assessing Instructional Quality in Mathematics: A Comparative Study of High and Low Value-Added Teachers' Videotaped Lessons
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This project’s researchers are determining individual teacher effect estimates and investigating their stability across models. This study also investigates the instructional practices of a subsample of 30…
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This project is developing a data literacy curriculum for 7th grade students which is composed of four two-week units to be taught in social studies, mathematics, science and English courses. The curriculum…
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The Data Games project has developed software and curriculum materials in which data generated by students playing computer games form the raw material for mathematics classroom activities. Students play a short…
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This project operationalizes research in number, operation, and early algebra. It builds on the paradigm of Dynamic Geometry (the interactive and continuous manipulation of geometric shapes and constructions)…
Addressing the Needs of the Nation's Physics Teachers through State-of-the-art Video Applications and Contemporary Pedagogy (Collaborative Research: Zollman)
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This project extends the Physics Teaching Web Advisory (Pathway) to the full curriculum. Pathway's Synthetic Interviews and related video materials provide pre-service and out-of-field in-service teachers with…
Connecting Children's Mathematical Thinking to Community and Family Funds of Knowledge in Elementary Mathematics Methods Course
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This conference, convened in May 2008, produced a conceptual framework, a research agenda, and an instructional unit for elementary mathematics methods classes. A total of 35 participants were invited to attend…
Research on the Effectiveness of the Observing for Evidence of Learning Professional Development Model for Improving Grades 6-8 Science Instruction
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This project is performing a randomized and controlled study of the effectiveness of the Observing for Evidence of Learning (OEL) professional development model in increasing student learning of standards-based…
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This grant examines the changes teachers and students go through in their first year of implementing a New Technology High School project-based curriculum for ninth graders in two high schools. This first year…
Iterative Model Building (IMB): A Program for Training Quality Teachers and Measuring Teacher Quality
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This project aims to improve professional development programs for pre-service teachers (PSTs) as a way to improve student learning in mathematics and science. PSTs engage in a series of teaching cycles, and…
A Longitudinal Examination of Children's Developing Knowledge of Measurement: Mathematical and Scientific Concept and Strategy Growth from Pre-K through Grade 5
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The project proposes a longitudinal study that investigates the development of an understanding of measurement across seven grades-from pre-K through Grade 5. Specifically, the project will establish clear…
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This project develops and researches the academic potential of a hybrid instructional model that infuses computer simulations, modeling, and educational gaming into middle school technology education programs.…
CAREER: Investigating Changes in Students' Prior Mathematical Reasoning: An Exploration of Backward Transfer Effects in School Algebra
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This project explores "backward transfer", or the ways in which new learning impacts previously-established ways of reasoning. The PI will observe and evaluate algebra I students as they learn quadratic…
CAREER: Designing and Enacting Mathematically Captivating Learning Experiences for High School Mathematics
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This project explores how secondary mathematics teachers can plan and enact learning experiences that spur student curiosity, captivate students with complex mathematical content, and compel students to engage…
CAREER: Analyzing the Nexus Between Advantaged Social Positioning and Science Identity Development Among English Language Learners
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This project examines the empirical nexus between ELL students' language identity and science identity development. The project addresses the pressing need for empirical studies that combine theoretical…
Perceptual and Implementation Strategies for Knowledge Acquisition of Digital Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Collaborative Research: Giudice)
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This project lays the foundation and framework for enabling digital, multimodal tactile graphics on touchscreens for individuals with visual impairments (VI). Given the low-cost, portability, and wide…
Perceptual and Implementation Strategies for Knowledge Acquisition of Digital Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Collaborative Research: Smith)
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This project lays the foundation and framework for enabling digital, multimodal tactile graphics on touchscreens for individuals with visual impairments (VI). Given the low-cost, portability, and wide…
Perceptual and Implementation Strategies for Knowledge Acquisition of Digital Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Collaborative Research: Stefik)
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This project lays the foundation and framework for enabling digital, multimodal tactile graphics on touchscreens for individuals with visual impairments (VI). Given the low-cost, portability, and wide…
Helping Teachers to Use and Students To Learn From Contrasting Examples: A Scale-up Study in Algebra I
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Several small-scale experimental classroom studies Star and Rittle-Johnson demonstrate the value of comparison in mathematics learning: Students who learned by comparing and contrasting alternative solution…
Perceptual and Implementation Strategies for Knowledge Acquisition of Digital Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Collaborative Research: Gorlewicz)
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This project lays the foundation and framework for enabling digital, multimodal tactile graphics on touchscreens for individuals with visual impairments (VI). Given the low-cost, portability, and wide…
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This project collects evidence supporting the validity of test instruments and initial characterization of high school teachers' background and use of materials and pedagogies. The project is constructing and…
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This project has constructed, pilot tested, validated, and is now disseminating assessments of student achievement for use in upper elementary grades.
This project has constructed, pilot…
Learning to RECAST Students' Causal Assumptions in Science Through Interactive Multimedia Professional Development Tools
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This project produced and is testing a website with tools to help teachers identify when students’ science learning may be limited by how they construe the underlying causal structure of the concepts. It…
Investigating the Effect of Professional Development, Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, and Instruction on Student Outcomes
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To meet College and Career-Ready standards in mathematics, classroom instruction must change dramatically. As in past reform efforts, many look to professional development as a major force to propel this…
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This project uses Antarctic pack-ice penguins to hook students into exploring how science investigates changes in Earths biota and climate. The project builds on a pilot effort, called Penguin Science, and will…
Target Inquiry: Investigating the Teacher and Student Effects of a New Model in Chemistry Teacher Professional Development
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This five-year research project has as its central aim the testing of the Target Inquiry (TI) model of teacher professional development with secondary school chemistry teachers. This model emphasizes the…
Mathematics Attainment and African-American Students: Discourse from Multiple Perspectives (Collaborative Research: Stinson)
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This project convenes two professional mini-conferences and one professional summit to address issues related to the mathematical education of African American students. Research suggests that there is a…
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This project is developing and implementing a rigorous eighth grade physical science program that utilizes engineering design, LEGO™ robotics and mechanics, and a problem-based learning approach to teach…
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC): The Georgia Tech Laboratory for New Electronic Materials
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This project addresses the need for new electronic materials and associated processes for applications in microelectronics, optics and sensors. Materials growth methods, electrical, chemical and physical…
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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) programs have been designed to give teachers authentic scientific inquiry experience, but their results have remained largely unexamined. This research focuses on…
Center for High Energy Physics Research and Education Outreach (CHEPREO): An Inter-regional Grid Enabled Center for High Energy Physics at FIU
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In its first five years, this project established a durable and vibrant learning community of high school teachers, high school students, university students, scientists, faculty, and associated stake-holders…
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The goal of this project will be to provide the field with a cost-effective model for intense content-based professional development in ways that have not been possible before, except through costly face-to-face…
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The goal of this project will be to provide the field with a cost-effective model for intense content-based professional development in ways that have not been possible before, except through costly face-to-face…
High School Students' Climate Literacy Through Epistemology of Scientific Modeling (Collaborative Research: Chandler)
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This project will focus on learning about model based reasoning in science, and will develop, implement, study, and refine a 6-week climate science module for high school students. The module will feature use of…
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This study will design a curricular framework for developing children's algebraic thinking across Grades K-2, with a particular focus on understanding how to support the teaching and learning of algebra with…
Investigating Productive Use of High-Leverage Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Peterson)
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This project focuses on the teaching practice of building on student thinking, a practice in which teachers engage students in making sense of their peers' mathematical ideas in ways that help the whole class…
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This project aims to increase the education and outreach activities of scientific experiments at U.S. universities and laboratories by providing infrastructure support and a program framework for a portfolio of…
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This work focuses on a practical problem in mathematics education; supporting teacher professional development for algebra teaching. The project will design and develop a web-based form of professional…
Investigating Productive Use of High-Leverage Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Stockero)
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This project focuses on the teaching practice of building on student thinking, a practice in which teachers engage students in making sense of their peers' mathematical ideas in ways that help the whole class…
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This project aims to develop an innovative field-based science learning approach that will support the capacity of culturally diverse students in Grades K-3 to engage in complex ecological reasoning and related…
Schoolyard Scientists: An Investigation of Impacts Associated with Urban Youth Engagement in Participatory Scientific Research Activities
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This project is significant because it uses the community for learning science of the environment, in an approach called Citizen Science or Participatory Science Research (PSR). The project will target learning…
Learning Through Collaborative Design: Professional Development to Foster Productive Epistemic Discourse in Science
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This project will investigate the role of collaborative design in supporting teachers' professional growth around productive epistemic discourse in high school science classrooms. The project will examine an…
Investigating Productive Use of High-Leverage Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Van Zoest)
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This project focuses on the teaching practice of building on student thinking, a practice in which teachers engage students in making sense of their peers' mathematical ideas in ways that help the whole class…
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This project will create a portable training system that can be easily deployed in middle grades (5th-7th grade) as a prototype for increasing students' spatial reasoning skills. The project will study gender…
Mobilizing Teachers to Increase Capacity and Broaden Women's Participation in Physics (Collaborative Research: Hodapp)
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This project assesses the impact of scaling-up the teaching of physics and engineering to women students in grade levels 11 and 12, particularly in reference to retention. The aim is to mobilize high school…
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The Coaching Cycle project is creating an online course for K–8 mathematics instructional coaches. The project targets coaches in rural areas and small schools who do not have access to regular district-wide…
High School Students' Climate Literacy Through Epistemology of Scientific Modeling (Collaborative Research: Forbes)
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This project will focus on learning about model based reasoning in science, and will develop, implement, study, and refine a 6-week climate science module for high school students. The module will feature use of…
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This project is focused on the work and learning of teachers as they engage youth from underrepresented groups in studying chemistry as a subject relevant to heavy metal contamination in their neighborhoods. The…
Mobilizing Teachers to Increase Capacity and Broaden Women's Participation in Physics (Collaborative Research: Hannum)
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This project assesses the impact of scaling-up the teaching of physics and engineering to women students in grade levels 11 and 12, particularly in reference to retention. The aim is to mobilize high school…
Mobilizing Teachers to Increase Capacity and Broaden Women's Participation in Physics (Collaborative Research: Lock)
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This project assesses the impact of scaling-up the teaching of physics and engineering to women students in grade levels 11 and 12, particularly in reference to retention. The aim is to mobilize high school…
Mobilizing Teachers to Increase Capacity and Broaden Women's Participation in Physics (Collaborative Research: Hazari)
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This project assesses the impact of scaling-up the teaching of physics and engineering to women students in grade levels 11 and 12, particularly in reference to retention. The aim is to mobilize high school…
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This Culturally Responsive Indigenous Science project seeks to advance this knowledge base through research and by catalyzing new approaches to Indigenous science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (ISTEM…
Promoting Scientific Explorers Among Students with Learning Disabilities: The Design and Testing of a Grade 2 Science Program Focused on Earth's Systems
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The purpose of this project is to design and empirically evaluate a second grade science program, Scientific Explorers, aimed at promoting an early foundation for learning science among all students, including…
Research on the Utility of Abstraction as a Guiding Principle for Learning about the Nature of Models in Science Education
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This project will develop a short instructional sequence and new student learning assessments that are implemented in earth science classes. The findings will help the field to understand whether the process of…
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This study can provide a basis for design research focused on developing effective materials and programs for flipped instruction in secondary mathematics, which is already occurring at an increasing rate, but…
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This project is an efficacy study of the Fostering Geometrical Thinking Toolkit (FGTT) previously developed with NSF support. FGTT is a 40-hour professional development intervention focusing on properties of…
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This project focuses on the research and develop an engineering education technology and pedagogy that will support project-based learning of science, engineering, and computation concepts and skills underlying…
Integration of Engineering Design and Life Science: Investigating the Influence of an Intervention on Student Interest and Motivation in STEM Fields
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This project will investigate the integration of engineering design, practices, and thinking into middle school life science curriculum while providing opportunities for students to foster knowledge of and…
Identifying Effective Instructional Practices that Foster the Development of Algebraic Thinking in Elementary School
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This project seeks to identify teaching practices that can be linked to students' early algebra learning in grades three, four and five. The goal of the project is to use assessment data and videos of classroom…
Transforming Scientific Practices to Promote Students Interest and Motivation in the Life Sciences: A Teacher Leadership Development Intervention
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This project will investigate the influence of a professional development intervention on the teaching and learning of content in the life sciences in the context of place, language, and culture. The research…
Exploring the Influence of an Asset-Focused Intervention on Students' Interest, Motivation, and Sense of Belonging in the Life Sciences
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This intervention will explore whether technology enhanced professional development will provide third and fifth grade science teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare and inspire students to…
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This workshop provides minority serving institutions with an opportunity to engage in dialogue about effective ways to create, implement, and evaluate models of intervention that will advance knowledge about…
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CADRE is the resource network that supports researchers and developers who participate in DRK-12 projects on teaching and learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. CADRE works…
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This project proposes an assessment study that focuses on improving existing measures of teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT). The research team will update existing measures, adding new items and…
An Efficacy Study of a Comprehensive Middle School Science Curriculum that Integrates Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts
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The project team will conduct an efficacy study of a new comprehensive science curriculum for middle grades 6-8 called Amplify Science Middle School (ASMS). This school science curriculum integrates disciplinary…
An Examination of the Impact of Teachers' Domain as a Professional Development Tool on Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Biology
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Using an experimental design, this project examines the effects of online professional development courses on high school biology teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge, and on their students' knowledge.…
Supporting Staff Developers in the Implementation of Professional Development Programs to Improve Mathematics Education for Students with Disabilities
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This project is (1) conducting a qualitative study on the way facilitators use Math for All (MFA), an NSF-supported set of professional development materials for teachers who teach elementary school students…
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Project Accelerate blends the supportive structures of a student's home school, a rigorous online course designed specifically with the needs of under-served populations in mind, and hands-on laboratory…
Preparing Next Generation Scientists Through Teacher and Extension Science Partnerships and Schoolyard Citizen Science Investigations in Elementary Schools
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This project will bring together two groups of educators - elementary school teachers (formal) and cooperative extension science volunteers (informal) - to create a community-based professional development…
Exploring the Potential of Tablets as Early Math Resources for Urban Kindergarteners in Schools and Homes
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This project will examine the impact on mathematics learning of an initiative to provide kindergartners in an urban school district with personal tablet devices that include free, widely available digital…
BioGraph 2.0: Online Professional Development for High School Biology Teachers for Teaching and Learning About Complex Systems
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This proposal will develop and test an open-access, online system of professional development for high school biology teachers in order to build pedagogical competencies for teaching about complex systems and to…
Fostering Collaborative Computer Science Learning with Intelligent Virtual Companions for Upper Elementary Students (Collaborative Research: Boyer)
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The project will provide the opportunity for upper elementary students to learn computer science and build strong collaboration practices. Leveraging the promise of virtual learning companions, the project will…
Fostering Collaborative Computer Science Learning with Intelligent Virtual Companions for Upper Elementary Students (Collaborative Research: Wiebe)
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The project will provide the opportunity for upper elementary students to learn computer science and build strong collaboration practices. Leveraging the promise of virtual learning companions, the project will…
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EDC is developing a high school capstone course in linear algebra. Student resources contain a core semester that develops two- and three-dimensional geometry using vectors and that treats matrix algebra and its…
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This conference will continue the workshop series Critical Issues in Mathematics Education (CIME). The CIME workshops engage professional mathematicians, education researchers, teachers, and policy makers in…
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This conference will bring together a group of teacher educators to focus on preservice teacher education and a shared vision of instruction called ambitious science teaching. It is a critical first step toward…
Examining an Innovative Approach to Supporting Science Teachers Practice Towards Three-Dimensional Learning Goals through Adapting Classroom Assessment Tasks
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This collaborative project will conduct early stage research on promising advances in how we prepare science teachers to support three-dimensional science learning as outlined in the Framework for Science…
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This project creates professional development materials that support secondary mathematics teachers in improving teaching and learning through lesson study. Project resources support school districts in…
Universal Design of Inquiry-based Middle and High School Science Curricula (Collaborative Research: Foster)
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This project is developing and testing comprehensive science curricula for the middle school and high school. Project partners are creating heuristics for universally designed materials; building an open source…
Foregrounding Agency Versus Structure as Models for Designing Integrated Mathematics and Computational Thinking Curriculum
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This project will design and study new learning environments integrating mathematical and computational thinking. The project will examine how to design learning modules that place mathematics concepts. By…
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This project will explore the learning of mathematics through architectural tasks in an online simulation game, E-Rebuild. In the game-based architectural simulation, students will be able to complete tasks such…
Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: Evaluating Evidence and Explanation in Secondary Earth and Space Science
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This project will develop, implement, test, and revise instructional approaches and materials for high school students that focus on the links between scientific evidence and alternative explanations of…
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This project aims to identify and organize research that is most useful to K-12 mathematics curriculum decision makers and to develop improved mechanisms for them to make good use of such research. Products will…
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This project will design, develop, and test a new curriculum unit for high school chemistry courses that is organized around the question, "How does chemistry shape where I live?" The new unit will integrate…
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The project plans to develop and study a series of metacognitive strategies that support learning and engagement for struggling middle school students during makerspace experiences. The study will focus narrowly…
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This project is developing and testing a prototype electronic teacher's guide for a 12-week genetics unit in the NSF-funded curriculum titled Foundation Science: Biology to determine how it impacts high school…
Developing and Validating a Scalable, Classroom-Focused Measure of Usable Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics: The Classroom Video Analysis Instrument
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This project will develop a scalable, classroom-focused measure of usable mathematics teaching knowledge that is aligned with the state standards through a classroom video analysis measure (CVA-M) in three…
A Partnership to Adapt, Implement and Study a Professional Learning Model and Build District Capacity to Improve Science Instruction and Student Understanding (Collaborative Research: Weiss)
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This project will work in partnership with the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) to adapt a previously designed Professional Learning (PL) model based on the District's objectives and constraints…
A Partnership to Adapt, Implement and Study a Professional Learning Model and Build District Capacity to Improve Science Instruction and Student Understanding (Collaborative Research: Borko)
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This project will work in partnership with the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) to adapt a previously designed Professional Learning (PL) model based on the District's objectives and constraints…
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This research and development project provides resources for ninth-grade mathematics students and teachers by developing, piloting, and field-testing intervention modules designed as supplementary materials for…
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This project will research how elementary (K-5) teachers in the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) program progress in one particular aspect of responsive teaching, noticing student thinking. Project…
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This project builds upon the prior work by creating problem-solving measures for grades 3-5. The elementary assessments will be connected to the middle-grades assessments and will be available for use by school…
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This project builds upon the prior work by creating problem-solving measures for grades 3-5. The elementary assessments will be connected to the middle-grades assessments and will be available for use by school…
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This project will develop, pilot, and evaluate a nine-week STEM-rich multimedia production course for high school students called Multimedia Immersion (MI). The MI course will engage teams of students to develop…
Networking Urban Resources with Teachers and University to Enrich Early Childhood Science (NURTURES) Phase II: Expansion and Evaluation
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Building on successful prior work, this project simultaneously targets young children's teachers and families/caregivers in an effort to build both parties' capacity to promote student interest in science,…
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This project is developing a comprehensive science curriculum for grades 9-11 and related professional development materials. The curriculum prepares students for high stakes testing, accommodates a new…
Measuring Early Mathematical Reasoning Skills: Developing Tests of Numeric Relational Reasoning and Spatial Reasoning
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The primary aim of this study is to develop mathematics screening assessment tools for Grades K-2 over the course of four years that measure students' abilities in numeric relational reasoning and spatial…
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This project is developing a two-year, intensive professional development model to build middle-grades mathematics teachers’ knowledge and implementation of formative assessment. Using a combination of…
Coherent Implementation of Mathematics Instructional Materials: A Study of the Variations and Effects of District Supports for Implementation
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This project is a four-year, longitudinal, mixed-methods study of 12 school districts’ implementation of elementary mathematics instructional materials. It investigates the relationships among the district level…
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This project is developing multi-media professional development resources that will enhance PreK-8 teachers' understanding of how to employ instructional strategies from the field of literacy in developing…
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This project develops, implements, and evaluates new multimedia laboratory activities designed to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project specifically targets…
Ecology Disrupted: Using Real Scientific Data About Daily Life to Link Environmental Issues to Ecological Processes in Secondary School Science Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Wyner)
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We developed and tested two ecology case study units for urban high school students underserved in their connection to nature. The case studies, based on digital media stories about current science produced by…
CLUSTER: Investigating a New Model Partnership for Teacher Preparation (Collaborative Research: Steinberg)
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This project integrates the informal and formal science education sectors, bringing their combined resources to bear on the critical need for well-prepared and diverse urban science teachers. The study is…
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The purpose of Project Delta is two-fold: (1) to extend an existing library of 17 interacting CD-ROM digital learning environments on numbers and operations by adding an algebra strand, and (2) to evaluate the…
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This project creates eight half-year units in two subject areas—Force and Motion, and Energy Systems— for three grade bands, pre-K–1, 2-3 and 4–6. These projects integrate engineering, science, math literacy and…
Ecology Disrupted: Using Real Scientific Data about Daily Life to Link Environmental Issues to Ecological Processes in Secondary School Science Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Gano)
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This project is refining and testing two case study units on contemporary issues in ecology for urban middle and high school students underserved in their connection to nature. The case studies are based on two…
Examining Teacher Discourse and Whole-class Interaction: A Social Semiotics Model for Mathematics Lesson Study Groups
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The project is an exploratory, qualitative case study of a mathematics Lesson Study group for 12 beginning mathematics teachers working in high-poverty middle schools in Brooklyn. The project's Lesson Study…
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This project integrates educational and research activities with the ultimate goal of improving the mathematics education of students in high poverty, urban high schools. The project focuses on developing…
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This project is developing, piloting, and implementing online professional development in support of inquiry, focusing on facilitation of student research. The goal is to determine what types of Web-based…
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This project engages children in classrooms across the country in an authentic investigation of Devonian fossils. Goals include supporting children in the use of evidence in constructing explanations of natural…
Examining Different Curricular Approaches and Their Impact on High School Students' Understanding of Algebra: Phase 1 -- Studying the Intended Curriculum
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We are analyzing the intended algebra curriculum as represented in a variety of high-school mathematics textbooks – Core Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP), Discovering Mathematics (Key Curriculum Press), EDC's…
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This workshop aimed to develop a consensus on the best methods for selecting the most important outcomes of NSF’s mathematics and science education funding over the past few decades and for assessing the impacts…
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The Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Education to host a forum in Washington, DC designed to launch action for change in mathematics education…
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The Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is organizing and hosting a National Forum on the Content and Assessment of School Mathematics. The conference is intended to provide an opportunity for…
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SmartGraphs activities run in a web browser; there is no software to download or install. SmartGraphs allows students to interact with on-screen graphs to learn about linear equations, the motion of objects,…
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The High Adventure Science project is bringing some of the big unanswered questions in Earth and space science to middle and high school science classrooms. Students will explore the mechanisms of climate change…
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This project is developing 24 activities that span three years of a Physics high school science curriculum. The activities cover four themes: motion and energy, charge, structure, and light. This study aims to…
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This project uses computer-based models of interacting organisms and their environments to support a learning progression leading to an appreciation of the theory of evolution and evidence that supports it. The…
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This project investigates the educational value of computer technologies for learning engineering. The project engages high school students to design, build, and evaluate an energy-efficient model house with the…
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The project makes use of technology to create timely, valid, and actionable reports to teachers by analyzing assessments and logs of student actions generated in the course of using computer-based curriculum…
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This project addresses biology teachers and students at the high school level, responding to the exponential increases occurring in biology knowledge today and the need for students to understand the…
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This project is developing technology-rich science curriculum exemplars for grades 3-6 based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. The project is testing the effectiveness of the approach and…
Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A Learning Environment for Courses in Early Childhood Mathematics Education
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This project enhances and expands video-based instruction to help prospective and practicing teachers analyze the development of children's mathematical thinking. It trains teachers to: (a) understand from a…
Evaluation of Disaster-Related Science Lesson Plans to Promote Learning Continuity After Hurricane Maria
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The purpose of this project is to leverage ongoing efforts related to science education and the current emergency and disaster recovery landscape in Puerto Rico. It will develop culturally relevant project-based…
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The primary goal of the project is to enhance secondary mathematics teacher education for pre-service teachers by developing, implementing and disseminating resources from a four-course curriculum that brings…
Universal Design of Inquiry-based Middle and High School Science Curricula (Collaborative Research: Rose)
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CAST, the University of Michigan, and EDC are collaborating to create heuristics for universally designed middle and high school science materials; to build an open-source UDL Inquiry Science System (ISS) that…
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The following STEM+C awardees will present at the 2018 DRK-12 PI Meeting. Learn more about their projects.
STEM+C Projects by Presenter:
Meltem Alemdar: Advanced Manufacturing and…
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We're happy to welcome these guests who will be presenting at the 2018 DRK-12 PI Meeting: View Bios.
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This exploratory research and development project addresses the question, "Can students develop an understanding of the ecological nature of science (ENOS) in high school biology and environmental science…
Biocomplexity and the Habitable Planet -- An Innovative Capstone Course for High School (Collaborative Research: Berkowitz)
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This project is developing a set of instructional materials that engages students, teachers, and their parents in the science of coupled natural human (CNH) systems. Teacher guides, a website and family/…
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This project is developing and testing assessments for improving instruction, exploring how students can learn challenging content, and enhancing the ability of teachers to provide this content. The guiding…
Addressing the Needs of the Nation's Physics Teachers through State-of-the-art Video Applications and Contemporary Pedagogical Theory (Collaborative Research: Stevens)
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This project builds upon the prototype Physics Teaching Web Advisory (Pathway), which was designed to demonstrate the ability to address issues related to the lack of preparation of many physics teachers, and to…
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This project improves science learning by students who are not achieving their potential in high quality inquiry-based programs. The project aims to achieve its goal by developing a computer program, My Science…
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This project is implementing a program of professional development for teachers and web interface that links scientists with urban classrooms. Scientist mentors work with students and teachers through the web to…
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This project is writing and researching a book supporting grade 5-8 students in scientific explanations and arguments. The book provides written and video examples from a variety of contexts in terms of content…
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This project develops video-case modules for use in pre-service teacher preparation programs. Modules target specific grade bands (K-3, 4-5, 6-8) and address standards-based content domains, to help future…
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This project studies the influence of a professional development program on teachers' PCK and the related impact of PCK on student learning .The proposal team will design and deliver a professional development…
Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) Professional Development Program: Scaling for Effectiveness
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This is a full research and development project addressing challenge question: How can promising innovations be successfully implemented, sustained, and scaled in schools and districts? The promising innovation…
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This project is developing a three-year science program for grades 9, 10, and 11. This program presents the core concepts in physical science, life science, earth-space science, and inquiry as articulated in the…
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This project will develop video-case modules for use in pre-service teacher preparation programs. Modules will target specific grade bands (K-3, 4-5, 6-8) and address standards-based content domains, to help…
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This project is comparing and evaluating different models for the delivery of online professional development aimed at elementary science teachers. The focus is on asynchronous (anytime, anywhere) and minimally…
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This exploratory project aims to develop a community of individuals and organizations working together to address critical issues in K-12 computer science education by broadening the awareness of the need for…
Developing a Professional Learning Community Model for Secondary Precalculus Teachers: A Model for Teacher Professional Growth
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This project is producing a model for a Professional Learning Community (PLC) for pre-calculus teachers in secondary schools. It generates research knowledge from cycles of (1) defining, (2) studying and (3)…
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This research study focuses on the impact of different teacher preparation and induction models, as well as on the quality and persistence of secondary science teachers. Combining the strengths of case-based…
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This project examines the effect of four different types of induction programs (district-based, e-mentoring, university-based, intern programs) on 100 5th year teachers of secondary science. The teachers…
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This teacher professional enhancement program brings K-12 educators and polar researchers together in hands-on field experiences in the Arctic and Antarctic. Project activities and products foster the…
Developing and Validating Assessments to Measure and Build Elementary Teachers' Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions within Teacher Education Settings (Collaborative Research: Mikeska)
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The fundamental purpose of this project is to examine and gather initial validity evidence for assessments designed to measure and build kindergarten-fifth grade science teachers' content knowledge for teaching…
Developing and Validating Assessments to Measure and Build Elementary Teachers' Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions within Teacher Education Settings (Collaborative Research: Hanuscin)
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The fundamental purpose of this project is to examine and gather initial validity evidence for assessments designed to measure and build kindergarten-fifth grade science teachers' content knowledge for teaching…
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The purpose of this project is to examine the process by which math language instruction improves learning of mathematics skills in order to design and translate the most effective interventions into practical…
CAREER: Supporting Elementary Science Teaching and Learning by Integrating Uncertainty Into Classroom Science Investigations
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The goal of this study is to improve elementary science teaching and learning by developing, testing, and refining a framework and set of tools for strategically incorporating forms of uncertainty central to…
Moving Beyond Pedagogy: Developing Elementary Teachers' Adaptive Expertise in Using the Epistemic Complexity of Science
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize the integration of scientific knowledge and the practices of science, a recognition that science classrooms are complex learning environments. Meeting this…
A Practice-based Online Learning Environment for Scientific Inquiry with Digitized Museum Collections in Middle School Classrooms
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This project will develop and study a prototype online learning environment that supports student learning via Engaging Practices for Inquiry with Collections in Bioscience (EPIC Bioscience), which uses…
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This project has two goals:
1) to discover methods that can efficiently obtain information about the effects of high school programs on eventual college success. Methods we are considering include obtaining…
Investigating Impact of Different Types of Professional Development on What Aspects Mathematics Teachers Take Up and Use in Their Classroom
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This project will study the design and development of PD that supports teacher development and student learning, and provide accumulation of evidence to inform teacher educators, administrators, teachers, and…
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This project will engage science teachers in a sustained professional development (PD) program embedded in an afterschool science program designed for a linguistically diverse group of English learners (ELs…
Improving Multi-Dimensional Assessment and Instruction: Building and Sustaining Elementary Science Teachers' Capacity through Learning Communities (Collaborative Research: Pellegrino)
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The main goal of this project is to better understand how to build and sustain the capacity of elementary science teachers in grades 3-5 to instruct and formatively assess students in ways that are aligned with…
Improving Multi-Dimensional Assessment and Instruction: Building and Sustaining Elementary Science Teachers' Capacity through Learning Communities (Collaborative Research: Strickland)
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The main goal of this project is to better understand how to build and sustain the capacity of elementary science teachers in grades 3-5 to instruct and formatively assess students in ways that are aligned with…
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This project is developing and studying high school curriculum modules that integrate social justice topics with statistical data investigations to promote skills and interest in data science among…
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This project proposes to design, implement, and investigate the impact on students of an innovative curriculum supplement called the Spectrum Laboratory. The Spectrum Lab will be an online, interactive learning…
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This project will research, design, and develop adaptive accessibility features for interactive science simulations. The proposed research will lay the foundation that advances the accessibility of complex…
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In this study, researchers will collaborate with Baltimore City Public Schools to collect and document teacher classroom practices prior to the implementation of an extended professional development model that…
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The goals of STEM instruction are to educate a populace that is scientifically and mathematically literate and who can solve real-world problems by applying science and mathematics. This exploratory project is…
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This EAGER project aims to conduct a study designed to operationalize a culturally responsive computing framework, from theory to empirical application, by exploring what factors can be identified and later used…
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This conference will continue the workshop series Critical Issues in Mathematics Education (CIME). The topic for CIME 2018 will be "Access to mathematics by opening doors for students currently excluded from…
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This project revises and tests integrated STEM modules and an accompanying professional development component that promote differentiated instruction in order to facilitate high school teachers' instruction of…
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This project will study implementation of an effective professional learning model for elementary science teachers that includes teacher leaders, administrators and university educators in a system perspective…
Extending and Investigating the Impact of the High School Model-based Educational Resource (Collaborative Research: Passmore)
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This project builds on a line of work that has developed and studied the Model Based Educational Resource (MBER), a year-long curriculum for high school biology. The project will generate rigorous causal…
ABI and CSTA Collaboration to Reach K-12 Teachers from Under-represented Communities at the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration
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This project convenes K-12 teachers working with underrepresented populations of students at the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration and produces a workshop and white paper designed to (1) instigate discussion of…
Extending and Investigating the Impact of the High School Model-based Educational Resource (Collaborative Research: Wilson)
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This project builds on a line of work that has developed and studied the Model Based Educational Resource (MBER), a year-long curriculum for high school biology. The project will generate rigorous causal…
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Project researchers are training pre-service teachers to tutor students with learning disabilities in Algebra 1, combining principles from special education, mathematics education, and cognitive psychology. The…
Integrating Science with Mathematics and Engineering: Linking Home and School Learning for All Young Learners
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This study will investigate the integration of science with mathematics and engineering and develop resources that provide preschool children with integrated STEM learning experiences. The study will also…
Developing a Generalized Storyline that Organizes the Supports for Evidence-based Modeling of Long-Term Impacts of Disturbances in Complex Systems
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This project will support students to develop evidence-based explanations for the impact of disturbances on complex systems. The project will focus on middle school environmental science disciplinary core ideas…
Design and Development of Transmedia Narrative-based Curricula to Engage Children in Scientific Thinking and Engineering Design (Collaborative Research: McGinnis-Cavanaugh)
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This project will address the need for engineering resources by applying an innovative pedagogy called Imaginative Education (IE) to create middle school engineering curricula. In IE, developmentally appropriate…
Design and Development of Transmedia Narrative-based Curricula to Engage Children in Scientific Thinking and Engineering Design (Collaborative Research: Ellis)
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This project will address the need for engineering resources by applying an innovative pedagogy called Imaginative Education (IE) to create middle school engineering curricula. In IE, developmentally appropriate…
Learning Science as Inquiry with the Urban Advantage: Formal-Informal Collaborations to Increase Science Literacy and Student Learning
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This project hypothesizes that learners must have access to the real work of scientists if they are to learn both about the nature of science and to do inquiry themselves. It explores the question "How can…
Development and Validation of a Mobile, Web-based Coaching Tool to Improve PreK Classroom Practices to Enhance Learning
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This project will promote pre-K teachers' use of specific teaching strategies that have been shown to enhance young children's learning and social skills. To enhance teachers' use of these practices, the project…
Ecology Disrupted: Using Museum-based Science and Educational Technology to Link Real World Environmental Issues to Basic Ecological Principles
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This project uses media such as Science Bulletin Snapshots to engage students with current research and to foster scientific understanding and civic engagement. Through environmental case studies, students learn…
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This project is preparing teams to bring together research mathematicians and middle school teachers of mathematics through the use of Teacher's Circles. These Circles are groups of mathematicians and school…
The Development of Student Cohorts for the Enhancement of Mathematical Literacy in Under Served Populations
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This project is developing and conducting research on the Cohort Model for addressing the mathematics education of students that perform in the bottom quartile on state and district tests. The predicted outcome…
Linking Middle & Early High School Science & Mathematics Assessment Items to Local, State & National Content Standards
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This project is developing a bank of mathematics and science assessment items and related tools aligned with state and national content standards that will be available to test developers, curriculum developers…
Evaluation of the Cognitive, Psychometric, and Instructional Affordances of Curriculum-embedded Assessments: A Comprehensive Validity-based Approach
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This project’s overarching goal is to evaluate the assessment components embedded within two NSF-supported mathematics curricula: Everyday Mathematics and Math Trailblazers. The investigators will apply a…
An Architecture of Intensification: Building a Comprehensive Program for Struggling Students in Double-Period Algebra Classes
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This project is carrying out a research and development initiative to increase the success rates of our most at-risk high school students—ninth-grade students enrolled in algebra classes but significantly…
When Science and Literacy Meet: Creating Support for Teachers Implementing Writing in the Science Classroom
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This project proposes to create two books and a professional development manual about the roles and practice of writing-to-learn strategies in science classrooms. The books will emphasize the importance of…
Professional Development Materials to Develop Student Knowledge and Skills of Scientific Argumentation
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This project is producing prototype professional development materials to enhance the capacity of middle school teachers to increase students' science knowledge and argumentation skills. The project is also…
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Geometry Assessments for Secondary Teachers (GAST) represents a collaborative partnership among faculty and staff at the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, Florida State University, Alpine…
Conference 2008 -- Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching IV: Resources and Tool for Improved Learning
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The purposes of this conference include bringing together 150 participants from all aspects of STEM education to exchange ideas about research, curriculum, and assessment; to help teachers integrate research-…
Testing the Efficacy of the Strategic Observation and Reflection (SOAR) for Math Professional Learning Program
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The purpose of this project is to develop, implement and test a professional development program, SOAR for Math, to build capacity for mentors and teachers to improve English learner's academic language…
Promoting Engineering Problem Framing Skill-Development in High School Science and Engineering Courses
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This project will develop curricular activities and assessment guidance for K-12 science and engineering educators who seek to incorporate engineering design content into their biology, chemistry, and physics…
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The goal of this project is to formalize subjective ideas about the important concept of replication, provide statistical analyses for evaluating replication studies, provide properties for evaluating the…
Exploring the Relationship Between High School Mathematics and Bioscience, Standardized Testing and College Performance in Biotechnology-Related Fields
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This project will focus on an early stage exploratory study of an idea that will reveal ways to develop more effective interventions to address student retention in bioscience and bioengineering pipelines. The…
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This project involves holding a conference, Helping Teachers Become Culturally Relevant Teachers: Developing New Tools for a New Generation, where the goals are to bring together the very best researchers/…
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This project will design and develop a new K-12 classroom observation protocol for integrated STEM instruction (STEM-OP). The STEM-OP will inform the instruction of integrated STEM in many contexts with the goal…
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This project will design and develop a new K-12 classroom observation protocol for integrated STEM instruction (STEM-OP). The STEM-OP will inform the instruction of integrated STEM in many contexts with the goal…
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This project will design and develop a new K-12 classroom observation protocol for integrated STEM instruction (STEM-OP). The STEM-OP will inform the instruction of integrated STEM in many contexts with the goal…
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This study takes an innovative approach to documenting how teacher knowledge can be enhanced by incorporating a design experience into pre-service mathematics education. Teachers will use digital and fabrication…
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teaching in Rural Areas Using Cultural Knowledge Systems
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This project will collaborate with Indigenous communities to create educational resources serving Inupiaq middle school students and their teachers. The Cultural Connections Process Model (CCPM) will formalize,…
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This project will develop and implement a working conference for scholars and practitioners to articulate current use cases and theories of action regarding the use of simulations in PreK-12 science and…
Engaging High School Students in Computer Science with Co-Creative Learning Companions (Collaborative Research: Magerko)
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This research investigates how state-of-the-art creative and pedagogical agents can improve students' learning, attitudes, and engagement with computer science. The project will be conducted in high school…
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This mixed-method exploratory study will examine how bilingual teachers working in elementary schools in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico understand the role and skills of engineers in society. In turn, it will…
Disciplinary Experts in Science Education Research: A University of Maryland Program for Producing STEM Education Researchers
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This project supports five graduate students with backgrounds in the natural and learning sciences as they achieve masters-level expertise in a science discipline and pursue coursework and complete dissertations…
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This project will develop and test a new instructional approach that integrates a data analysis tool with Earth systems models in a suite of online curriculum modules for middle and high school Earth science…
Supporting Teachers in Responsive Instruction for Developing Expertise in Science (Collaborative Research: Riordan)
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This project takes advantage of advanced technologies to support science teachers to rapidly respond to diverse student ideas in their classrooms. Students will use web-based curriculum units to engage with…
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This project will address two critical opportunities to improve the translation and connection of innovations and evidence across federally funded STEM education projects. First, the project will aim to build…
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This project will examine the impact of a 12-year statewide science field trip program called LabVenture, a hands-on program in discovery and inquiry that brings middle school students and teachers across the…
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This conference showcases and analyzes progressive ideas about curriculum, teaching, assessment, and technology in high school and early college mathematics. The conference brings together leaders of state and…
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This project will study if, how, and under what circumstances an integration of literacy strategies, hands-on inquiry-based investigations, and planetarium experiences supports the development of science…
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This project will develop and test the impact of heredity and evolution curriculum units for middle school grades that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project will advance…
Supporting Teachers in Responsive Instruction for Developing Expertise in Science (Collaborative Research: Linn)
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This project takes advantage of advanced technologies to support science teachers to rapidly respond to diverse student ideas in their classrooms. Students will use web-based curriculum units to engage with…
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This project will adapt an effective in-person teacher professional development model to an online approach. A defining feature of the Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) Professional…
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This project will investigate the professional development supports needed for teaching bioinformatics at the high school level. The project team will work with biology and mathematics teachers to co-design…
Usable Measures of Teacher Understanding: Exploring Diagnostic Models and Topic Analysis as Tools for Assessing Proportional Reasoning for Teaching
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This project seeks to measure the kinds of knowledge developed in professional development (PD) programs that have been shown to matter for teachers' classroom practices and their students' learning. The project…
Building Sustainable Networked Instructional Leadership in Elementary Mathematics Through a University Partnership with a Large Urban District
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This grant is also known as The Responsive Math Teaching Project: Developing Instructional Leadership in a Network of Elementary Schools.
The goal of this project is to build instructional leadership capacity in…
Teacher Professional Learning to Support Student Motivational Competencies During Science Instruction (Collaborative Research: Harris)
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This project will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and science teachers to identify a set of practices that science teachers can readily incorporate into their planning and instruction.…
Teacher Professional Learning to Support Student Motivational Competencies During Science Instruction (Collaborative Research: Marchand)
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This project will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and science teachers to identify a set of practices that science teachers can readily incorporate into their planning and instruction.…
Accelerating Higher Order Thinking and STEM Content Learning Among Students with Learning Disabilities
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The purpose of this project is to develop and refine an innovative Google-platform based application called CORGI for use with middle school students in physical, life, and earth science classrooms. The new…
Project NEXUS: The Maryland Upper Elementary/Middle School Science Teacher Professional Continuum Model
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This study examines a pre-service model for preparing minority students to teach upper elementary/middle level science. The treatment consists of (1) recruitment efforts by collaborating universities; (2) a pre-…
Using Technology to Capture Classroom Interactions: The Design, Validation, and Dissemination of a Formative Assessment of Instruction Tool for Diverse K-8 Mathematics Classrooms
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This project will refine, expand, and validate a formative assessment tool called Math Habits Tool (MHT) for kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. MHT is intended to capture and understand patterns of in-…
Teacher Professional Learning to Support Student Motivational Competencies During Science Instruction (Collaborative Research: Linnenbrink-Garcia)
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This project will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and science teachers to identify a set of practices that science teachers can readily incorporate into their planning and instruction.…
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This project is based on the assumption that teachers often make modifications to curriculum; reordering, skipping or adding lessons, changing an "exploration" into a lecture, and so on. This project pursues…
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The project is a longitudinal assessment of the prerequisite (e.g. fractions), cognitive (e.g. working memory), and non-cognitive (e.g. math anxiety) factors that dynamically influence 7-9th grade students'…
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Project staff are developing modular instructional materials for students. The materials are designed to increase the awareness of and interest in career opportunities in engineering and technology. The modules…
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This project is designing, developing, and testing a model that delivers effective teacher PD to in-service and preservice teachers to enable the successful implementation of engineering curricula. Research is…
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This curriculum development and professional development program includes residential summer institutes with academic-year online communication for in-service teachers involved in professional development of…
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This project aims to find principles of instruction for developing students' visual models in science, including design principles for curriculum development, technological tools, and new pedagogical principles…
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This research study investigates the impact of the wireless environment on high school science resulting in a professional development model that will inform professional developers, administrators, policy-…
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This project is developing software and curriculum materials in which data generated by students playing computer games form the raw material for mathematics classroom activities. Students play a short video…
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This CAREER award aims to study the construct of "epistemic empathy" and examine how it can be cultivated in science and mathematics teacher education, how it functions to promote responsive teaching, and how it…
Articulating a Transformative Approach for Designing Tasks that Measure Young Learners' Developing Proficiencies in Integrated Science and Literacy (Collaborative Research: Billman)
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The main goal of this study will be to conduct exploratory-design work to produce both the design approach and the early-stage tasks that are critical inputs for creating a program of research and development to…
Articulating a Transformative Approach for Designing Tasks that Measure Young Learners' Developing Proficiencies in Integrated Science and Literacy (Collaborative Research: Rutstein)
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The main goal of this study will be to conduct exploratory-design work to produce both the design approach and the early-stage tasks that are critical inputs for creating a program of research and development to…
Articulating a Transformative Approach for Designing Tasks that Measure Young Learners' Developing Proficiencies in Integrated Science and Literacy (Collaborative Research: Harris)
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The main goal of this study will be to conduct exploratory-design work to produce both the design approach and the early-stage tasks that are critical inputs for creating a program of research and development to…
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This project augmenting the traditional professional development model with an online professional development platform—the Active Physics Teacher Community—that provides just-in-time support for teachers as…
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This project is developing and testing a curricular learning progression of early algebra objectives and activities for students in grades 3 - 5. The goal of the work is to provide teachers with curricular…
Promoting Science Among English Language Learners (P-SELL) within a High-stakes Testing Policy Context
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Project staff are examining and improving elementary school teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices involving their teaching of science to English language learners (ELL) within the policy context of high-…
Using Practice as a Site to Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Developing Materials, Approaches and Professional Community
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This project is designed to build resources for helping teachers learn mathematical content in ways usable for the work of teaching. Two practice-centered packages will be developed for use in the professional…
CAREER: Building on Diverse Students' Funds of Knowledge to Promote Science Discourse and Strengthen Connections to Science Learning in Urban Classrooms
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This project will aim to investigate how to increase equitable and active participation of diverse students' science learning in middle schools. The central premise of this study will be that building upon and…
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This project seeks to understand the practical rationality that undergirds teachers’ actions as they meet subject-specific goals of the teaching of algebra and geometry. The study develops a collection of…
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This Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project is an exploratory mixed methods study investigating the impact of vulnerability and resilience in the recovery of North Carolina schools affected by both Hurricanes…
Developing the Next Generation of Middle School Science Materials -- Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology (Collaborative Research: Krajcik)
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This project is developing a comprehensive science curriculum for grades 6-8. The materials are organized around driving questions that provide a context to motivate students as they use their knowledge and…
Change Thinking for Global Science: Fostering and Evaluating Inquiry Thinking About the Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
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This project draws from the expertise of a fully collaborative educator-scientist team to create learning progressions, curricular units and assessment instruments towards large scale research on the teaching…
The Impact of Online Professional Development: An Experimental Study of Professional Development Modalities Linked to Curriculum
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This project is designed to enhance understanding of how online professional development environments contribute to teach learning, changes in classroom practice and changes in student learning in comparison to…
Universal Design of Inquiry-based Middle and High School Science Curricula (Collaborative Research: Sutherland)
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This project is developing and testing digital versions of science materials for middle school and high school. Project partners are creating guidelines for universally designed materials; building an open-…
Supports for Learning to Manage Classroom Discussions: Exploring the Role of Practical Rationality and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
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This project focuses on practicing and preservice secondary mathematics teachers and mathematics teacher educators. The project is researching, designing, and developing materials for preservice secondary…
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The project team is developing, implementing and evaluating a prototype for an integrated assessment system in elementary teacher education in mathematics. The project is documenting both the development of the…
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This project targets first- and second-grade children who struggle to develop a deeper understanding of the mathematical strand of number and operation. The research team will (a) identify the various specific…
CAREER: Work Contexts, Teacher Learning Opportunities, and Mathematics Achievement of Middle School Students
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This CAREER proposal has four objectives: 1) examine the nature of mathematics teachers' learning opportunities for instructional improvement, 2) examine how work contexts influence the quality of teacher…
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The Service, Teaching, and Research (STaR) Project supports networking of early career professionals in mathematics education in higher education. Summer conferences and academic year networking allow time for…
Considering the Future of K-12 STEM Curricula and Instructional Materials: Stimulating and Supporting New Developments
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This project provides visionary leadership to the education community by (a) identifying and analyzing the needs and opportunities for future STEM curriculum development and (b) recommending policy positions and…
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This project aims to develop, pilot, and evaluate a model of instruction that advances the scientific literacy of high school students by involving them in science journalism, and to develop research tools for…
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This project forms communities of practice among K-6 teachers using Web-based resources that allow audio and video connections in real time (http://justaskateacher.com) and conducts research that examines…
Cyber-enabled Earth Exploration: Development of Materials for Middle School Earth Science Instruction
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This project is developing new instructional materials for middle school earth science classes that incorporate emerging cyber-enabled technologies such as Google Earth as a transformative data analysis tool.…
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This project creates materials for grades 5-8 that address and assess STEM concepts through a robotics curriculum. The curriculum addresses STEM standards through such documents as the NCTM Focal Points and the…
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This project is developing, testing, and evaluating a diversity-enhanced, STEM-based, professional development workshop for high school teachers and career guidance counselors. The project team is developing…
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This project is creating age-appropriate physical science curriculum that uses balls rolling on student-constructed ramps for children age 3-8 years. Students are expected to develop practical understanding of…
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This project partners high school science teachers and students with particle physicists working in experiments at the scientific frontier. These experiments are searching for answers to fundamental questions…
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This project provides middle school students in a high poverty rural area in Northern Florida an opportunity to pursue post-secondary study in STEM by providing quality and relevant STEM design. The project will…
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This project is studying effects of linguistically sensitive science instructional materials by translating, enhancing, and evaluating culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate Collaborative Online…
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This project investigates how to use new touch technologies, like touchscreens, to create graphics and simulations that can be felt, heard, and seen. Using readily available, low-cost systems, the principal…
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This study seeks to describe trajectories that describe the ways in which Black learners develop as particular kinds of mathematical learners. The study takes place in the context of an established, multi-year…
CAREER: Expanding Latinxs' Opportunities to Develop Complex Thinking in Secondary Science Classrooms through a Research-Practice Partnership
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This project will address the need to educate teachers and students to engage in asking questions, collecting and interpreting data, making claims, and constructing explanations about real-world problems that…
Designing and Researching a Program for Preparing Teachers as Facilitators of Computational Making Activities in Classroom and Informal Learning Environments
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This project will study a model of pre-service teacher preparation that is designed to to increase teachers' and students' skills and confidence with computational thinking and develop teachers as designers of…
Design Research on the Teaching and Learning of Conceptual Understanding in High School Chemistry Through the Use of Dynamic Visualizations of Physical and Chemical Changes
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The project will establish a sustained community of practice for high school teachers skilled in the VisChem Approach and a group of new teaching and research scholars with expertise in building conceptual…
Professional Development for Teaching and Learning about Energy and Equity in High School Physics (Collaborative Research: Mason)
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This project will research and develop instructional materials and conduct professional development for teachers to help students understand energy flow. The project will create a model for secondary science…
Professional Development for Teaching and Learning about Energy and Equity in High School Physics (Collaborative Research: Scherr)
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This project will research and develop instructional materials and conduct professional development for teachers to help students understand energy flow. The project will create a model for secondary science…
Environmental Innovation Challenges: Teaching and Learning Science Practices in the Context of Complex Earth Systems
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This project will engage teams of students and teachers of grades 7-12 in four competitive Challenges to design innovative strategies for carbon mitigation in areas such as transportation, agriculture or energy…
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This research project studies the impact of strategic integration of relevant math and science topics on grades 2 – 5 teachers' knowledge and beliefs, their classroom practice, and their students' understanding…
Assessing Teachers' Pedagogical Design Capacity and Mathematics Curriculum Use (Collaborative Research: Remillard)
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This project is assessing the capacities needed by elementary teachers for productive use of mathematics curriculum materials. The project is guided by the assumption that well-designed curriculum programs have…
Building on Cross-national Comparisons to Improve the Preparation and Support of Teachers of Mathematics
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This bilateral workshop examines the preparation of mathematics teachers in the United States and China. It will initiate knowledge exchanges among teacher educators in both countries and forge a joint research…
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Researchers are developing a practice-based curriculum for the professional education of preservice and practicing secondary mathematics teachers that focuses on reasoning and proving; has narrative cases as a…
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This study brings together researchers from education, psychology and the sciences and scholar-practitioners to examine the factors that can be addressed in the preparation of both pre-service and in-service…
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This Discovery Research K-12 Conference project brought together 30 key scholars and practitioners in the areas of discourse and equity to synthesize and disseminate research findings concerning the…
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The project investigates the impact of a professional development program on middle school science teachers' ability to enact pedagogical strategies, learning technologies and materials that align with the…
Closing the Math Achievement Gap for English Language Learners: Technology Resources for Pre-algebra
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The project addresses the relatively poor mathematics achievement of students who are not proficient in English. It includes research on how English language learners in beginning algebra classes solve math word…
CAREER: Investigating the Critical Junctures: Strategies that Broaden Minority Participation in STEM Fields
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This project conducts a systematic and empirical (both quantitative and qualitative) longitudinal study of the factors that influence students' decisions at critical junctures in the educational pipeline. The…
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This project identifies pivotal experiences of career science teachers that have promoted their advancement along the teacher professional continuum. The goal of the project is to develop an instrument that…
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This project will investigate how high school students can be supported in developing, organizing and using knowledge of atomic/molecular behavior to make sense of phenomena such as phase changes, atomic…
Building Professional Capital in Elementary Science Teaching through a District-wide Networked Improvement Community Model
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This project will focus on a networked improvement community (NIC) model of professional learning that shifts K-5 science instruction from traditional approaches to a three-dimensional design as outlined in the…
Building BLOCKS for Science: What Young Children Should Know and Be Able to Do When They Enter Kindergarten
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Building Base Line Objectives for Children’s Knowledge Skills for Science (BLOCKS)is a 4-year project that integrates research and applied teaching to take a close look inside prekindergarten classrooms. The…
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This project will investigate the factors that influence curriculum coherence and how teachers in Grades 3-5 respond to these factors as they make decisions about their mathematics curriculum…
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This project will develop and test a leadership model to improve K-8 mathematics teaching and learning by involving stakeholders across the K-8 spectrum. The project will support teachers, teacher leaders, and…
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This project aims to support stronger student outcomes in the teaching and learning of geometry in the middle grades through engaging students in animated contrasting cases of worked examples. The project will…
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This project will investigate the factors that influence curriculum coherence and how teachers in Grades 3-5 respond to these factors as they make decisions about their mathematics curriculum…
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This project will investigate the factors that influence curriculum coherence and how teachers in Grades 3-5 respond to these factors as they make decisions about their mathematics curriculum…
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This project will investigate the factors that influence curriculum coherence and how teachers in Grades 3-5 respond to these factors as they make decisions about their mathematics curriculum…
Improving Grades 6-8 Students' Mathematics Achievement in Modeling and Problem Solving through Effective Sequencing of Instructional Practices
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This project will provide structured and meaningful scaffolds for teachers in examining two research-based teaching strategies hypothesized to positively impact mathematics achievement in the areas of…
Young Mathematicians: Expanding an Innovative and Promising Model Across Learning Environments to Promote Preschoolers' Mathematics Knowledge
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The goal of this design and development project is to address the critical need for innovative resources that transform the mathematics learning environments of preschool children from under-resourced…
Building Students' Data Literacy through the Co-design of Curriculum by Mathematics and Art Teachers (Collaborative Research: Silander)
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The aim of this project is to enact and study a process in which middle school teachers of mathematics and visual arts co-design and teach activities that combine math and art to teach data science…
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This project is creating a system of online and face-to-face support services to strengthen the teaching and learning of Algebra II. The resources will make use of technology, will differentiate support for…
Building Students' Data Literacy through the Co-design of Curriculum by Mathematics and Art Teachers (Collaborative Research: Vacca)
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The aim of this project is to enact and study a process in which middle school teachers of mathematics and visual arts co-design and teach activities that combine math and art to teach data science…
Building Students' Data Literacy through the Co-design of Curriculum by Mathematics and Art Teachers (Collaborative Research: Matuk)
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This project aims to enact and study the co-design of classroom activities by mathematics and visual arts teachers to promote middle school students' data literacy.
The aim of this…
Getting Unstuck: Designing and Evaluating Teacher Resources to Support Conceptual and Creative Fluency with Programming
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The project will create opportunities for teachers to develop programming content knowledge and new understandings of the creative possibilities in computer science education, thereby increasing opportunities…
Youth-based Program Impact on Education and Career Choices: An Exploration of Issues in Planning and Implementing Longitudinal Research
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This grant explores the timely issue of how to conduct a feasibility study on the question of whether youths who participate in after-school IT-oriented science-engagement programs are more likely to eventually…
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The goal of this project is to accelerate the progress of early-career and pre-service science teachers from novice to expert-like pedagogical reasoning and practice by developing and studying a system of…
Building a Teacher Knowledge Base for the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Resources through the Collaborative Investigation of Video Cases (Collaborative Research: Wilson)
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This project will address the pressing national need to generate shared, practice-based knowledge about how to implement freely available, high-quality instructional resources (mathematics formative assessment…
Building a Teacher Knowledge Base for the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Resources through the Collaborative Investigation of Video Cases (Collaborative Research: Jabon)
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This project will address the pressing national need to generate shared, practice-based knowledge about how to implement freely available, high-quality instructional resources (mathematics formative assessment…
Building a Teacher Knowledge Base for the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Resources through the Collaborative Investigation of Video Cases (Collaborative Research: DiNapoli)
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This project will address the pressing national need to generate shared, practice-based knowledge about how to implement freely available, high-quality instructional resources (mathematics formative assessment…
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This project proposes to study the teaching and learning of algebra in grades 7-9, with a specific focus on the ways in which classroom language explicitly describes properties of and relationships among…
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This project will study the activities of a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) as a vehicle to bridge gaps across four identified steps along the science teacher training and development pathways within local…
Developing an Online Game to Teach Middle School Students Science Research Practices in the Life Sciences (Collaborative Research: Gagnon)
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This project will develop and research AquaLab 9, an online video game to engage middle school students in learning science research practices in life sciences content. By engaging in science research practices…
Developing an Online Game to Teach Middle School Students Science Research Practices in the Life Sciences (Collaborative Research: Baker)
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This project will develop and research AquaLab 9, an online video game to engage middle school students in learning science research practices in life sciences content. By engaging in science research practices…
Developing an Online Game to Teach Middle School Students Science Research Practices in the Life Sciences (Collaborative Research: Metcalf)
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This project will develop and research AquaLab 9, an online video game to engage middle school students in learning science research practices in life sciences content. By engaging in science research practices…
Streams of Data: Nurturing Data Literacy in Young Science Learners (Collaborative Research: Kochevar)
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This project will develop an approach to support fourth grade students' data literacy with complex, large-scale, professionally collected data sets. The work will focus on analytical thinking as a subset of data…
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This project develops resources to facilitate the involvement of college and university physics departments in the professional development of K-12 teachers of physics and physical science. Research investigates…
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This project will develop an approach to support fourth grade students' data literacy with complex, large-scale, professionally collected data sets. The work will focus on analytical thinking as a subset of data…
Case Studies of a Suite of Next Generation Science Instructional, Assessment, and Professional Development Materials in Diverse Middle School Settings
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This project addresses a gap between vision and implementation of state science standards by designing a coordinated suite of instructional, assessment and teacher professional learning materials that attempt to…
Developing and Validating Early Assessments of College Readiness: Differential Effects for Underrepresented Groups, Optimal Timing of Assessments, and STEM-Specific Indicators
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This purpose of this project is to develop and validate a range of assessments with a focus on academic preparedness for higher education. The team will explore relevant qualities of assessments such as their…
Learning Trajectories as a Complete Early Mathematics Intervention: Achieving Efficacies of Economies at Scale
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The purpose of this project is to test the efficacy of the Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories (LT2) program with the goal of improving mathematics teaching and thereby increasing young students'…
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This project's approach uses two types of embodied performances: experiential performances that engage learners in using their bodies to physically experience scientific phenomena (e.g., the increase of heart…
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This project seeks to strengthen the teaching of statistics and data science in grades 6-12 through the design and implementation of an online professional learning environment for teachers. The professional…
Developing the Science Comprehensive Online Learning Platform for Rural School Science Teacher Development
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This project will develop, evaluate, and compare the effectiveness of newly-designed online learning platform with traditional face-to-face PD in supporting rural high school science teachers' implementation of…
Teaching Students to Reason about Variation and Covariation in Data: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Find Out?
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The purpose of this project is to gather, analyze, and synthesize mathematics and science education research studies published from 1988 to the present that have investigated different approaches to supporting…
Strengthening Middle School Mathematical Argumentation through Teacher Coaching: Bridging from Professional Development to Classroom Practice
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This project is a professional learning experience for middle school teachers to support them in developing five mathematical practices in their teaching focused on mathematical argumentation - creating…
Identifying Critical Characteristics of Effective Feedback Practices in Science and Mathematics Education
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This project will define and synthesize effective feedback strategies that can be linked to specific features of daily classroom assessment practices. It will develop a framework, including a conceptual strand (…
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This project will use an alternative model for online videos to develop video units that feature the unscripted dialogue of pairs of students. The project team will create a repository of 6 dialogic mathematics…
Students and Teachers Learning from Nature: Studying Biologically Inspired Design in High School Engineering Education
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In this project, high school engineering teachers will spend five weeks in a research lab devoted to biologically-inspired design, as they partner with cutting-edge engineers and scientists to study animal…
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The purpose of this project is to fully explore the mathematics education literature to synthesize what validity evidence is available for quantitative assessments in mathematics education.…
Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education (V-M2ED) (Collaborative Research: Bostic)
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The purpose of this project is to fully explore the mathematics education literature to synthesize what validity evidence is available for quantitative assessments in mathematics education…
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The main goal of this project is to validate a set of rubrics that attend to the existence and the quality of instructional practices that support equity and access in mathematics classes. The project team will…
Developing Leaders, Transforming Practice in K-5 Mathematics: An Examination of Models for Elementary Mathematics Specialists (Collaborative Research: Rigelman)
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This project will study the Developing Leaders Transforming Practice (DLTP) intervention, which aims to develop teacher leaders, improve teachers' instructional practices, and increase student mathematics…
Developing Leaders, Transforming Practice in K-5 Mathematics: An Examination of Models for Elementary Mathematics Specialists (Collaborative Research: Woods)
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This project will study the Developing Leaders Transforming Practice (DLTP) intervention, which aims to improve teachers' instructional practices, increase student mathematics understanding and achievement…
Developing Leaders, Transforming Practice in K-5 Mathematics: An Examination of Models for Elementary Mathematics Specialists (Collaborative Research: Lewis)
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This project will study the Developing Leaders Transforming Practice (DLTP) intervention, which aims to improve teachers' instructional practices, increase student mathematics understanding and achievement…
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This project will address STEM learning through classroom implementation at two project partner schools in North Carolina, one urban and the other rural, with culturally diverse student populations. The project…
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This project investigates the potential of online role-playing games for scientific literacy through the iterative design and research of Saving Lake Wingra, an online role-playing game around a controversial…
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The Third National Conference on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education will bring together a group of faculty members in mathematics education from a range of institutions that currently graduate doctorates…
Strengthening STEM Teaching in Native American Serving Schools through Long-Term, Culturally Responsive Professional Development
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This project will explore how a nationally implemented professional development model is applied in two distinct Indigenous communities, the impact the model has on teacher practice in Native-serving classrooms…
STEM for All Collaboratory: Accelerating Dissemination and Fostering Collaborations for STEM Educational Research and Development
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This project will capitalize on the STEM for All Video Showcase and extend its impact by creating a STEM for All Multiplex. The Multiplex will draw on past and future Video Showcase videos to create a multimedia…
Generalized Embodied Modeling to Support Science through Technology Enhanced Play (Collaborative Research: Enyedy)
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The project will develop and research a new Mixed Reality environment (MR), called GEM-STEP, that leverages play and embodiment as resources for integrating computational modeling into the modeling cycle as part…
Generalized Embodied Modeling to Support Science through Technology Enhanced Play (Collaborative Research: Danish)
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The project will develop and research a new Mixed Reality environment (MR), called GEM-STEP, that leverages play and embodiment as resources for integrating computational modeling into the modeling cycle as part…
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This project will develop and test a professional development program designed for school district science coordinators by examining impacts of participating coordinators on science teachers and their students…
Ed+gineering: An Interdisciplinary Partnership Integrating Engineering into Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs
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In this project, over 500 elementary education majors will team with engineering majors to teach engineering design to over 1,600 students from underrepresented groups. These standards-based lessons will…
Spanning Boundaries: A Statewide Network to Support Science Teacher Leaders to Implement Science Standards
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This project will develop and test a two-year professional development model for secondary school science teacher leaders that will help them support their colleagues in implementing the Next Generation Science…
Workshop on Materials Science and Materials Engineering Education - Educating the Enablers of Tomorrow's Technologies
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This project provides support for a two-day workshop that would bring about 60 participants together to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities in "Materials Education" and devise strategies for…
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This project will examine how partnerships among state science leaders, education researchers and education practitioners cultivate vertical coherence and equity in state science education.…
Designing for Science Learning in Schools by Leveraging Participation and the Power of Place through Community and Citizen Science (Collaborative Research: Henson)
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This project responds to these priorities by developing and testing a place-based environmental science research and monitoring program for elementary school students and their teachers.…
Human Variance and Assessment for Learning Implications for Diverse Learners of STEM: A National Conference
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The conference will attract thought leaders, policy makers, supervisors of practice and scholars of measurement science to be informed of emerging thought and developments and to discuss selected models for the…
Designing for Science Learning in Schools by Leveraging Participation and the Power of Place through Community and Citizen Science (Collaborative Research: Ballard)
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This project responds to these priorities by developing and testing a place-based environmental science research and monitoring program for elementary school students and their teachers.…
Crowdsourcing Neuroscience: An Interactive Cloud-based Citizen Science Platform for High School Students, Teachers, and Researchers
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This project will develop a cloud-based platform that enables high school students, teachers, and scientists to conduct original neuroscience research in school classrooms.
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This project will plan, implement, and evaluate the outcomes of an invitational conference on the role of equity in whole-school STEM education models, particularly Inclusive STEM Schools (ISS), at the high…
The School Gardeners' Southwest Desert Almanac: A Conference for Supporting, Sustaining, and Spreading Garden-Based Science Teaching
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Focusing on the Southwest Desert ecoregion, this conference addresses the need for research on effective instructional methods that can be used to support students' science learning in school gardens. The…
System-wide Change: An Experimental Study of Teacher Development and Student Achievement in Elementary Science
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This project tests the impact on student achievement of a content-rich, systemic intervention in teacher development for elementary school science. The study will test the benefits of the System-wide Change…
Teaching Science Outdoors: A Next Generation Approach for Advancing Elementary Science Teaching in Urban Communities
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This project project is designed to enhance the capacity of elementary teachers in high-poverty urban communities for enacting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned science approaches using the…
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This project will address the potential positive and negative impacts of using 360-degree video for bridging the gap between theory and practice in mathematics instruction by investigating how preservice…
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This study will provide foundational knowledge about the activities and interactions in the home environment that drive the early emergence of math skills disparities related to SES.
The math…
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This project will investigate the development and emergence of spatial gender stereotypes (and their relation to math gender stereotypes) in elementary school-aged children and their impact on parent-child…
Cyber-enabled Design Research to Enhance Teachers' Critical Thinking Using a Major Video Collection on Children's Mathematical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Derry)
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This project is demonstrating the use of cyber-enabled technologies to build and share adaptable interventions for pre- and in-service teacher growth that effectively make use of major video collections and have…
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The primary goal of this set of workshops is to provide STEM education researchers with the framework, skills, and community they need to implement new developments in causal inference methods into their…
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The focus of this conference is to carefully examine past and current research with an eye toward improving its impact on practice and to create concrete steps that could shape the nature and impact of…
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In this project, Student Reporting Labs will develop an online curriculum delivery platform called StoryMaker and a unique set of tools called Storymaker:STEM that will supply in-demand interdisciplinary, multi-…
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This project will support the participation of 53 US K-12 mathematics teachers, graduate students, community college/university mathematicians, mathematics teacher educators, and mathematics education…
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This project is developing a system for producing automated professional mentoring while students play computer games based on STEM professions. The project explores a specific hypothesis about STEM mentoring: A…
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This project uses a mixed-methods design to test the hypothesis that key approaches to high school reform grease the mathematics and science pipelines for all students in reforming high schools. This study is…
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This project investigates how high school students' understanding about design thinking compares to that of experienced practitioners and whether participation in a multiyear sequence of courses focused on…
Communities of Effective Practice: A Professional Stem Development Model for Teachers of American Indian Students
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This project establishes and implements a professional development model with teachers of Native American students by creating a culturally relevant science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher in-…
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This project helps teachers learn to use NSDL resources in ways that meaningfully affect their practice in STEM content areas while increasing their skills as designers of learning activities. The objectives of…
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The goals of this project are to 1) develop methods for analyzing data collected to document the institutional setting of mathematics teaching that are specific to equity and access for all middle school…
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This project is focusing on the redesign of popular commercial video games to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. In support of this goal, SURGE develops and implements design principles for…
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MIST is a five-year study of four large, urban districts implementing ambitious mathematics reform initiatives in the middle grades. The study uses a mixed-methods research design to investigate how…
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This project examines relationships among pre-service teachers' developing understanding of learning in mathematics and science, the enactment of these understandings as they begin teaching. The objectives are (…
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The project is testing a learning progression for modeling that spans the elementary and middle grades. Modeling instruction will be organized around concepts in life sciences that cumulate to a strong…
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This project addresses the challenge “How can promising innovations be successfully implemented, sustained, and scaled in schools and districts in a cost effective manner?” Project partners are researching the…
A Study of Professional Learning Communities Amongst Secondary Science & Mathematics Teachers: Changes, Support Systems, Student Learning
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This project is designed to study the Partnership for Reform in Secondary Science and Mathematics professional development model. The research on this model will contribute to the knowledge base on professional…
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Math Pathways & Pitfalls lessons for students boost mathematics achievement for diverse students, including English Learners, English Proficient students, and Latino students. This project develops modules…
Understanding Science - Improving Achievement of Middle School Students Through Content-rich Professional Development Grounded in Classroom Practice
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This project is producing two professional development modules for middle school science teachers, one on Force and Motion (emphasizing teaching English learners) and the second on Energy and Chemical Change (…
A Research-Practice Partnership for Developing Computational Thinking through Linguistically and Culturally Relevant CS Curriculum in Middle School
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This project will develop a research-practice partnership to plan and pilot a linguistically and culturally relevant computer science curriculum in middle school with the goal of broadening the participation of…
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This project has pioneered simulation-based assessments of model-based science learning and inquiry practices for middle school physical and life science systems. The assessment suites include curriculum-…
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This project develops tools and materials that address the need schools have to implement results-oriented teacher learning programs that ensure highly qualified science teachers in every classroom. The project…
Elicitory Test Design: A New Model for Understanding the Relationship Between Test Item Features and Student Performance on Large-scale Assessments
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This project is conducting an empirical analysis of NAEP assessment items in science to determine whether evidence supports the hypothesis that standardized tests capture only a limited amount of student…
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This project characterizes and analyses the developing mathematical identities of Latinx students transitioning from elementary to middle grades mathematics. The central hypothesis of this project is that…
CAREER: Spreading Computational Literacy Equitably via Integration of Computing in Preservice Teacher Preparation
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This project will study the effect of integrating computing into preservice teacher programs. The project will use design-based research to explore how to connect computing concepts and integration activities to…
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This project studies mathematics professional development leaders' understandings and practices associated with developing mathematically rich learning environments. It investigates this issue by considering:…
CAREER: Developing Elementary Preservice Teachers' Understandings and Abilities to Support Emerging Bilingual Students Scientific Sensemaking
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This project will study ways to improve classroom instruction grounded in science practices to address inequities in science education for emerging bilingual students. The project will create research-based…
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The primary purpose of this international conference was for participants in the US to exchange views and discuss the latest research findings on (primary) science assessment. The conference focused on research…
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This project will design 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…
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This project aims to develop the knowledge to teach reasoning and proving with secondary teacher candidates, and to follow them into they first years of independent practice to better understand how they are…
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This project will develop a professional development model that allows rural secondary teachers to learn and develop computational thinking related teaching skills with long-term support and scaffolds in place…
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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…
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This project investigates and expands teachers' learning to notice in two important ways. First, the research expands beyond teachers' noticing of written and verbal thinking to attend to gesture and other…
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This project is creating five video-case modules for use in professional development of middle school mathematics teachers. The materials are designed to develop teachers' understanding of mathematics knowledge…
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This conference uses Student Evaluation Standards, published by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, to engage a broad array of educational organizations in improving student achievement…
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This project will support teacher capacity for implementing mathematical modeling lessons by engaging teachers in co-planning and co-teaching with researchers skilled in Emergent Bilingual (EB) mathematics…
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This project seeks to advance knowledge in K-12 STEM education and assessment practices by building capacity for Assessment for Learning, improving assessments and teacher preparation courses, and providing…
Assessing Teachers' Pedagogical Design Capacity and Mathematics Curriculum Use (Collaborative Research: Kim)
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This project is assessing the capacities needed by elementary teachers for productive use of mathematics curriculum materials. The project is guided by the assumption that well-designed curriculum programs have…
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This project addresses middle school students’ learning of science through the improvement of their inquiry science skills. The main goal is to develop a rigorous, technology-based assessment system for…
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This research project will produce curricular materials designed to help students learn about viral epidemics as both a scientific and social issue. It will engage students in scientific modeling of the epidemic…
Improving the Teaching of Genetics in High School to Avoid Instilling Misconceptions about Gender Differences (Collaborative Research: Madkins)
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This project will study the aspects of genetics instruction that affect students' beliefs in neurogenetic essentialism, which is implicated in lowering girls' sense of STEM abilities, feeling of belonging in…
Improving the Teaching of Genetics in High School to Avoid Instilling Misconceptions about Gender Differences (Collaborative Research: Donovan)
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This project will study the aspects of genetics instruction that affect students' beliefs in neurogenetic essentialism, which is implicated in lowering girls' sense of STEM abilities, feeling of belonging in…
Evolving Minds: Promoting Causal-Explanatory Teaching and Learning of Biological Evolution in Elementary School
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Adopting a teaching and curricular approach that will be novel in its integration of custom explanatory storybook materials with hands-on investigations, this project seeks to promote third grade students'…
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This project aims to expand opportunities for elementary science in Title 1 schools through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a professional development model that will prepare teachers to…
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This project will help teachers design and facilitate high-quality, real world STEM experiences for students, as teachers move from traditional approaches to organizing their teaching around interdisciplinary…
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This award will support teacher practitioners from the U.S. to attend the 2020 International Mind, Brain, and Education Society (IMBES) conference. The IMBES conference is an opportunity for scholars and…
Leveraging Simulations in Preservice Preparation to Improve Mathematics Teaching for Students with Disabilities (Collaborative Research: Jones)
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This project aims to support the mathematics learning of students with disabilities through the development and use of mixed reality simulations for elementary mathematics teacher preparation. These simulations…
Leveraging Simulations in Preservice Preparation to Improve Mathematics Teaching for Students with Disabilities (Collaborative Research: Cohen)
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This project aims to support the mathematics learning of students with disabilities through the development and use of mixed reality simulations for elementary mathematics teacher preparation. These simulations…
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This project will support a national research study on how teachers are helping students respond to COVID-19. The findings will inform the development of curriculum materials for teaching about COVID-19 and help…
Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling (Collaborative Research: Turner)
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Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling is a teacher PD project focused on strengthening K-5 teaching with mathematics modeling. Building on previous foundational work…
Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling (Collaborative Research: Suh)
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Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling is a teacher PD project focused on strengthening K-5 teaching with mathematics modeling. Building on previous foundational work…
Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling (Collaborative Research: Carlson)
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Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling is a teacher PD project focused on strengthening K-5 teaching with mathematics modeling. Building on previous foundational work…
Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling (Collaborative Research: Aguirre)
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Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching with Elementary Mathematical Modeling is a teacher PD project focused on strengthening K-5 teaching with mathematics modeling. Building on previous foundational work…
Comparing the Efficacy of Collaborative Professional Development Formats for Improving Student Outcomes of a Student-Teacher-Scientist Partnership Program
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The goal of this project is to study how the integration of an online curriculum, scientist mentoring of students, and professional development for both teachers and scientist mentors can improve student…
Developing a Suite of Standards-based Instructionally Supportive Tools for Middle School Computer Science
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This project will develop a set of educative resources, assessment tools and teacher professional development (PD) activities to support teachers in developing knowledge of CS standards and improving their…
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This exploratory study involves a long-term partnership between the principal investigator (PI) and a middle school teacher and her students. Two major goals of the study are to describe how students learn to…
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To support equitable access to place-based science learning opportunities, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in collaboration with BSCS Science Learning, will develop and test a model to support 3rd-5th…
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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…
Synchronous Online Video-Based Development for Rural Mathematics Coaches (Collaborative Research: Choppin)
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This project will create a fully online video-based model for mathematics teacher professional development focused on supporting mathematics coaches in rural contexts, building on the investigators' previous…
Synchronous Online Video-Based Development for Rural Mathematics Coaches (Collaborative Research: Amador)
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This project will create a fully online video-based model for mathematics teacher professional development focused on supporting mathematics coaches in rural contexts, building on the investigators' previous…
Building Environmental and Educational Technology Competence and Leadership Among Educators: An Exploration in Virtual Reality Professional Development
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This project will bring locally relevant virtual reality (VR) experiences to teachers and students in areas where there is historically low participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM. This…
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This conference will shed light on how mathematics and science teacher educators are currently using lesson study to prepare pre-service teachers. The project will improve teacher educators' understanding of how…
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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;…
Paving the Way for Fractions: Identifying Foundational Concepts in First Grade (Collaborative Research: Newcombe)
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The goal of this project is to investigate the extent to which individual differences in informal fraction-related knowledge in first-grade children are associated with short- and longer-term fractions and math…
Paving the Way for Fractions: Identifying Foundational Concepts in First Grade (Collaborative Research: Jordan)
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The goal of this project is to investigate the extent to which individual differences in informal fraction-related knowledge in first-grade children are associated with short- and longer-term fractions and math…
Enhancing Energy Literacy Through Place-based Learning: Using the School Building to Link Energy Use with Earth Systems
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This exploratory project will design, pilot, and evaluate a 10-week, energy literacy curriculum unit for a program called Energy and Your Environment (EYE). In the EYE curriculum, students will study energy use…
Parents, Teachers, and Multilingual Children Collaborating on Mathematics Together (Collaborative Research: Civil)
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The goal of this project is to develop and study a mathematics partnership that engages multilingual children, their teachers, and their parents in mathematical experiences together. The project will design…
Parents, Teachers, and Multilingual Children Collaborating on Mathematics Together (Collaborative Research: Pinnow)
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The goal of this project is to develop and study a mathematics partnership that engages multilingual children, their teachers, and their parents in mathematical experiences together. The project will design…
Parents, Teachers, and Multilingual Children Collaborating on Mathematics Together (Collaborative Research: Quintos)
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The goal of this project is to develop and study a mathematics partnership that engages multilingual children, their teachers, and their parents in mathematical experiences together. The project will design…
Exploring Early Childhood Teachers' Abilities to Identify Computational Thinking Precursors to Strengthen Computer Science in Classrooms
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This project will explore PK-2 teachers' content knowledge by investigating their understanding of the design and implementation of culturally relevant computer science learning activities for young children.…
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This project seeks to support emergent bilingual students in high school biology classrooms. The project team will study how teachers make sense of and use an instructional model that builds on students'…
Learning to Teach During COVID-19: Leveraging Simulated Classrooms as Practice-based Spaces for Preservice Elementary Teachers within Online Teacher Education Courses
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the ability of teacher education programs to place their teacher candidates in typical K-12 teaching settings as a part of learning to teach. This project…
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The goal of this study is to build foundational knowledge about teacher learning by using video clips of science instruction within a professional development context. The researchers will study the infusion of…
How Deep Structural Modeling Supports Learning with Big Ideas in Biology (Collaborative Research: Shemwell)
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This project addresses the pressing need to more effectively organize STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching and learning around "big ideas" that run through science disciplines.…
How Deep Structural Modeling Supports Learning with Big Ideas in Biology (Collaborative Research: Capps)
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This project addresses the pressing need to more effectively organize STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching and learning around "big ideas" that run through science disciplines.…
Internet of Things Pedagogical Ecosystem for Integrated Computer Science and Software Engineering Education for Grades 9-12
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This project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate an Internet of Things (IoT) based educational curriculum and technology that provides grades 9-12 students with Computer Science (CS) and Software…
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,…
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This project will develop two forms of support for teachers: guidance embedded in citizen science project materials and teacher professional development. The overarching goal of the project is to generate…
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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…
SPIRAL: Supporting Professional Inquiry and Re-Aligning Learning Through a Structured e-Portfolio System
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This project would investigate a new model of professional development for teams of science teachers in grades K-8 who would create electronic portfolios documenting how they taught specific concepts about…
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The Illinois Physics and Secondary Schools (IPaSS) Partnership Program responds to disparities in student access to high-quality, advanced physics instruction by bringing together Illinois high school physics…
Developing Teachers' Epistemic Cognition and Teaching Practices for Supporting Students' Epistemic Practices with Scientific Systems
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This project uses a new theoretical framework that specifies criteria for developing scientific thinking skills that include the value that people place on scientific aims, the cognitive engagement needed to…
Reaching Across the Hallway: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Computer Science in Rural Schools
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This project will develop, test, and refine a "train-the-trainer" professional development model for rural teacher-leaders. The project goal is to design and develop a professional development model that…
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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…
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The goal of this project is to conduct a meta-analysis to assist in establishing a solid base of evidence to inform further research, practice, and policy in the area of early science education. The project will…
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This project will collect and curate digital stories of diverse mathematicians sharing stories of their learning within and beyond schools. These short videos will become part of a more extensive digital…
Creating a Model for Sustainable Ambitious Mathematics Programs in High-Need Settings: A Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration
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This project will study a successful, ambitious mathematics reform effort in high-needs secondary schools. The goal is to develop resources and tools to support other high-needs schools and districts in…
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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…
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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…
From Access to Sustainability: Investigating Ways to Foster Sustainable Use of Computational Modeling in K-12 Science Classrooms
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This project investigates how to support sustained engagement in computational modeling in middle school classrooms in two ways: 1) Design and develop an accessible modeling toolkit and accompanying thematically…
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The goal of this project is to expand high school student participation in the peer-review process and in publishing in JEI, a science journal dedicated to mentoring pre-college students through peer-reviewed…
Enhancing Rational Number Instruction for Students with Math Disabilities and Difficulties: Designing Professional Development for Teachers Who Provide Math Intervention
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The project will develop and study a professional development program focused on fraction for interventionists who work with grades four and five students with mathematics disabilities and difficulties…
Exploring COVID and the Effects on U.S. Education: Evidence from a National Survey of American Households
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This study aims to understand parents' perspectives on the educational impacts of COVID-19 by leveraging a nationally representative, longitudinal study, the Understanding America Study (UAS). The study will…
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This project explores how teachers can use activities with young children to develop their knowledge of numbers and patterns. Part of the study examines how much guidance teachers should provide to students. The…
Exploring Changes in Teachers' Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Practice through Collaborative and Culturally Relevant Professional Development
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In this project, investigators from the University of North Dakota develop, evaluate, and implement an on-going, collaborative professional development program designed to support teachers in teaching…
Developing a Modeling Orientation to Science: Teaching and Learning Variability and Change in Ecosystems (Collaborative Research: Peake)
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This project addresses the need to make science relevant for school students and to support student interpretation of large data sets by leveraging citizen science data about ecology and developing instruction…
Developing a Modeling Orientation to Science: Teaching and Learning Variability and Change in Ecosystems (Collaborative Research: Lehrer)
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This project addresses the need to make science relevant for school students and to support student interpretation of large data sets by leveraging citizen science data about ecology and developing instruction…
Developing a Modeling Orientation to Science: Teaching and Learning Variability and Change in Ecosystems (Collaborative Research: Miller)
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This project addresses the need to make science relevant for school students and to support student interpretation of large data sets by leveraging citizen science data about ecology and developing instruction…
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This project explores how classroom conversations can engage children in making sense of the problems that they are addressing and foregrounding ethics while making design decisions. To provide children with…
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This project explores how classroom conversations can engage children in making sense of the problems that they are addressing and foregrounding ethics while making design decisions. To provide children with…
Co-learning Math Teaching Project: Collaborative Structures to Support Learning to Teach across the Professional Teaching Continuum
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This project will design and study an innovative model of collaborative learning for pre-service and experienced elementary, middle, and secondary mathematics teachers that focuses on equitable mathematics…
Broadening Participation in Mathematics for English Learners with Mathematics Difficulties: A Multi-Site Impact Study
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The purpose of this project is to rigorously test the efficacy of the Precision Mathematics First-Grade (PM-1) intervention on the mathematics outcomes of English learners (ELs) who face mathematics difficulties…
Supporting Science Learning and Teaching in Middle School Classrooms through Automated Analysis of Students' Writing (Collaborative Research: Passonneau)
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This project will develop a novel, automated technology to provide middle-school students and their teachers with real-time feedback about students' written explanations of physics phenomena. Working in groups…
Supporting Science Learning and Teaching in Middle School Classrooms through Automated Analysis of Students' Writing (Collaborative Research: Puntambekar)
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This project will develop a novel, automated technology to provide middle-school students and their teachers with real-time feedback about students' written explanations of physics phenomena. Working in groups…
Enhancing the Teacher-Curriculum Relationship in Problem-based Mathematics Classrooms by Connecting Teacher and Student Digital Collaborative Environments
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The project will create a digital environment for middle school mathematics teachers that is combined with a student collaborative platform for a problem-solving curriculum. The goal is to design and develop the…
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The project will create a system of online mathematics teacher professional development modules for middle and high school teachers. Teachers will engage in online, asynchronous, high-quality mathematics…
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The purposes of this conference are to organize scholarly work about equity in science education and to broaden the set of scholars in science education who have equity as a focus.
The…
SimSnap: Orchestrating Collaborative Learning in Biology through Reconfigurable Simulations (Collective Research: Tissenbaum)
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This project will develop and research collaborative learning in biology using tablet-style computers that support simulations of biological systems and that can be used individually or linked together. The…
SimSnap: Orchestrating Collaborative Learning in Biology through Reconfigurable Simulations (Collective Research: Puntambekar)
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This project will develop and research collaborative learning in biology using tablet-style computers that support simulations of biological systems and that can be used individually or linked together. The…
Online Practice Suite: Practice Spaces, Simulations and Virtual Reality Environments for Preservice Teachers to Learn to Facilitate Argumentation Discussions in Math and Science
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This project will develop, pilot, and refine a set of coordinated and complementary activities that teacher education programs can use in both online and face-to-face settings to provide practice-based…
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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…
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To help address the need for science classrooms that support language learning for all students, this project will rigorously study the Science and Integrated Language (SAIL) curriculum, a year-long fifth-grade…
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This study seeks to further understanding of the STEM learning environment by 1) examining the extent to which mathematics and science achievement varies across students, teachers, schools, and districts, and 2…
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The goal of this planning grant is to explicitly focus on broadening participation in the K-12 STEM teaching workforce, with the theory of action that diversifying the K-12 STEM teaching workforce would in the…
Enhancing Science Education through Virtual Reality: A Conference to Design Simulations that Enhance the Clinical Preparation of Secondary Science Teachers
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This conference focuses on the use of virtual/mixed reality simulation in the preparation of secondary science teachers. The conference convenes experts in simulation in teacher preparation, practicing high…
The Impact of COVID on American Education in 2021: Continued Evidence from the Understanding America Study
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This study will build upon the team's prior research from early in the pandemic. Researchers will continue to collect data from families and aims to understand parents’ perspectives on the educational impacts of…
Developing and Researching K-12 Teacher Leaders Enacting Anti-bias Mathematics Education (Collaborative Research: Yeh)
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The goal of this project is to study the design and development of community-centered, job-embedded professional development for classroom teachers that supports bias reduction. The project team will partner…
Developing and Researching K-12 Teacher Leaders Enacting Anti-bias Mathematics Education (Collaborative Research: Thanheiser)
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The goal of this project is to study the design and development of community-centered, job-embedded professional development for classroom teachers that supports bias reduction. The project team will partner…
Developing and Researching K-12 Teacher Leaders Enacting Anti-bias Mathematics Education (Collaborative Research: Elliott)
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The goal of this project is to study the design and development of community-centered, job-embedded professional development for classroom teachers that supports bias reduction. The project team will partner…
Developing and Researching K-12 Teacher Leaders Enacting Anti-bias Mathematics Education (Collaborative Research: Heaton)
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The goal of this project is to study the design and development of community-centered, job-embedded professional development for classroom teachers that supports bias reduction. The project team will partner…
CAREER: Black and Latinx Parents Leading chANge and Advancing Racial (PLANAR) Justice in Elementary Mathematics
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This project explores possibilities for localized change led by parents and caregivers. By making explicit how to foster and increase Black and Latinx parents’ engagement in solidarity with community…
Improving Professional Development in Mathematics by Understanding the Mechanisms that Translate Teacher Learning into Student Learning
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This project explores the mechanisms by which teachers translate what they learn from professional development into their teaching practice. The goal of this project is to study how the knowledge and skills…
CAREER: Partnering with Teachers and Students to Engage in Mathematical Inquiry about Relevant Social Issues
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This project team partners with the mathematics department of one urban public charter high school that serves 65% students of color (most of whom identify as African American). At the school, 70% of all…
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This project seeks to develop a personalized, scalable PD approach that centers on and builds from algebra teachers’ practices and individual strengths. The project will focus its PD efforts on instructional…
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This project aims to support teachers to engage their students in mathematical problem posing (problem-posing-based learning, or P-PBL). P-PBL is a powerful approach to the teaching and learning of mathematics,…
Doing the Math with Paraeducators: Enhancing and Expanding and Sustaining a Professional Development Model in PreK to Grade 3 Math Classrooms
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This project builds on exploratory work engaging in mathematics professional learning with paraeducators to provide a professional learning experience focused on teaching and learning mathematics in grades PreK-…
Exploratory Evidence on the Factors that Relate to Elementary School Science Learning Gains Among English Language Learners
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This project will provide evidence on how school, classroom, teacher, and student factors shape elementary school science learning trajectories for English learners (ELs). The project will broaden ELs’…
Crowd-Sourced Online Nexus for Developing Assessments of Middle-School Physical Science Disciplinary Core Ideas
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This project will develop and test a web-based platform to increase the quality of teacher-administered tests in science classrooms. It draws on classroom teacher knowledge while employing the rigorous…
Supporting Instructional Decision Making: The Potential of Automatically Scored Three-Dimensional Assessment System (Collaborative Research: Yin)
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This project will study the utility of a machine learning-based assessment system for supporting middle school science teachers in making instructional decisions based on automatically generated student reports…
Supporting Instructional Decision Making: The Potential of Automatically Scored Three-Dimensional Assessment System (Collaborative Research: Harris)
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This project will study the utility of a machine learning-based assessment system for supporting middle school science teachers in making instructional decisions based on automatically generated student reports…
Supporting Instructional Decision Making: The Potential of Automatically Scored Three-Dimensional Assessment System (Collaborative Research: Zhai)
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This project will study the utility of a machine learning-based assessment system for supporting middle school science teachers in making instructional decisions based on automatically generated student reports…
Supporting Instructional Decision Making: The Potential of Automatically Scored Three-Dimensional Assessment System (Collaborative Research: Krajcik)
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This project will study the utility of a machine learning-based assessment system for supporting middle school science teachers in making instructional decisions based on automatically generated student reports…
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The project focuses on the development of formative assessment tools that highlight assets of students’ use of crosscutting concepts (CCCs) while engaged in science and engineering practices in grades 9-12 Life…
Learning by Evaluating: Engaging Students in Evaluation as a Pedagogical Strategy to Improve Design Thinking
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The Learning by Evaluating (LbE) project will develop, refine, and test an educational innovation in which 9th grade students evaluate sample work as a starting point in engineering design cycles. Students will…
Fostering Computational Thinking Through Neural Engineering Activities in High School Biology Classes
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This project will develop and study a curriculum and app that support computational thinking (CT) in a high school biology unit. The project will engage students in rich data practices by gathering, manipulating…
Supporting High School Students and Teachers with a Digital, Localizable, Climate Education Experience
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This partnership of BSCS Science Learning, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advances curriculum materials development for high quality units that are…
Connecting Elementary Mathematics Teaching to Real-World Issues (Collaborative Research: Thanheiser)
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This project will engage students and teachers in rich, real-world math tasks; will support future teachers and mathematics educators in adapting, designing, and implementing similar tasks; and will provide a…
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This project will engage students and teachers in rich, real-world math tasks; will support future teachers and mathematics educators in adapting, designing, and implementing similar tasks; and will provide a…
Investigating the Role of Collaboration on the Development of Student Ideas Using a Learning Progression for the Function Concept
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In this project, the team will address questions about how collaborative problem solving, learning progressions, and facilitation interact in the development of students’ mathematical learning. The work affords…
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This project represents a new approach to quality assessment of K-12 science and engineering learning experiences. By updating and expanding the Dimensions of Success (DoS) observation tool initially established…
Supporting Teacher Customizations of Curriculum Materials for Equitable Student Sensemaking in Secondary Science (Collaborative Research: McNeill)
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This project is developing and researching customization tools to support teachers’ instructional shifts to achieve equitable sensemaking in middle school science classrooms. These tools will help teachers to…
Supporting Teacher Customizations of Curriculum Materials for Equitable Student Sensemaking in Secondary Science (Collaborative Research: Reiser)
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This project is developing and researching customization tools to support teachers’ instructional shifts to achieve equitable sensemaking in middle school science classrooms. These tools will help teachers to…
Education and Experience: Do Teacher Qualifications in Career-Focused STEM Courses Make a Difference?
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Using high school statewide longitudinal data from Maryland from 2012-2022, this study will first document who has taught STEM-CTE courses over this period. After exploring the teaching landscape, the study will…
Developing and Evaluating Assessments of Problem-Solving in Computer Adaptive Testing Environments (Collaborative Research: Sondergeld)
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The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) problem-solving measures assess students’ problem-solving performance within the context of CCSSM math content and practices. This project expands the…
Developing and Evaluating Assessments of Problem-Solving in Computer Adaptive Testing Environments (Collaborative Research: Bostic)
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The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) problem-solving measures assess students’ problem-solving performance within the context of CCSSM math content and practices. This project expands the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for supporting student learning about viral outbreaks and other complex societal issues. Given the complexity of issues like viral outbreaks, engaging learners with…
Building a Flexible and Comprehensive Approach to Supporting Student Development of Whole Number Understanding
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The purpose of this project is to develop and conduct initial studies of a multi-grade program targeting critical early math concepts. The project is designed to address equitable access to mathematics and STEM…
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This study addresses two open questions in mathematics education and teacher learning research related to groupwork monitoring. Using contemporary information visualization techniques and open-source tools,…
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This project will synthesize research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The science of CSCL achieved advances in the past decade, including producing a research handbook—however, practitioners…
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This project will provide a field-based science and mathematics teacher education program that supports teaching focused on students’ affective development through culturally responsive practices. The project's…
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This project seeks to foster the science achievement of Latinx preschoolers by confronting current barriers that impact their STEM education through an integrated science-language instructional approach for…
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In COVID Connects Us, the project team investigates the challenges of learning how to support justice-centered ambitious science teaching (JuST). The project team will partner with networks of secondary science…
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The project will develop and research an innovative model for rural science teacher professional development via technology-mediated lesson study (TMLS). This approach supports translating professional learning…
A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 Recession on NGSS Implementation
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This project will investigate how NGSS has been implemented in California schools during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through a state-wide survey, analysis of administrative data, interviews and case studies,…
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This project will develop an integrated, justice-oriented curriculum and a digital platform for teaching secondary students about data science in science and social studies classrooms. The platform will help…
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This project takes advantage of language to help students form their own ideas and pursue deeper understanding in the science classroom. The project will conduct a comprehensive research program to develop and…
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This project takes advantage of language to help students form their own ideas and pursue deeper understanding in the science classroom. The project will conduct a comprehensive research program to develop and…
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Previous research has shown that play is an important vehicle for exploration, understanding, and learning because play involves many of the same features as sophisticated disciplinary engagement in mathematics…
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Widely-adopted science education standards have expanded expectations for students to learn science research processes. To address these needs, the project will research and develop curricular materials and…
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Understanding the impact of STEM education efforts requires researchers to have cutting-edge knowledge of advanced research methods and the ability to translate research knowledge to multiple and diverse…
Managing Uncertainty for Productive Struggle: Exploring Teacher Development for Managing Students' Epistemic Uncertainty as a Pedagogical Resource in Project-based Learning
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This project is exploring teachers' capacity to manage student epistemic uncertainty as a pedagogical resource that supports student’s productive struggle and the development of conceptual knowledge during…
Accessible Computational Thinking in Elementary Science Classes within and across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts (Collaborative Research: Ketelhut)
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This research project aims to enhance elementary teacher education in science and computational thinking pedagogy through the use of Culturally Relevant Teaching, i.e. teaching in ways that are relevant to…
Accessible Computational Thinking in Elementary Science Classes within and across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts (Collaborative Research: Nelson)
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This research project aims to enhance elementary teacher education in science and computational thinking pedagogy through the use of Culturally Relevant Teaching, i.e. teaching in ways that are relevant to…
Facilitating Formative Feedback: Using Simulations to Impact the Capability of Novice Mathematics Teachers
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This project explores the ways in which thoughtfully designed simulations can provide preservice teachers with formative assessment opportunities that serve as a complement to, or alternative to as needed,…
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Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) is a framework that puts students and their experiences at the center of teaching. Culturally relevant math and science teaching (CRMST), more specifically, describes equitable…
Understanding STEM Teaching Through Integrated Contexts in Everyday Life (Collaborative Research: Macalalag)
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Increased focus on school accountability and teacher performance measures have resulted in STEM instruction that emphasizes content and procedural knowledge over critical thinking and real-world applications.…
Understanding STEM Teaching Through Integrated Contexts in Everyday Life (Collaborative Research: Richardson)
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Increased focus on school accountability and teacher performance measures have resulted in STEM instruction that emphasizes content and procedural knowledge over critical thinking and real-world applications.…
Understanding STEM Teaching Through Integrated Contexts in Everyday Life (Collaborative Research: Johnson)
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Increased focus on school accountability and teacher performance measures have resulted in STEM instruction that emphasizes content and procedural knowledge over critical thinking and real-world applications.…
Understanding STEM Teaching Through Integrated Contexts in Everyday Life (Collaborative Research: Marco-Bujosa)
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Increased focus on school accountability and teacher performance measures have resulted in STEM instruction that emphasizes content and procedural knowledge over critical thinking and real-world applications.…
Supporting the Implementation of Scientific Modeling Instruction in High School Chemistry and Biology in Rural Schools
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High school students in many rural school districts have limited access to advanced STEM coursework and advanced technologies, including high-speed Internet. Rural school districts face difficulties in…
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This project will engage middle school students in place-based coastal erosion investigations that interweave Indigenous knowledge and Western STEM perspectives. Indigenous perspectives will emphasize learning…
Reducing Racially Biased Beliefs by Fostering a Complex Understanding of Human Genetics Research in High School Biology Students (Collaborative Research: Wedow)
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The project will refine a genetics education curriculum, called Humane Genome Literacy (HGL), in order to reduce belief in genetic essentialism. This research will provide curriculum writers and educators with…
Reducing Racially Biased Beliefs by Fostering a Complex Understanding of Human Genetics Research in High School Biology Students (Collaborative Research: Duncan)
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The project will refine a genetics education curriculum, called Humane Genome Literacy (HGL), in order to reduce belief in genetic essentialism. This research will provide curriculum writers and educators with…
Reducing Racially Biased Beliefs by Fostering a Complex Understanding of Human Genetics Research in High School Biology Students (Collaborative Research: Donovan)
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The project will refine a genetics education curriculum, called Humane Genome Literacy (HGL), in order to reduce belief in genetic essentialism. This research will provide curriculum writers and educators with…
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This project addresses a critical need to help middle school teachers learn to incorporate data science in their teaching. It uses an open-source platform called the Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP)…
Building Insights Through Observation: Researching Arts-based Methods for Teaching and Learning with Data
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This project will use visualizations from an easily accessible tool from NOAA, Science On a Sphere, to help students develop critical thinking skills and practices required to effectively make meaning from…
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The Framework for K-12 Science Education has set forth an ambitious vision for science learning by integrating disciplinary science ideas, scientific and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts, so that…
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Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed a three-year middle school Engineering and Technology course sequence that introduces students to advanced manufacturing tools such as computer aided design (CAD) and…
Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High-Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research: McCulloch)
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This project will develop a process for creating a shared, state-wide vision of high-quality mathematics instruction. It will also develop and study the resources to implement that vision at the state, district…
Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High-Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research: Schwartz)
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This project will develop a process for creating a shared, state-wide vision of high-quality mathematics instruction. It will also develop and study the resources to implement that vision at the state, district…
Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High-Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research: Mawhinney)
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This project will develop a process for creating a shared, state-wide vision of high-quality mathematics instruction. It will also develop and study the resources to implement that vision at the state, district…
Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High-Quality Mathematics Instruction (Collaborative Research: Wilson)
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This project will develop a process for creating a shared, state-wide vision of high-quality mathematics instruction. It will also develop and study the resources to implement that vision at the state, district…
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This project will investigate the challenges, needs, and support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to succeed in applying for educational research support from the National Science…
Leveraging the Power of Reflection and Visual Representation in Middle-Schoolers' Learning During and After an Informal Science Experience (Collaborative Research: Haden)
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This project addresses a longstanding problem in informal science education: how to increase the likelihood of consequential STEM learning from short duration experiences such as field trips. The project seeks…
Leveraging the Power of Reflection and Visual Representation in Middle-Schoolers' Learning During and After an Informal Science Experience (Collaborative Research: Dickes)
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This project addresses a longstanding problem in informal science education: how to increase the likelihood of consequential STEM learning from short duration experiences such as field trips. The project seeks…
Leveraging the Power of Reflection and Visual Representation in Middle-Schoolers' Learning During and After an Informal Science Experience (Collaborative Research: Uttal)
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This project addresses a longstanding problem in informal science education: how to increase the likelihood of consequential STEM learning from short duration experiences such as field trips. The project seeks…
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This project explores how to help teachers identify and support early elementary children’s emergent computational thinking. The project will engage researchers, professional development providers, and early…
Workshop for Writing Grants for Early Career Scholars in STEM and Learning Sciences Focused on Racial Equity
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This project focuses on supporting emerging scholars who have new ideas and approaches for approaching racial equity in their scholarship and work. The workshop, implemented as a series of sessions over the…
Supporting Teachers to Develop Equitable Mathematics Instruction Through Rubric-based Coaching (Collaborative Research: Wilson)
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This project brings together a successful mathematics rubric-based coaching model (MQI Coaching) and an empirically developed observation tool focused on equity-focused instructional practices, the Equity and…
Supporting Teachers to Develop Equitable Mathematics Instruction Through Rubric-based Coaching (Collaborative Research: Litke)
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This project brings together a successful mathematics rubric-based coaching model (MQI Coaching) and an empirically developed observation tool focused on equity-focused instructional practices, the Equity and…
Supporting Teachers to Develop Equitable Mathematics Instruction Through Rubric-Based Coaching (Collaborative Research: Hill)
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This project brings together a successful mathematics rubric-based coaching model (MQI Coaching) and an empirically developed observation tool focused on equity-focused instructional practices, the Equity and…
CAREER: From Research to Meta-Research to Practice – The Development of an Educational Learning Environment Framework for School Algebra
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This project advances the understanding of teaching and learning of algebra in grades 6 through 12 by using a methodology that leverages the cumulative power of an analysis of many studies on a topic. This work…
Science Teachers as Public Health Educators: How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Reshaped the Roles and Experiences of K-12 Science Teachers?
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This study will further the field's understanding of the role that science teachers play in adapting their instruction during a public health crisis, how they address emergent ideas throughout the unfolding of…
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This project will develop and investigate mathematics language routines focused on data science topics in middle and high school. The study will investigate teachers’ use of mathematics language routines and a…
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Covariational reasoning, or the ability to reason about relationships as quantities change together, is one way of thinking that can provide a foundation for students to build their more abstract algebraic…
CAREER: Transforming Science Teaching and Learning Through Empowering Teachers and Students as Climate Justice Action Researchers and Change Agents
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This project supports school-based science teachers and students in conducting community-based science research on the causes and effects of extreme heat/urban islands in racially and ethnically diverse…
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This project considers how teachers’ engagement in scientific sensemaking as an opportunity for teachers’ learning to support more expansive science learning environments. It seeks to address two ongoing…
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This project examines the development of statistical literacy that combines statistical reasoning and thinking. The project will use professional learning communities for teachers to learn about statistical…
CAREER: A Transformative Approach for Teaching and Learning Geometry by Representing and Interacting with Three-Dimensional Figures
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Three-dimensional figures can now be represented as diagrams that appear to extend into space in ways that are free of material or physical constraints. They can be rendered at any size, in any orientation, and…
The Impact of COVID on Childrens' Well-being in 2022: Continued Evidence from the Understanding America Study
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Building on the team's prior research from early in the pandemic, this project team will continue to collect data from families and aims to understand parents’ perspectives on the educational impacts of COVID-19…
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Students of color must have access to robust and meaningful opportunities to learn science in classrooms that center their assets and humanity. This project aims to cultivate such spaces through designing and…
CAREER: Advancing Equity in Middle School Mathematics by Engaging Students and Families of Color in Participatory Design Research
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This project seeks to investigate the possibilities and challenges of using a participatory approach to research and design, centering Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Hmong students and their families in…
CAREER: Developing Elementary Teachers’ Self-Efficacy to Teach About Climate Change Using Community-based Practices
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This project will support pre-service and in-service teachers in professional development that will prepare them to teach about climate change in community-specific ways. This project aims to advance elementary…
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This project aims to create and study an Equitable and Interactive Mathematical Modeling (EIM2) program that positions students as decision makers in their own learning. Despite the value of connecting students…
CAREER: Fostering Early STEM Exploration with Gifted and High Ability Black Girls and Their Elementary Teachers through Culturally Relevant Experiential Learning Activities
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This project will develop and study co-learning, community-engaged educational programs that center STEM education pipelines and pathways for gifted Black girls. The central aim is to bring about an actionable…
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In this project, we examine middle-school students’ understandings of coordinate systems and frames of reference prior to examining their graph construction and interpretation. This focus allows us to design…
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In this project, we examine middle-school students’ understandings of coordinate systems and frames of reference prior to examining their graph construction and interpretation. This focus allows us to design…
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This comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes evidence surrounding math and science remote education programs from the past 15 years. The goal is to understand the effectiveness of math and…
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Teachers’ beliefs influence their instructional decisions and these decisions shape the mathematical learning opportunities for all students. This is particularly important when considering the learning…
Examining an Online, International Exchange Professional Development Program for High School Teachers
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This project aims to elaborate a structure for practice-oriented, collaborative professional development that increases the capacities for collaborative learning by facilitating teacher-to-teacher interactions…
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This project will explore how children in grades K-2 understand visual representations of algebraic concepts. For instance, children might create tables or graphs to organize information about the relationship…
Applying and Refining a Model for Dynamic, Discussion-based Professional Development for Middle School Teachers about Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions (Collaborative Research: Orrill)
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This project explores the effectiveness of two different versions of professional development (PD) designed to enhance middle school mathematics teachers’ understanding of fractions and proportions, and their…
Applying and Refining a Model for Dynamic, Discussion-based Professional Development for Middle School Teachers about Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions (Collaborative Research: Cohen)
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This project explores the effectiveness of two different versions of professional development (PD) designed to enhance middle school mathematics teachers’ understanding of fractions and proportions, and their…
Applying and Refining a Model for Dynamic, Discussion-based Professional Development for Middle School Teachers about Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions (Collaborative Research: Brown)
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This project explores the effectiveness of two different versions of professional development (PD) designed to enhance middle school mathematics teachers’ understanding of fractions and proportions, and their…
Investigating How Combining Intensive Professional Development and Modest Support Affects Rural Elementary Teachers’ Science and Engineering Practice
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This study will investigate factors influencing teacher change after professional learning (PL) experiences and will examine the extent to which modest supports for science and engineering teaching in grades 3-5…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: Sinatra)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: Governor)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: McAuliffe)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: Lombardi)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: Buxner)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
Scaffolding Middle and High School Students’ Scientific Evaluations of Sources and Alternative Claims in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Collaborative Research: Bailey)
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This project addresses tools to support students in reading and evaluating a variety of sources to compare various claims addressing socioscientific issues. It draws on literacy concepts from science education…
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This project will design instructional assessment materials by using an innovative and unique design approach that brings together the coherent and systematic design elements of evidence-centered design, an…
Build It Green!: Enhancing Middle School Science Education Through an Energy Efficient Building Design Curriculum
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To act on energy issues, students need a strong understanding of energy flow and energy efficiency. However, students rarely have opportunities to learn about how buildings, such as their own school, drive about…
Culturally Responsive Engineering Experience Design and Development through Teacher-Undergraduate Engineering Student Partnerships
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This three-year early-stage design and development project will support a new teacher professional development and support model that builds the agency of 30 Miami-Dade County public high school science teachers…
Integrating the Statistical Investigation Process, Data Visualization, and Simulation into High School Statistics
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This project is developing curricular materials that utilize best teaching practices in improving student understanding of statistics and data science for use in high school Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry…
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With increased focus on STEM education for students with extensive support needs ESN, engineering practices highlight the importance of problem-solving skills (e.g., systems thinking, creativity), and…
Supporting Secondary Students’ Earth Science Knowledge and Engineering Design Skills with Mobile Design Studios
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In this project, the research team will create a computer-mediated design environment that enables students in grades 7-10 to collaboratively explore, make connections, generate, and evaluate design ideas that…
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This project aims to restructure middle school science education around Grand Challenges (GCs) such as pandemics, climate events, and diminishing biodiversity. Anchoring science education around grand challenges…
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This project is working to develop, implement, and research the introduction of data experiences and practices into a series of interdisciplinary, middle school project-based learning modules. The project…
How Multi-digit Number Names Guide Attention, Memory, and Place Value Learning in Early Elementary Mathematics
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This project seeks to understand how children learn about place value by studying different representations of multi-digit numbers (written number symbols, heard number names) and how prior knowledge of number…
Empowering Educators to Create Customized, Culturally Responsive Instructional Materials from Scratch Encore Harmonized with the Interest of Students (Collaborative Research: Franklin)
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This project builds on a successful introductory computer science curriculum, called Scratch Encore, to explore ways to support teachers in bringing together—or harmonizing—existing Scratch Encore instructional…
Empowering Educators to Create Customized, Culturally Responsive Instructional Materials from Scratch Encore Harmonized with the Interest of Students (Collaborative Research: Weintrop)
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This project builds on a successful introductory computer science curriculum, called Scratch Encore, to explore ways to support teachers in bringing together—or harmonizing—existing Scratch Encore instructional…
Evaluating Effects of Automatic Feedback Aligned to a Learning Progression to Promote Knowledge-In-Use
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This project examines the effect of an assessment system that automatically generates feedback based on students’ open-ended assessment responses in chemistry and physics consistent with a previously-developed…
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The project will design, develop, and test a research-based professional development (PD) approach that will ensure that teachers, and ultimately their middle-school students, have the knowledge to act in a way…
Preparing Mentors to Support Novices in Eliciting Student Thinking during Mathematics Discussions: Developing and Testing a Simulation-based PD Program
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This project will design and study an online, portable mentor teacher professional development (PD) program that target mentors’ teaching and feedback skills in elementary mathematics. The project aims to (1)…
Cultivating Relationships: Partnering with Teachers and Tribes to Integrate Indigenous and School STEM Knowledge
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This project connects interdisciplinary researchers and experts from four tribal nation partners to develop and implement an in-service teacher professional certificate program that integrates Indigenous…
Learning in Places: PK-5+ Field-based Science Education Across Schools, Families, and Communities (Collaborative Research: Bang)
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This project aims to meet this need by developing PreK-5, equity-oriented, field-based, interdisciplinary curricular materials that support students' socioecological reasoning and sustainable decision making.…
Learning in Places: PK-5+ Field-based Science Education Across Schools, Families, and Communities (Collaborative Research: Tzou)
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This project aims to meet this need by developing PreK-5, equity-oriented, field-based, interdisciplinary curricular materials that support students' socioecological reasoning and sustainable decision making.…
Fostering Virtual Learning of Data Science Foundations with Mathematical Logic for Rural High School Students (Collaborative Research: Zhang)
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This project addresses a major educational barrier, namely that rural students are less likely to choose a major in STEM and have far less access to advanced STEM courses taught by highly qualified teachers.…
Fostering Virtual Learning of Data Science Foundations with Mathematical Logic for Rural High School Students (Collaborative Research: Xing)
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This project addresses a major educational barrier, namely that rural students are less likely to choose a major in STEM and have far less access to advanced STEM courses taught by highly qualified teachers. The…
Bridging Preschool and Kindergarten Science: Exploring Play-based Engagement with Scientific and Engineering Practices in Early Learning Environments (Collaborative Research: Miller)
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This project aims to deepen understanding of how to support and develop early childhood science learning by articulating science and engineering practices observed in children’s play. It also aims to develop…
Bridging Preschool and Kindergarten Science: Exploring Play-based Engagement with Scientific and Engineering Practices in Early Learning Environments (Collaborative Research: Kenyon)
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This project aims to deepen understanding of how to support and develop early childhood science learning by articulating science and engineering practices observed in children’s play. It also aims to develop…
Using Integrated, Place-based Watershed Curriculum to Increase Teacher Self-Efficacy with Culturally Relevant STEM
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This project will design and research a professional development (PD) model in which elementary teachers experience integrated, place-based, culturally sustaining STEM curriculum focused on local watersheds and…
Developing Neural and Behavioral Measures to Predict Long-Term STEM Learning Outcomes from a High School Spatial Learning Course (Collaborative Research: Green)
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This project uses neural and behavioral measures of learning as a basis for making improvements to an immersive high school course that trains students in flexible spatial cognition and data analysis. Tracking…
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The project will develop a teacher professional learning (PL) model that focuses on middle-school biological sciences in addressing real world problems. Systems thinking is central to understanding biology…
Experiments in Teacher Professional Learning: Testing Design Features that Accelerate Instructional Improvement in Mathematics
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Teacher professional learning is a critical part of the mathematics education landscape. For decades, professional learning has been the primary strategy for developing the skills of the teaching workforce and…
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Through this project, the North Carolina State University Data Science Academy will identify the key success components of a model for the recruitment and mentoring of a diverse cohort of postdoctoral fellows…
Learning Probability Through AI Problem-Solving in a Game-based Environment (Collaborative Research: Greenwald)
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Understanding probability is essential for daily life. Probabilistic reasoning is critical in decision making not only for people but also for artificial intelligence (AI). AI sets a modern context to connect…
Learning Probability Through AI Problem-Solving in a Game-based Environment (Collaborative Research: Wang)
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Understanding probability is essential for daily life. Probabilistic reasoning is critical in decision making not only for people but also for artificial intelligence (AI). AI sets a modern context to connect…
Designing Computational Modeling Curricula across Science Subjects to Study How Repeated Engagement Impacts Student Learning throughout High School (Collaborative Research: Conlin)
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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…
Designing Computational Modeling Curricula across Science Subjects to Study How Repeated Engagement Impacts Student Learning throughout High School (Collaborative Research: Kantzer)
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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…
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…
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The project will design and research the Cultural Connections Process Model (CCPM), a place-based, culturally sustaining STEM educational resources and model that will engage Alaska Native and other high school…
Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research: Dingman)
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Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and interact with their students, choose curricular materials, and implement curriculum standards in the service of high-quality instruction…
Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research: Roth-McDuffie)
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Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and interact with their students, choose curricular materials, and implement curriculum standards in the service of high-quality instruction…
Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research: May-Sondergeld)
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Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and interact with their students, choose curricular materials, and implement curriculum standards in the service of high-quality instruction…
Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research: Bostic)
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Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and interact with their students, choose curricular materials, and implement curriculum standards in the service of high-quality instruction…
Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research: Teuscher)
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Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and interact with their students, choose curricular materials, and implement curriculum standards in the service of high-quality instruction…
Developing and Testing a Learning Progression for Middle School Physical Science Incorporating Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts
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This project will develop and test a learning progression for middle school physical science that incorporates the three dimensions identified in Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS): the Disciplinary…
Supporting School Administrators in Leading Towards Racially Just and Ambitious Mathematics Instruction
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This project focuses on developing anti-racist mathematics teaching and learning practices that have led to inequitable school experiences for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students. This study is a partnership…
Adapted Measure of Math Engagement: Designing Self-Report Measures of Mathematics Engagement for Black and Latina/o Middle School Students (Collaborative Research: Holquist)
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This project focuses on developing the Adapted Measure of Math Engagement (AM-ME), a new evidence-based measure for math teachers to assess students’ engagement. This project develops a mathematics engagement…
Adapted Measure of Math Engagement: Designing Self-Report Measures of Mathematics Engagement for Black and Latina/o Middle School Students (Collaborative Research: Gordon)
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This project focuses on developing the Adapted Measure of Math Engagement (AM-ME), a new evidence-based measure for math teachers to assess students’ engagement. This project develops a mathematics engagement…
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EarthX is a design-based research project that supports the integration of Earth science into high school biology, chemistry, and physics courses in Baltimore City Public Schools, while also supporting the…
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This project will explore how to promote students’ curiosity as a way of supporting science learning. The project will study how curiosity develops, the ways that classroom learning experiences influence…
Project AIM-NEXT: All Included in Mathematics New Extensions - Professional Development for K-2 Mathematics Teachers, Leaders, and Coaches (Collaborative Research: Sztajn)
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The project is designing a web-based, district-led professional development implementation, focusing on improving mathematics discourse practices in K-2 classrooms, with particular attention to emergent…
Project AIM-NEXT: All Included in Mathematics New Extensions - Professional Development for K-2 Mathematics Teachers, Leaders, and Coaches (Collaborative Research: Heck)
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The project is designing a web-based, district-led professional development implementation, focusing on improving mathematics discourse practices in K-2 classrooms, with particular attention to emergent…
Using Problem-based Learning Analytics to Investigate Individual and Collaborative Mathematics Learning in a Digital Environment Over Time
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This project supports the development of a collaborative digital learning environment that embeds rich middle school mathematics tasks. The project aims to understand how students' individual and collaborative…
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Familial presence in school supports children’s learning. However, few models exist that illustrate forms of familial presence in STEM learning that center familial cultural knowledge and practice. The project…
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The project continues and completes the development and refinement of an electronic Test of Early Numeracy (e-TEN) in English and Spanish, focused on number and operations for young learners. The assessment…
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This project examines middle school students’ graph literacy from an asset-based perspective, documenting the ways in which students think about graphs (i.e., their cognitive strategies and intuitive insights),…
Examining Potential Causal Connections and Mechanisms Between Children's Block Play and Mathematics Learning
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The purpose of this project is to further develop, refine, and evaluate a research-based STEM learning tool (i.e. block play) that tests theories of mathematical learning. The first objective is to empirically…
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One of the most persistent challenges in education is the gap between research and classroom practice, meaning that research-informed recommendations and practices that could support students’ mathematics…
CAREER: Investigating Young Children's Opportunities to Learn Mathematics in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Realizing the potential of preschool to address historical inequities demands a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the varied ways opportunities to learn play out for individual children within and across…
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Elementary students need opportunities to see science as meaningful and relevant to their lives. One way to increase this relevance is with learning experiences that are grounded in community-based questions and…
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Promoting equity-focused mathematics education requires models that will prepare and support mathematics pre-service teachers (PSTs) who will question existing norms and advocate for all their students. This…
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This project will contribute new knowledge on two aspects of participation in mathematics education. First, this research aims to understand how perceptions of race influence how teachers, future teachers, and…
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There have been prominent and widespread calls for high school science students to work with data in more complex ways that better align with and support the work of professional scientists and engineers.…
CAREER: Equity Focused Elementary Mathematics: Creating Virtual Mathematics Communities in Rural Georgia
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Access to high quality STEM education is highly variable depending on where one lives. In addition, early career teachers need support during their first years of teaching to be successful and help them stay in…
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The goal of the project is to understand the current conditions, challenges, and resources that pertain to mathematics education in rural areas in the United States.
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The goal of the project is to understand the current conditions, challenges, and resources that pertain to mathematics education in rural areas in the United States.
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The goal of the project is to understand the current conditions, challenges, and resources that pertain to mathematics education in rural areas in the United States.
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In this project, researchers will develop and investigate a novel professional development model to support mathematics teachers’ learning of responsive pedagogies for linguistically marginalized students.…
A Team-based Model for Co-adapting Existing Middle School Science Curricula for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
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Today’s schools are experiencing increasing cultural and linguistic diversity and facing the challenge of creating meaningful connections between school science and student lived experiences outside of school.…
Developing an Early Mathematics Intervention for Children with Disabilities in the Home Learning Environment
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The purpose of this project is to develop a home mathematics environment (HME) intervention for preschool-aged children with developmental delays (DD). The project includes caregivers of children with DD as…
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…
Investigating Early Elementary Students' Computational Thinking Development in Integrated Mathematics-Coding Instruction
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Despite growing interest in supporting the integration of computational thinking (CT) in elementary education, there is not an agreed-upon definition of CT that is developmentally appropriate for early childhood…
Developing Concept of Variable Among Students with Mathematics Difficulties in Preparation for Algebra 1
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Understanding of algebra concepts is necessary for students to gain access to STEM pathways. However, recent efforts in education have failed to improve algebra outcomes for many students, especially those 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…
Assessing the Efficacy and Implementation of a Technology-based Mathematics Intervention for Middle School Students
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This project will investigate the potential of a novel approach to mathematics intervention that leverages the affordances of technology and evidence-based pedagogy to improve mathematics learning for middle…
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…
Improving Rural Middle Grades Mathematics Instruction Through a Statewide Teacher-Researcher Alliance
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This project establishes a statewide teacher-researcher alliance of mathematics teachers and teacher leaders in Idaho, who will work with teacher educators at two universities with expertise in professional…
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This project seeks to better understand how teachers' capacity and willingness to customize instructional approaches to meet standards and the needs of diverse student populations develops through initial…
Making the Building Blocks of Early Math Scalable, Accessible, and Viable for All Young Children and Their Teachers
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This project will build an interactive and integrated curricular and professional development technological system: the Building Blocks Toolset (BBToolset). The BBToolset is designed to benefit all early…
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,…
Advancing Mentor Teachers' Practices Through Collaborative Pedagogical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Ghousseini)
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This project leverages the role of mentor teachers to support novices’ development of pedagogical reasoning and increase the likelihood that they will be prepared to engage in responsive mathematics teaching.…
Advancing Mentor Teachers' Practices Through Collaborative Pedagogical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Shaughnessy)
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This project leverages the role of mentor teachers to support novices’ development of pedagogical reasoning and increase the likelihood that they will be prepared to engage in responsive mathematics teaching.…
Advancing Mentor Teachers' Practices Through Collaborative Pedagogical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Remillard)
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This project leverages the role of mentor teachers to support novices’ development of pedagogical reasoning and increase the likelihood that they will be prepared to engage in responsive mathematics teaching.…
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Geometry instruction offers unique opportunities for students to apply design thinking to authentic problems. This project supports teachers in designing and implementing lessons using a human-centered design (…
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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…
Intelligent Science Stations: Developing Adaptive Mixed-Reality Technology to Enhance Inquiry-based STEM Learning in Schools
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The project aims to develop and research Intelligent Science Stations, a new genre of interactive science experiences. The Intelligent Science Stations will provide students in kindergarten to 4th grade with…
A Professional Development Model for High School Teachers to Adapt Curricula Toward Students' Knowledges and Resources
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This project brings together education researchers, high school science teachers, research scientists, and community-based organizations as co-design teams to modify science curriculum materials to be justice-…
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,…
Elementary Teacher Professional Learning of Equitable Engineering Pedagogies for Multilingual Students
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This project will develop a standards-aligned engineering professional learning model for elementary teachers of multilingual learners. This interdisciplinary approach is innovative in its effort to provide…
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…
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Leaders in mathematics and elementary education are organizing and hosting a conference that brings together researchers from mathematics education, cognitive science, and special education. Organized over three…
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Acquiring scientific knowledge and skills requires persisting through challenges, yet it has become increasingly common for parents in the United States to step in and solve problems for their children. This…
Enhancing STEM Success: A Multi-modal Investigating of Spatial Reasoning and Training in Undergraduate Education
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One crucial predictor of success in STEM disciplines is spatial reasoning ability, which involves mentally manipulating and representing objects in space. However, STEM courses often neglect the purposeful…
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Videos of teaching have become a popular tool for facilitating teacher learning, with the potential to powerfully impact teacher practice. However, less is known about specific mechanisms through which teachers…
Engaging Students in Discourse About Criteria for Judging Scientific Models (Collaborative Research: Duncan)
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The goal of this project is to study how secondary students come to understand better an underlying logic of natural sciences—the relation between construction of new ideas and critique of them. Science…
Engaging Students in Discourse About Criteria for Judging Scientific Models (Collaborative Research: Danish)
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The goal of this project is to study how secondary students come to understand better an underlying logic of natural sciences—the relation between construction of new ideas and critique of them. Science…
Examining Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Behaviors and Learning with an Online Professional Development Platform (Collaborative Research: Perry)
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In this project, the investigators will explore different ways that elementary school teachers participate in online learning in a platform that includes videos, discussions, and other resources for mathematics…
Examining Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Behaviors and Learning with an Online Professional Development Platform (Collaborative Research: Cimpian)
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In this project, the investigators will explore different ways that elementary school teachers participate in online learning in a platform that includes videos, discussions, and other resources for mathematics…
Examining Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Behaviors and Learning with an Online Professional Development Platform (Collaborative Research: Moran)
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In this project, the investigators will explore different ways that elementary school teachers participate in online learning in a platform that includes videos, discussions, and other resources for mathematics…
Examining the Longitudinal Development of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Equitable Noticing of Children’s Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Thomas)
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There is a need for resources for teacher education programs to help pre-service teachers learn about equitable mathematics approaches to teaching and learning. This project will develop modules, resources, and…
Examining the Longitudinal Development of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Equitable Noticing of Children’s Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Jessup)
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There is a need for resources for teacher education programs to help pre-service teachers learn about equitable mathematics approaches to teaching and learning. This project will develop modules, resources, and…
Examining the Longitudinal Development of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Equitable Noticing of Children’s Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Kalinec-Craig)
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There is a need for resources for teacher education programs to help pre-service teachers learn about equitable mathematics approaches to teaching and learning. This project will develop modules, resources, and…
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This exploratory study aims to design, implement, and test climate science and history professional learning materials and experiences for high school teachers. By leveraging existing science and history/social…
Enhancing Early Childhood Educators' Reflective Practice and Content Knowledge to Increase Children's Capacity for Science Talk
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Early childhood educators (ECEs) understand that effective science teaching and learning requires content knowledge related to science concepts and practices and pedagogical knowledge. However, ECEs, especially…
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This project examines how Latine, bilingual teachers' dispositions to teach science and engineering to bilingual learners change as they enter the teaching profession. Specifically, it explores bilingual…
Examining Relationships Among Teacher Professional Learning and Associated Teacher and Student Outcomes in Math and Science: A Meta-analytic Approach to Mediation and Moderation
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This research synthesis study reviews the effects of professional learning interventions and will advance STEM educators' understanding of the critically important relationships among teacher professional…
Mobilizing Physics Teachers to Promote Inclusive and Communal Classroom Cultures Through Everyday Actions (Collaborative Research: Fracchiolla)
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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: 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…
Meta-Analysis of the Instructional-Relational Model of Student Engagement and Math Achievement: A Moderation and Mediation Approach
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This research synthesis systematically reviews and meta-analyzes the evidence on relationships between teacher support, student engagement, and mathematics achievement in the instructional–relational model…
Co-developing a Community-based Science Education Curriculum Framework for Disaster Justice and Resilience: A Response to the 2022 Buffalo Blizzard
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This RAPID project responds to the Buffalo blizzard of 2022 (Buffalo, NY) by developing, with and for the community, a science education curriculum framework focused on disaster justice and resilience. This…
Fostering Systems Thinking in High School Environmental Engineering Through Engagement of Coastal Communities
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This project is an innovative exploratory research study focused on developing a high school environmental engineering curriculum that addresses the challenges posed by climate change. The curriculum follows a…
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…
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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…
CAREER: Second Chance STEM: Uncovering School Policies Structuring Access to and Engagement in High School STEM Credit Recovery
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Online STEM credit courses have become attractive to school leaders as a way to support students who fail STEM courses in face-to-face school year settings. However, there is little research about the processes…
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This research study examines the potential of integrating student-driven descriptive investigations of complex multivariate civic datasets into middle school social studies classrooms. It uses a collaborative co…
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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) will host a workshop that brings together NSF-funded teams working on midscale research infrastructure incubator projects for STEM…
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…
CAREER: Inviting All 21st Century Problem-Solvers: Building Equity by De-tracking Middle School Mathematics Instruction
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This project examines student and teacher experiences with the de-tracking of math sequences in a public school district in Western Oregon. It examines how a district-wide cohort of middle school students, as…
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This project partners with a mathematics department at a public middle school to co-design, analyze, and improve teachers’ translanguaging pedagogies, that is pedagogies that draw on students’ full linguistic…
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This five-year participatory research project follows students from transitional kindergarten to third grade to understand whether and how Number Talks (i.e., ten-to-fifteen-minute math discussions where…
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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…
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…
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…
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Effective “early” algebra interventions in elementary grades that can develop all students’ algebra readiness for later grades are needed. This study will use an experimental design to test the effectiveness of…
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This project will improve STEM education by studying the various strategies taught to and used by students for solving multi-digit multiplication and division to develop a more cohesive understanding of children…
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Over the years, researchers and practitioners have created and tested different ways to support students who struggle with learning mathematics. These methods include directly teaching various mathematics skills…
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Science and engineering teaching and curriculum have begun to engage learners’ knowledge of themselves, their communities, and their experiences of science and engineering. This knowledge can make the experience…
An Investigation of Effective Methods for Using Writing in Secondary Math and Science to Improve Student Outcomes
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Writing instruction in math and science is an essential area of research to ensure equitable K-12 and college experiences and to better prepare all students in ways that provide opportunities to pursue STEM…
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…
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…
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High school and first-year college mathematics courses sometimes act as gatekeepers, ‘weeding out’ students who struggle with the subject matter and narrowing students’ opportunities for advanced STEM education…
Teacher Professional Development and Collaboration to Integrate CyberSecurity in Mathematics and Science Elementary Curriculum
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Cybersecurity is becoming an increased concern among young technology users; however, elementary school teachers often have limited preparation to teach students about cybersecurity. This project is designed to…
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To successfully understand and address complex and important questions in the field of environmental science, many kinds of communities’ knowledge about their local environment need to be engaged. This one-year…
Cultivating Math Resilience: Fostering a Durable School-University Partnership Working to Promote Math Confidence in Post-Pandemic Education
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Anxiety about math has increased for some students due to disruptions in their learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This partnership development project involving Portland State University and the Tigard-…
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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 Between a Rural School and an Urban University to Support Algebra 1 Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Tutoring programs that are jointly supported by schools and universities can offer benefits to both parties. The programs, however, are only helpful to the extent they respond to the needs and interests of the…
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…
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…
Building Capacity in a Rural School District to Support Teacher Development in STEM Areas Through Cycles of Continuous Improvement
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Partnership development between universities and school districts requires an understanding that each organization has a distinct institutional point of view that must be considered in defining and shaping…
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…
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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…
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This partnership development project deepens an existing partnership between the researcher and leadership of an elementary school in central Texas that serves predominantly Black and Latine students. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Promoting Equity Through Localization and High-Quality Instructional Materials: Bringing Together Practitioners, Researchers, and Designers
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This project will support a conference series, including an in-person gathering and virtual follow-up meetings, that will bring together teachers, researchers, education leaders, and instructional material…
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…
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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Science education integrates the study of and practices from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). At the fundamental level, the pedagogy involves teaching and learning that emphasizes the use of…
Youth Learning Science and Engineering While Developing Community-based Agency Through Resourceful Engagement in STEM (Collaborative Research: Hunter)
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This project will examine middle school students’ learning of earth and physical sciences and their functional understanding of engineering design as they engage in newly developed environmental justice-oriented…
Youth Learning Science and Engineering While Developing Community-based Agency Through Resourceful Engagement in STEM (Collaborative Research: Bryan)
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This project will examine middle school students’ learning of earth and physical sciences and their functional understanding of engineering design as they engage in newly developed environmental justice-oriented…
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…
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Mathematics education research has emphasized instruction that asks teachers to use approaches that center students’ mathematical thinking. A significant part of this is how teachers notice, or focus on, analyze…
Investigating Changes to Teachers’ Classroom Practices After Participation in Different Professional Development Models
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While research has identified some features of professional development that impact teacher and student outcomes, there is still much mathematics education researchers do not know regarding which design features…
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Staying up to date on new research findings is an increasingly daunting task for researchers, with scientific literature doubling roughly every 15 to 20 years. Synthesis researchers, too, face growing resource…
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To position students as mathematically competent, middle grades mathematics teachers need easily accessible professional learning (PL), including opportunities to participate in discussions about both…
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As the nation tackles the challenges of energy transition, K-12 education must prepare a future STEM workforce that can not only apply STEM skills but also address reasoning through complex sociotechnical…
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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An exit ticket is a recommended and widely used way to end a lesson. The most common purpose of exit tickets is to provide formative feedback to teachers about whether students have met the objectives of a given…
Supporting Teachers Appropriation of Ambitious Teaching Practice Within the Context of Implementing Complex Multidimensional Science Assessments
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Expectations and opportunities for student learning in science are expanding to involve students in making sense of and addressing real questions and problems in the world around them. At the same time, school…
Designing a Teacher Learning Sequence for Building on Mathematical Opportunities in Student Thinking (Collaborative Research: Peterson)
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Mathematical Opportunities in Student Thinking (MOSTs) are high-leverage instances of student mathematical thinking that emerge in whole-class discussions. The challenge for teachers is to build on these…
Designing a Teacher Learning Sequence for Building on Mathematical Opportunities in Student Thinking (Collaborative Research: Stockero)
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Mathematical Opportunities in Student Thinking (MOSTs) are high-leverage instances of student mathematical thinking that emerge in whole-class discussions. The challenge for teachers is to build on these…
Teaching for the Anthropocene: Teacher Learning and Practice for Critical Systems Thinking (Collaborative Research: Kayumova)
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Socio-environmental issues are both a key to secondary student interest in science and a difficult terrain for teachers to navigate. Problems like climate change have not only scientific but also social,…
Teaching for the Anthropocene: Teacher Learning and Practice for Critical Systems Thinking (Collaborative Research: Strom)
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Socio-environmental issues are both a key to secondary student interest in science and a difficult terrain for teachers to navigate. Problems like climate change have not only scientific but also social,…
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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…
Empowering Tomorrow's Scientists: A Preprint and Peer-Review Platform to Transform Student Learning and Participation in Science Communication Innovations
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Scientific literacy is an important educational goal, and the way scientists communicate is key to how science, as an institution, succeeds in its work. Conveniently, the recent and rapid rise of preprint…
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: Kermish-Allen)
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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: 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…
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This project will develop a sustainable Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) model between the Worcester Public Schools (WPS) and the Learning Sciences Lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Together, WPI…
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The rapid onset of AI, and generative AI tools such as LLMs, amplify the need for AI literacies, including concepts, practices and ethics, for K-12 schools. Some AI literacy resources, such as AI4K12 and AI4ALL…
Co-constructing Strategies to Enhance Support and Effectiveness in Teaching Scientific Argumentation with Technology
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Scientific argumentation is one of the eight essential practices in the Next Generation Science Standards. Over the past decade, various methods have been employed to help middle-school students develop…
Conducting a Systematic Review of Research to Build a Next Generation Teacher Professional Learning Framework in Math and Science
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This project synthesizes research on teacher learning to distill ideas and develop a new, deeper understanding of how preK-12 teacher professional learning in mathematics and science influences teacher beliefs,…
Design and Development of Integer Games to Reduce Barriers to Algebra (Collaborative Research: Bofferding)
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Elementary school students' prolonged experiences with positive numbers and operations often lead to their overgeneralizations of rules (e.g., adding always makes larger numbers, subtracting always makes smaller…
Design and Development of Integer Games to Reduce Barriers to Algebra (Collaborative Research: Aqazade)
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Elementary school students' prolonged experiences with positive numbers and operations often lead to their overgeneralizations of rules (e.g., adding always makes larger numbers, subtracting always makes smaller…
Design and Development of Integer Games to Reduce Barriers to Algebra (Collaborative Research: Enzinger)
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Elementary school students' prolonged experiences with positive numbers and operations often lead to their overgeneralizations of rules (e.g., adding always makes larger numbers, subtracting always makes smaller…
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Given the national priority for America's leadership in science, there is a need to strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in science classrooms. This conference brings together researchers,…
Piloting High Quality Instructional Materials in Secondary Science to Foster Instructional Improvements
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Tomorrow's domestic STEM workforce demands that students bring the ability to explain real-world phenomena and solve problems collaboratively. In many school districts, a significant gap persists between this…
CAREER: A Pragmatic, Iterative Approach to Advancing Evidence-based Practices for Preparing and Developing K–12 Science Teachers
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This project addresses a crucial need in K-12 science teacher education to respond to local school district needs for high-quality science teaching and the role of teacher education programs to develop programs…
CAREER: Supporting Metacognition to Strengthen Early Childhood Science Teaching and Learning in Rural Idaho
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Preschool and kindergarten-aged children are still developing the skills needed to reflect on and manage their own thinking, a process often referred to as metacognition. Without strategic support from their…
Designing School District Infrastructures that Support Elementary Science Learning Through Leveraging Students’ Communicative Practices
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Throughout the United States, elementary classrooms include students with a range of communicative practices and strengths, including strengths in speaking one or more languages, and strengths in generating and…
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This project addresses the critical need for improved mathematics education of elementary teachers and their students by preparing and supporting Elementary Mathematics Specialists (EMSs) who are highly…
Professional Learning Resources for Customizing Curricula to Support Elementary Students in Using Full Communicative Repertoires for Scientific Sensemaking (Collaborative Research: González-Howard)
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Scientific sensemaking is core to learning and doing science. Oral and written language, visual and numerical representations, physical models, and other forms of communication are vital to scientific…
Professional Learning Resources for Customizing Curricula to Support Elementary Students in Using Full Communicative Repertoires for Scientific Sensemaking (Collaborative Research: McNeill)
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Scientific sensemaking is core to learning and doing science. Oral and written language, visual and numerical representations, physical models, and other forms of communication are vital to scientific…
Advancing Computational Thinking and Microelectronics Education Through Generative AI Within an Engineering Design Framework
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This project will investigate how recent advances in artificial intelligence can support computational thinking development within an innovative biology curriculum in which students design and program a robotic…
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The growing importance of data, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in education, work, and personal and civic life has increased the need for all U.S. students to develop data literacy, statistical…
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Rapid changes in computing, especially with advances in artificial intelligence, are reshaping the future needs of society and the demands on the STEM workforce. More than ever, computer science (CS) education…
CAREER: Designing an Elementary After-School Mathematics Program to Expand Conceptions of Mathematics for Teachers and Students
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This project will investigate how to design an after-school mathematics space within a school setting that can challenge and expand both students' and teachers' conceptions of what doing mathematics means and…
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As STEM education researchers work to improve STEM teaching and learning in schools and districts across the nation, rural communities are often overlooked. There is a definite critical need for STEM education…
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Disengagement from mathematics during middle and high school is a widespread concern that contributes to lower academic achievement and diminished long-term participation in STEM fields. Research shows that…
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Coding is a key part of computer science, and promoting opportunities that engage learners in coding is vital to the U.S. workforce development. This project builds upon prior research that created a free coding…
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While simulations are powerful tools for scientific inquiry, most students need scaffolding to engage productively in simulation-based inquiry. This project will develop and study an automated feedback system…
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Significant resources have been invested in workforce development to ensure the world is prepared for the growth of the quantum industry, yet relatively little work has focused on K-12 education. This project…
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This project explores how immersive field science experiences and carefully designed digital resources can help secondary teachers make science more engaging and relatable for students. The research team will…
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Data science is fast becoming a dominant part of scientific, economic, and social scientific reasoning, as well as a necessary perspective for making life decisions that rely on data. But there is little work in…
Centering Families in Mathematics Teacher Preparation: A Conference for Families, PreK-5 Teachers, Mathematics Teacher Educators, and Teacher Candidates
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While family engagement in mathematics is highly predictive of children's mathematical outcomes, teachers' family engagement responsibilities are rarely addressed in teacher preparation programs. This conference…
Designing a Professional Learning Model to Develop Teachers Professional Vision for Integrating Computational Thinking in K-12 Science Courses (Collaborative Research: Witherspoon)
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The goal of this project is to build teacher capacity for integrating computational thinking (CT) into grades 6–8 science classrooms. The project will support teacher professional vision and adaptive expertise…
Designing a Professional Learning Model to Develop Teachers Professional Vision for Integrating Computational Thinking in K-12 Science Courses (Collaborative Research: Greenwald)
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The goal of this project is to build teacher capacity for integrating computational thinking (CT) into grades 6–8 science classrooms. The project will support teacher professional vision and adaptive expertise…
Engaging K-8 Teachers in Integrating Computer Science, AI, and Cybersecurity into Standard-based Teaching (Collaborative Research: Albert)
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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in the technologies used by both students and teachers, it is essential for them to understand how to be safe while using AI. Furthermore, AI and…
Engaging K-8 Teachers in Integrating Computer Science, AI, and Cybersecurity into Standard-based Teaching (Collaborative Research: Joswick)
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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in the technologies used by both students and teachers, it is essential for them to understand how to be safe while using AI. Furthermore, AI and…
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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…
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This project involves a longitudinal, ethnographic study of children's mathematical performances from preschool to first grade in both formal classroom settings and informal settings at school and home. The…
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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This project focuses on how children learn to reason about three aspects of complex causality; probabilistic causation; action at a distance; and distributed causality;and how to best support the development of…
Developing an Empirically-tested Learning Progression for the Transformation of Matter to Inform Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Design
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A principled framework is created for the development of learning progressions in science that can demonstrate how their use can transform the way researchers, educators and curriculum developers conceptualize…
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This project is using data from interviews with 160 K-12 students and 20 adults to describe common understandings and progressions of development for negative number concepts and operations. The project is…
Southeast Regional Technical Assistance and Information Workshop for Minority-serving Institutions To Broadening Participation in the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
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This project will conduct a 1.5 day regional technical assistance and information conference/workshop for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to broaden their participation in the Division of Research on…
Developing the Next Generation of Middle School Science Materials--Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology (Collaborative Research: Reiser)
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This project will design a comprehensive science curriculum for grades 6-8, in which learning performances drive the design of activities and assessments in order to specify how students should be able to use…
The Professional Learning Community Model for Alternative Pathways in Teaching Science and Mathematics (PLC-MAP)
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This project will develop a Professional Learning Community (PLC) model for engaging science and education researchers from a university with science and mathematics faculty at community colleges to increase the…
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The Science of Atoms and Molecules is supplemental material, constituting about 10% of the course work and providing a progressive understanding of the centrality of atomic scale phenomena and their implications…
Policy Research Initiatives in Science Education (PRISE) to Improve Teaching and Learning in High School Science
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This project will use a systems approach to link educational research with policy development to lead to the development of an articulated and coherent system of continuous professional career development that…
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This project will conduct a professional development series to improve the content knowledge of science teachers. "Across the Sciences," a ten-unit series requiring approximately 145 hours to complete, will…
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This project will provide an empirically-supported learning progression for a key scientific practice, scientific modeling. The specific instructional materials created as part of the project can serve as a…
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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 produce, publish and disseminate a strong mathematics content curriculum for in-service secondary mathematics teachers and prepare a group of specialized teacher-leaders to deliver this…
How Do Induction and Continuing Professional Development Affect Beginning Middle School Math Teachers' Instruction and Student Achievement?
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This project will study the impact and effect of the use of induction for first year middle grades mathematics teachers in three districts in Tennessee and Kentucky, including rural and urban settings. The…
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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…
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This project will include activities such as workshops, conferences and symposia designed to further develop the field of mathematics instruction both nationally and internationally. Specifically, the grant will…
Engaging Secondary Students and Teachers Through a Proficiency-Based Assessment and Reassessment of Learning Outcomes (PARLO) System in Mathematics
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This project is researching the efficacy of a learning and assessment system that emphasizes students' attaining proficiency or better on a limited set of high value learning objectives in Algebra…
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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This project will contribute to the understanding of how high school physics can have a positive impact on students' self-perceptions, impacting important educational outcomes in this subject matter. Its focus…
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The research and educational activities of this project focus on advancing the field in the area of fraction operation algorithm development. The goal of this research is to identify core mathematical teaching…
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This research project aims to explore and understand how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to promote and teach spatial thinking and social science inquiry skills. It addresses the research…
CAREER: Exploring the Role of Variability as an Organizing Concept for the Teaching and Learning of Statistical Reasoning in Middle School
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This CAREER project explores interrelated research questions: (1) What understandings of variability can provide conceptual support for the scheme of ideas that underlie statistical inference--making claims…
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This project will hold a two-day workshop on assessing 21st century skills building on two previous workshops. The previous workshops expressed the need for assessments that can measure the attainment of 21st…
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This project is reviewing and analyzing policy documents and studies related to Algebra I learning and teaching, in order to (1) gain a better understanding of algebra education in the United States; and (2)…
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This project provides partial support for the First North American GeoGebra Conference, GeoGebra-NA2010, to be held July 27-28, 2010 at Ithaca College. The global mission of this conference is to build a…
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…
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This research and development project develops and tests in the classroom three fifth-grade and two second-grade science units that combine both socio-cultural and socio-cognitive perspectives in order to more…
Biocomplexity: Transforming an Innovative High School Curriculum with UDL Scaffolds and Multimedia Resources
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This project transforms an already-useful curriculum to reach a wider population of students and teachers. The curriculum effectively builds on a base of core science and math concepts to bring important current…
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This project will bring together two promising innovations: a high school course entitled Energizing Physics and the BEAR assessment system. The goal of this study is to develop and test a formative assessment…
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The main goal of this mathematics education research project is to determine through experimentation specific teaching strategies that can be used to support middle school students in drawing connections between…
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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…
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-…
INK-12: Teaching and Learning Using Interactive Ink Inscriptions in K-12 (Collaborative Research: Rubin)
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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-…
Zydeco: A Mobile "Nomadic Inquiry" System to Support and Bridge Science Inquiry Between Classroom and Museum Contexts
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This project will explore how new mobile and web-based technologies can support content-rich nomadic inquiry; that is, science inquiry that takes place on-the-go, across integrated K-12 formal and informal…
Oceans of Data: What is Needed to Support Students' Learning with Large Scientific Databases? (Collaborative Research: Peach)
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This project will address the question: In what ways can research on learning inform the design of interfaces and technology tools to be used by students accessing large scientific data bases? Oceans of Data…
Oceans of Data: What is Needed to Support Students' Learning with Large Scientific Databases? (Collaborative Research: Krumhansl)
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This project will address the question: In what ways can research on learning inform the design of interfaces and technology tools to be used by students accessing large scientific data bases? Oceans of Data…
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This project will design, develop, and test a virtual learning community (VLC) to enhance the ability of first- and fourth-grade teachers to provide mathematics education. The goal is to produce a prototype of a…
Rethinking How to Teach Energy: Laying The Foundations in Elementary School (Collaborative Research: Lacy)
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This project is a collaborative effort that aims to develop a grade 3-5 Learning Progression that will provide a coherent approach to teaching energy in elementary school and lay a strong foundation for further…
Rethinking How to Teach Energy: Laying The Foundations in Elementary School (Collaborative Research: Wiser)
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This project is a collaborative effort that aims to develop a grade 3-5 Learning Progression that will provide a coherent approach to teaching energy in elementary school and lay a strong foundation for further…
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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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The University of South Florida is hosting a conference on Research on the Enacted K-12 Mathematics Curriculum. The purpose of the conference is to explicate the theory on mathematics curriculum enactment,…
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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…
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This project evaluates the benefits of using different types of place-based ecological data in high school science classrooms. This project will assess the use of first-hand (collected by students) and real-time…
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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…
The Leonardo Project: An Intelligent Cyberlearning System for Interactive Scientific Modeling in Elementary Science Education
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The project designs and implements technologies that combine artificial intelligence in the form of intelligent tutoring systems with multimedia interfaces (i.e., an electronic science notebook and virtual labs…
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…
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This project will investigate how complex systems concepts supported by innovative curricular resources, technology applications and a comprehensive research and development structure can assist student learning…
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This synthesis project is a systematic review of experimental research evaluating programs and practices in elementary science. The systematic review addresses all areas of science in the elementary grades. The…
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This research and development project examines the impact of the Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS) middle school science curriculum. The research questions explored will look into efficacy, implementation,…
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The Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) outreach programs are partnerships between K-12 schools and higher education that for over forty years introduce science, mathematics and engineering to students…
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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…
The Evidence Games: Collaborative Games Engaging Middle School Students in the Evaluation of Scientific Evidence
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This project develops a series of interactive on-line games and investigates the effect these games have on increasing middle school science students' and teachers' knowledge and skills of scientific…
Enabling Modeling and Simulation-Based Science in the Classroom: Integrating Agent-Based Models, Real World Sensing and Collaborative Networks
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This project develops and assesses the effectiveness of integrating three computation-based technologies into curricular modules: agent-based modeling (ABM), real-world sensing, and collaborative classroom…
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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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…
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In response to the increased use of formative assessment practices in California's PK-12 mathematics classrooms, this project will investigate what formative assessments are in use, how practitioners and…
Integrated Study of Natural Resources, Human Impact, and Environmental Policy: Making Complex Systems Accessible for Secondary Learners
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This project explores the potential of "Agent-Based Models" to assist learners to acquire environmental science concepts targeted in forthcoming Advanced Placement test standards. The investigators frame the…
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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…
Investigating the Relationship Between Teacher-Level and Student-Level Factors and NAEP Mathematics Test Performance by American Indian and Alaska Native Students
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This study examines ways that teacher-level factors (including teacher background variables and instructional practices) and student-level factors (such as self-rated mathematics interest and proficiency), and…
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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 designing, developing, and testing an innovative approach to elementary students' learning in the critical areas of multiplicative reasoning, fractions, and proportional reasoning. The project is…
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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 initiating an innovative approach to pre-K students' development of quantitative reasoning through measurement. This quantitative approach builds on measurement concepts and algebraic design of…
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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…
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This project continues research and development work on high school instructional materials that integrate biology, computing, and mathematics. The project goal is to develop and test a one-semester high school…
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This project builds on current learning progression research to study the effects of teaching Tools for Reasoning on development of middle school students' capacities to understand the Earth's hydrologic systems…
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…
Studying Topography, Orographic Rainfall, and Ecosystems (STORE) with Geospatial Information Technology
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This project is using innovative Geospatial Information Technology-based learning in high school environmental science studies with a focus on the meteorological and ecological impacts of climate change. The…
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…
Using Rule Space and Poset-Based Adaptive Testing Methodologies to Identify Ability Patterns in Early Mathematics and Create a Comprehensive Mathematics Ability Test
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This project will develop a new assessment for children ages 3-7 to provide teachers with diagnostic information on a child's development of mathematics facility on ten domains such as counting, sequencing,…
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This project examines the first-year implementation of a program that will provide low-cost netbook computers and specialized software to fifth and sixth grade students in four schools in Southern California.…
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This project is studying the impact of implementing a NSF-funded, high school mathematics curriculum that emphasizes mathematical habits of mind. This curriculum focuses on ways of thinking and doing mathematics…
Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in Mathematics (TEACH MATH): Preparing Pre K-8 Teachers to Connect Children's Mathematical Thinking and Community-Based Funds of Knowledge
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This project will modify the teacher preparation program for preK-8 teachers. The program is designed to help pre-service teachers learn mathematics well, learn to access students' cultural funds of knowledge,…
Response to Intervention in Mathematics: Beginning Substantive Collaboration between Mathematics Education and Special Education
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This project is organizing and hosting a working conference on Response to Intervention (RtI) and related strategies in teaching and assessment in Mathematics. Goals of this work are: To build a community of…
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This project will develop a mathematics course for the fourth year of high school. The new course is being designed for students who will enter post-secondary education and will major in programs not requiring…
Beyond Bridging: Co-education of Pre-service and In-service Elementary Teachers in Science and Mathematics
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This project will implement and study a professional community designed to alleviate the mismatch between the expectations of student teachers in mathematics and science and their mentor in-service teachers. The…
Cyber-Enabled Learning: Digital Natives in Integrated Scientific Inquiry Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Wang)
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This project investigated the professional development needed to make teachers comfortable teaching with multi-user simulations and communications that students use every day. The enactment with OpenSim (an open…
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This project is using Second Life and other technology to structure carefully planned learning experiences for pre-service teachers. Virtual technologies are used to provide pre-service teachers practice in…
Cultivating Hispanics and African Americans Reading, Math, Science (CHARMS) in Elementary Schools for Girls Conference
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This project is analyzing and sharing baseline data on the achievement of African American and Hispanic girls on national and state assessments. The objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct a critical…
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This project integrates American Sign Language (ASL) into the life and physical sciences content of 9th-12th grade deaf or hard-of-hearing students. Project partners incorporate the use of the assistive…
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This project will develop an online curriculum module for high school biology. It has three main goals: 1) Demonstrate how a story like malaria can integrate the teaching of multiple science topics and…
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This project will develop a learning progression that characterizes how learners integrate and interrelate scientific argumentation, explanation and scientific modeling, building ever more sophisticated versions…
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This project is organizing and hosting a National Forum on Content-Based Professional Development for Teachers of Mathematics. Expanding on work begun at two previous CBMS Forums, this third forum will provide…
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This project will develop three replacement units for biology and refine them through classroom testing. The units will be models of STEM integration by using the important concepts of proportional reasoning and…
Efficacy Study of Metropolitan Denver's Urban Advantage Program: A Project to Improve Scientific Literacy Among Urban Middle School Students
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This is an efficacy study to determine if partnerships among formal and informal organizations demonstrate an appropriate infrastructure for improving science literacy among urban middle school science students…
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This project builds on prior efforts with learning progressions, and is focused on key carbon-transforming processes in socio-ecological systems at multiple scales, including cellular and organismal metabolism,…
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This project is developing inquiry-based, lab-focused, online Climate Change EarthLabs modules as a context for ongoing research into how high school students grasp change over time in the Earth System on…
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This project is developing inquiry-based, lab-focused, online Climate Change EarthLabs modules as a context for ongoing research into how high school students grasp change over time in the Earth System on…
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This project is developing inquiry-based, lab-focused, online Climate Change EarthLabs modules as a context for ongoing research into how high school students grasp change over time in the Earth System on…
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This curriculum project is using empirically-tested mathematics and science programs and research-based approaches to develop a six module interdisciplinary curriculum for pre-K students. Mathematics and science…
Southeast Regional Technical Assistance and Information Follow-up Workshop for Minority-serving Institutions To Broaden Participation in NSF DRL Programs
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This project will conduct a 2.5 day regional technical assistance and information conference/workshop for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) to broaden their participation in programs of NSF's Division of…
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This project will engage in a community-wide effort to synthesize the literature from a broad range of fields and to use the findings to create frameworks that will guide the planning, implementation, and scale-…
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This project will (1) identify the characteristics and needs of college-level target learners and their instructors with respect to evolution, (2) articulate the components for expanding the Understanding…
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This workshop developed a new, comprehensive, research-based framework for assessing environmental literacy. By bringing together, for the first time, experts in research, assessment, and evaluation from…
Measuring the Effects of a School-Based, Data-Driven Professional Learning Model for Raising Secondary Mathematics Achievement
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This project is designing and implementing a professional development model that uses data from the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) to improve mathematics instruction at the high school level…
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This conference's primary goal is to discuss issues and recommend actions regarding assessment design and production that arise in an environment of Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Participants will include…
System-Level Professional Development: Articulating Research Ideas That Support Implementation of PD Needed for Making the CCSS in Mathematics Reality for K-12 Teachers
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This project aims to pull together a diverse set of experts to make research-based recommendations on how to implement massive professional development that is needed to effectively employ the Common Core State…
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Westat will perform a multi-year evaluation of the DR K-12 program. The evaluation will examine the results and effects of the DR K-12 program from its inception as a program in 2006 through 2011, including all…
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The goal of the Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as is to advance the field of mathematics education by:
(A) Developing an integrated model that connects mathematics teaching and learning to the…
Helping Mathematics Teacher Become Culturally Relevant Educators: New Tools for a New Generation-Conference II
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This project is hosting a conference for teachers and school administrators on Culturally Relevant Teaching (CRT). Teams of teachers and administrators are recruited from across the country. The conference…
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The Lynch School of Education and the Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College are partnering with the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) to develop, test, evaluate and disseminate a year-long set of…
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The goal of the study is to craft a research agenda that will examine the value of an integrated STEM education to students (K-12) in terms of learning achievement, motivation, and career aspirations. The final…
Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Herrington)
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This project scales and further tests the Target Inquiry professional development model. The scale-up and further testing would involve adding physics, biology and geology at Grand Valley State University, and…
Developing and Testing a Model to Support Student Understanding of the Sub-microscopic Interactions That Govern Biological and Chemical Processes
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This project designs, develops, and tests coherent interdisciplinary instructional materials to support high school students' integrated understanding of the forces and energetics involved in interactions that…
ScratchJr: Computer Programming in Early Childhood Education as a Pathway to Academic Readiness and Success (Collaborative Research: Resnick)
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This project is researching and developing a new version of the Scratch programming language to be called ScratchJr, designed specifically for early childhood education (K-2). This work will provide research-…
Development of a Cognition-Guided, Formative-Assessment-Intensive, Individualized Computer-Based Dynamic Geometry Learning System for Grades 3-8
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This project is focused on creating, testing, refining, and studying a computer-based, individualized, interactive learning system for intermediate/middle school students or by teachers in classrooms. This…
Investigating and Supporting the Development of Ambitious and Equitable Mathematics Instruction at Scale
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This project is supporting and investigating the implementation of reformed mathematics instruction at the middle school level in two large school districts. The primary goal of the project is to develop an…
Implementing the Mathematical Practice Standards: Enhancing Teachers' Ability to Support the Common Core State Standards
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This is a four-year project that is producing materials designed to help teachers see how the mathematical practices described in the Common Core State Standards for mathematics can be implemented in mathematics…
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This development and research project designs, develops, and tests a digital game-based learning environment for supporting, assessing and analyzing middle school students' conceptual knowledge in learning…
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This project investigates the outcomes of a teacher education model designed to foster prospective mathematics teachers' abilities to notice and capitalize on important mathematical moments in instruction. The…
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This project is investigating the learning that can take place when elementary school students are directly involved in the collection, sense-making, and analysis of real, personally-meaningful data sets. The…
Investigating the Impact of Math Teachers' Circles on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and Classroom Practice
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This project is connecting mathematicians and mathematics teachers in middle schools by offering summer workshops and continued communication throughout the year. The workshops focus on mathematical problem…
School Organization and Science Achievement: Organization and Leadership Influences on Equitable Student Performance (Collaborative Research: Settlage)
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This project will document factors explaining variations in science achievement across schools enrolling ethnically and linguistically diverse students. The research question is: what leadership and…
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This study is investigating the classroom factors and teacher characteristics that contribute to Latino English Language Learners' (ELL) gains in mathematics learning in the eighth grade. In addition to looking…
Mathematical Argumentation in Middle School: Bridging from Professional Development to Classroom Practice
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This exploratory project is working in collaboration with teachers to increase their knowledge of mathematics for teaching in middle school. In addition to geometry and algebra, the research component of the…
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This five-year project investigates how to provide continuous assessment and feedback to guide students' understanding during science inquiry-learning experiences, as well as detailed guidance to teachers and…
Taking Foundation Science to Scale—Digitally: Transforming a Print Curriculum into an Innovative Learning Tool for Commercial Distribution
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This project provides a model of how existing, tested digital enhancements can increase student learning. Increasing the quality of science education requires careful coupling of effective, research-based…
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LOCUS (Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics) is an NSF Funded DRK12 project (NSF#118618) focused on developing assessments of statistical understanding. These assessments will measure students’…
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This project designs, develops and tests a digital gaming environment for high school students that fosters and measures science learning within alternate reality games about saving Earth's ecosystems. Players…
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This project designs materials and an accompanying support system to enable the development of expertise in the teaching of mathematics at the elementary level. The project has four main components: online…
Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development (Collaborative Research: Yezierski)
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This project scales and further tests the Target Inquiry professional development model. The model involves teachers in three core experiences: 1) a research experience for teachers, 2) materials adaptation, and…
Examining Formative Assessment Practices for English Language Learners in Science Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Ruiz-Primo)
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This is an exploratory study to identify critical aspects of effective science formative assessment (FA) practices for English Language Learners (ELLs), and the contextual factors influencing such practices. FA…
School Structure and Science Success: Organization and Leadership Influences on Student Achievement (Collaborative Research: Butler)
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This project will document factors explaining variations in science achievement across schools enrolling ethnically and linguistically diverse students. The research question is: what leadership and…
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This project will study the design features of an experimental gaming environment called Arcadia: The Next Generation. Researchers working with a group of formal and informal educators to study the connections…
EcoMobile: Blended Real and Virtual Immersive Experiences for Learning Complex Causality and Ecosystems Science
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Researchers are studying whether middle school instruction about ecosystem science can be made more engaging and effective by combining immersion experiences in virtual ecosystems with immersion experiences in…
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This effectiveness study focuses on the scale-up of a model of curricular and teacher professional development intervention aimed at improving science achievement of all students, especially English language…
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This project is studying how young children in grades K-2 understand mathematical concepts that are foundational for developing algebraic thinking. Researchers are contributing to an ongoing effort to develop a…
Examining Formative Assessment Practices for English Language Learners in Science Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Solano-Flores)
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This is an exploratory study to identify critical aspects of effective science formative assessment (FA) practices for English Language Learners (ELLs), and the contextual factors influencing such practices. FA…
Examining Formative Assessment Practices for English Language Learners in Science Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Li)
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This is an exploratory study to identify critical aspects of effective science formative assessment (FA) practices for English Language Learners (ELLs), and the contextual factors influencing such practices. FA…
Completing, Validating, and Linking Learning Trajectories for K-8 Rational Number Reasoning Tied to the Common Core Standards
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This project will build and validate learning trajectories (LTs) in mathematics for fraction, ratio, and for decimal and percent to represent learning by grades 3-7 students. A system will be developed to…
Overcoming Obstacles to Scaling-Up with a Cyberlearning Professional Development Model (Collaborative Research: Sumner)
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This project will develop and test a cyberlearning professional-development model that builds on the successful Curriculum Customization Service model implemented in Denver with EarthComm. The cyberlearning…
Overcoming Obstacles to Scaling-Up with a Cyberlearning Professional Development Model (Collaborative Research: Zahm)
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This project will develop and test a cyberlearning professional-development model that builds on the successful Curriculum Customization Service model implemented in Denver with EarthComm. The cyberlearning…
Gateways to Algebraic Motivation, Engagement and Success (GAMES): Supporting and Assessing Fraction Proficiency with Game-Based, Mobile Applications and Devices
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This project is designing digital games for middle school students that will help them prepare for success in Algebra. The games are intended to help students gain a deep understanding of measurement and…
Energy: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Teachers (EMAT) Designing and Studying a Multidisciplinary, Online Course for High School Teachers
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This project will iteratively design, develop, field test, refine, and rigorously study a six-unit, facilitated, online professional development (PD) course focusing on energy-related concepts in the context of…
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In this project, investigators are laying the foundation for a rigorous quasi-experiment to test the effects of attending such a school using longitudinal student records, surveys, and interviews. By documenting…
An Innovative Approach to Earth Science Teacher Preparation: Uniting Science, Informal Science Education, and Schools to Raise Student Achievement
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The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, in partnership with New York University, and in collaboration with five high-needs schools, is developing, implementing, and researching a five-year pilot…
ScratchJr: Computer Programming in Early Childhood Education as a Pathway to Academic Readiness and Success (Collaborative Research: Bers)
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This project is researching and developing a new version of the Scratch programming language to be called ScratchJr, designed specifically for early childhood education (K-2). This work will provide research-…
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The project investigates the use of robotics into early childhood education. It address two objectives: to develop and evaluate a low-cost, developmentally appropriate robotic construction kit specifically…
STEM Learning in the Context of Green School Buildings: A Curriculum Planning Project for the Middle Grades
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This project uses green school buildings as an opportunity to involve students in STEM activities in their environment. The goal is to produce an action plan for transforming the middle school science and…
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This project will develop STEM spatial thinking skills of middle school learners by equipping teachers with earth science investigations and support materials. This project will design, develop, and test…
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The Science and Mathematics Simulated Interaction Model (SIM) project will design and clinically test simulations for teachers. The hypothesis is that simulations will identify strengths and misconceptions in…
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This project will design, develop, and test an online collaborative learning environment where students and teachers solve mathematical problems and communicate their thinking. This online collaborative learning…
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This project will design, develop, and test an online collaborative learning environment where students and teachers solve mathematical problems and communicate their thinking. This online collaborative…
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The project is studying the impact of the mathematics and science intensive pre-service preparation program for elementary school teachers. The project includes assessments of pre-service teachers' math…
Designing an Integrated Framework for Genetics Education to Develop Innovative Curricula and Assessments
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This project is developing a model for integrating best practices in technology-supported instructional design and formative assessment for genetics instruction in upper elementary, middle and high school. Using…
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This project will develop, test, and refine a curriculum supplement (a hands-on technology) that (1) promotes childrens' understanding of number (counting, comparing, and ordering) and fair sharing (…
An Examination of Science and Technology Teachers' Conceptual Learning Through Concept-Based Engineering Professional Development
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This project will determine the viability of an engineering concept-based approach to teacher professional development for secondary school science teachers in life science and in physical science. The project…
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This project designs, constructs, and field-tests a web-based, online collaborative environment for supporting the teaching and learning of inquiry-based high school physics. Based on an interactive digital…
Cluster Randomized Trial of the Efficacy of Early Childhood Science Education for Low-Income Children
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The research goal of this project is to evaluate whether an early childhood science education program, implemented in low-income preschool settings produces measurable impacts for children, teachers, and parents…
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CyberSTEM is developing and testing an integrated digital gaming network that spans homes, schools, and informal learning settings, offering a suite of digital games based on cutting-edge discoveries in the life…
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This three-year exploratory research and development project is assessing how the use of resource activities and teaching strategies focused on human evolution will affect the understanding, teaching and…
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This project will investigate the implementation of a Teacher Residency Academy model to recruit, license, induct, employ, and retain middle school and secondary science teachers for high-need schools that serve…
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This project recruited high school African American males to begin preparation for science, technology, engineering and mathematics teaching careers. The goal of the program was to recruit and prepare students…
Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle School Science Classrooms: Supporting Teachers with Multimedia Educative Curriculum Materials
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This project is developing Earth and Space Science multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs) and a system to facilitate teachers' learning and beliefs of scientific argumentation. The project is…
Persistence of Teacher Change in Rural Schools: Assessing the Short- and Long-Term Impact of Professional Development on K-2 Science Instruction
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This research study is examining the persistence of improved teacher skills achieved during the K-2 Science & Technology Assistance for Rural Teachers and Small Districts project (K-2 STARTS). K-2 STARTS…
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This project engages high-school students as student-tutors who create screen-capture videos that demonstrate step-by-step solutions to mathematical problems and explicate the use of interactive applets. The…
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This project is conducting a longitudinal study of the effects of a pre-service elementary science education. Through overlapping studies on the pre-service teachers (PSTs) and in-service teachers who are…
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Educating the Imagination will develop a studio approach to science for underrepresented high school students. The approach integrates scientific and artistic habits of mind and forms of engagement for…
Studying Technology-based Strategies for Enhancing Student Interest in STEM Careers through Algebra Curricula in Grades 5-9
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This project is examining the relationship between specific technology-based motivational activities and grade 5 to 9 student interest in STEM careers through a variety of classroom-based experiences. The…
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This exploratory project is to enhance the ability of teachers to provide high quality STEM education for all students by developing research-based materials that enable teachers to facilitate students' progress…
An Agent-Based Simulation Environment for Predictive Longitudinal Modeling of High School Math Performance (Collaborative Research: Resta)
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This project will test the efficacy of using agent-based simulation and visualization models to identify the factors that predict mathematics achievement for students from the 8th grade to the 12th grade and…
An Agent-Based Simulation Environment for Predictive Longitudinal Modeling of High School Math Performance (Collaborative Research: Strong)
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This project will test the efficacy of using agent-based simulation and visualization models to identify the factors that predict mathematics achievement for students from the 8th grade to the 12th grade and…
CAREER: Investigating Middle and Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Transformative Learning of Statistics Within Professional Development
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The project will examine how teachers reason about variation subsequent to focused instruction and contribute knowledge to in-service middle and secondary mathematics teacher education by targeting…
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This project is developing Core Math Tools, a suite of Java-based software including a computer algebra system (CAS), interactive geometry, statistics, and simulation tools together with custom apps for…
Crisis in K-16 STEM Education: A Regional Conference to Promote Local Solutions to a National Problem
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This award is for the funding of a regional conference to study the future of STEM education, the impact of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups with regards to STEM, and STEM job growth and workforce…
CAREER: Adapting Curriculum for Learning in Mathematics Education (ACCLIME): Processes and Factors in Teachers' Evolving Adaptations of Curriculum Materials
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The ACCLIME project investigates teachers' uses and adaptations of CMP, an NSF-funded middle school curriculum. The study seeks to better articulate: (1) the ways that teachers adapt CMP over time and how they…
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This is a planning effort to explore future directions and innovations related to educational design in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in partnership with the International Society…
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Developers and researchers from the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) and Teachers College are developing a Mathematical Modeling Handbook to assist high school mathematics teachers in…
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This research study expands on the characteristics of mathematical discourse and examines and specifies relationships between descriptive elements across multiple content foci in mathematics. The micro-genetic…
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Research has shown that engaging students, including students from underrepresented groups, in appropriately structured reasoning activities, including argumentation, may lead to enhanced learning. This project…
CAREER: Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT)—Exploring the Development of Computational Algorithmic Thinking Capabilities in African-American Middle School Girls
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The project at Spelman College includes activities that develop computational thinking and encourage middle school, African-American girls to consider careers in computer science. Over a three-year period, the…
The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI): Representing the U.S. Mathematics Community Abroad
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This project provides support for the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, a primary means for ensuring U.S. participation in mathematics education at the international level. The project will…
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This project is developing evidence about the efficacy of the Engineering is Elementary curriculum under ideal conditions by studying the student and teacher-level effects of implementation. The project seeks to…
Videocases for Science Teaching Analysis Plus (ViSTA Plus): Efficacy of a Videocase-Based, Analysis-of-Practice Teacher Preparation Program
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The new ViSTA Plus study explores implementation of a program for pre-service/beginning teachers that is fully centered on learning from an analysis-of-practice perspective, addressing the central research…
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This project investigates 3rd-grade students' model-based reasoning about hydrologic systems and how teachers scaffold students' engagement in modeling practices. The research builds upon existing modeling…
Partnerships for Early Childhood Curriculum Development: Readiness Through Integrative Science and Engineering (RISE)
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The RISE project is creating curriculum resources for dual language learners (DLLs) in science, technology and engineering (STE). Participants include teachers in pre-K programs in the Boston area selected to…
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This 3-year project seeks to develop and test curricular resources built around handheld mobile technology to study how these materials foster urban middle school student engagement with and learning of local…
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This study addresses the question: Does gaining admission to a selective STEM specialty school improve students' academic success on the SAT, SAT II, and Advanced Placement exams? Other portions of the…
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The goal of this project is to develop and validate a middle school physical science assessment strand composed of four suites of simulation-based assessments for integrating into balanced (use of multiple…
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In this project, researchers are working with 4th and 5th grade teachers to improve their mathematics instruction by experimenting with different ways to implement the MQI model of professional development. The…
Supporting Large Scale Change in Science Education: Understanding Professional Development and Adoption Variation Related to the Revised Advanced Placement Curriculum (PD-RAP)
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This proposal leverages the re-design of the Advanced Placement (AP) curricula currently under way to study the impact of teacher professional development on student achievement in a natural experiment at scale…
Supporting the Emergence of a Professional Teaching Community Through Collective Knowledge-Building in Assessment and Feedback of Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Silverman)
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This collaborative project is developing an online, professional teaching community that addresses issues of assessment in mathematics classes. The developers are building on the success of the NSF-supported…
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This project is developing principles for supporting middle school mathematics teachers' capacity to use curriculum resources to design instruction that addresses the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics…
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This project is developing teaching modules that engage high school students in learning and using mathematics. Using geo-spatial technologies, students explore their city with the purpose of collecting data…
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This collaborative project is developing instruments to assess secondary teachers' Mathematical Habits of Mind (MHoM). These habits bring parsimony, focus, and coherence to teachers' mathematical thinking and,…
Mini-Symposia: The Results of the African Diaspora: Developing Black Scholars in Science Education for the 21st Century in the United States, Part II
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In this project, investigators will convene a group of 15 African American science educators, scientists, and doctoral student scholars and assign them to small work groups to design and conduct multi-site micro…
Assessing, Validating, and Developing Content Knowledge for Teaching Energy (Collaborative Research: Wittmann)
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This project develops an instrument to measure the content knowledge that teachers need to teach about energy in high school classroom instruction that focuses on mechanical energy. The project uses a framework…
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In this project, investigators are developing and testing a learning progression for the study of chemistry. Likely pathways are investigated for how grade 8-13 student's implicit assumptions develop on five…
Supporting the Emergence of a Professional Teaching Community Through Collective Knowledge-Building in Assessment and Feedback of Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Brandt)
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This collaborative project is developing an online, professional teaching community that addresses issues of assessment in mathematics classes. The developers are building on the success of the NSF-supported…
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This collaborative project is developing instruments to assess secondary teachers' Mathematical Habits of Mind (MHoM). These habits bring parsimony, focus, and coherence to teachers' mathematical thinking and,…
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This collaborative project is developing instruments to assess secondary teachers' Mathematical Habits of Mind (MHoM). These habits bring parsimony, focus, and coherence to teachers' mathematical thinking and,…
Assessing, Validating, and Developing Content Knowledge for Teaching Energy (Collaborative Research: Minstrell)
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This project develops an instrument to measure the content knowledge that teachers need to teach about energy in high school classroom instruction that focuses on mechanical energy. The project uses a framework…
Assessing, Validating, and Developing Content Knowledge for Teaching Energy (Collaborative Research: Vokos)
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This project develops an instrument to measure the content knowledge that teachers need to teach about energy in high school classroom instruction that focuses on mechanical energy. The project uses a framework…
Assessing, Validating, and Developing Content Knowledge for Teaching Energy (Collaborative Research: Gitomer)
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This project develops an instrument to measure the content knowledge that teachers need to teach about energy in high school classroom instruction that focuses on mechanical energy. The project uses a framework…
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In this project, investigators are developing and testing a learning progression for the study of chemistry. Likely pathways are investigated for how grade 8-13 student's implicit assumptions develop on five…
Identifying Science Teaching Strategies for Promoting Reasoned Discussions of Concepts and Simulations
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This project supports teachers in improving classroom discourse and reasoning by identifying key teaching strategies for building scientific concepts in successful discussions. It links these strategies together…
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This project is studying measurement practices from pre-K to Grade 8, as a coordination of the STEM disciplines of mathematics and science. This research project tests, revises and extends learning trajectories…
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This project is studying three models of professional development (PD) to test the efficacy of a practicum for grade 3-5 in-service teachers organized in three cohorts of 25. There will be 75 teachers and their…
Researching the Efficacy of the Science and Literacy Academy Model (Collaborative Research: Osborne)
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This project is studying three models of professional development (PD) to test the efficacy of a practicum for grade 3-5 in-service teachers organized in three cohorts of 25. There will be 75 teachers and their…
Enhancing Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Urban Elementary Schools: A Cluster-Randomized Efficacy Trial of a Novel Professional Development Approach
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This project is working with all teachers in grades three through five in the Portland, OR Public Schools in order to test the feasibility and efficacy of the Mathematics Studio Model of professional development…
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This project offers a two-year professional development model to support a cohort of 16 middle school science teachers of underrepresented students as the teachers gain computational thinking (CT) competencies…
Evaluation of the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Advanced Placement Science Courses: Evidence From an In-Depth Formative Evaluation and Randomized Controlled Study
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This study examines the impact of the newly revised Advanced Placement (AP) Biology and Chemistry courses on students' understanding of and ability to utilize scientific inquiry, on students' confidence in…
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In this project researchers are implementing and studying a research-based curriculum that was designed to help children in grades 3-5 prepare for learning algebra at the middle school level. Researchers are…
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In this project researchers are implementing and studying a research-based curriculum that was designed to help children in grades 3-5 prepare for learning algebra at the middle school level. Researchers are…
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This Exploratory Project is developing two prototype innovative instructional modules for grades 9-12 modules, and testing them extensively for usability and impact. These modules will emphasize the role of…
Leveraging MIPOs: Developing a Theory of Productive Use of Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Leatham)
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The core research questions of the project are: (1) What is the nature of high-leverage student thinking that teachers have available to them in their classrooms? (2) How do teachers use student thinking during…
Leveraging MIPOs: Developing a Theory of Productive Use of Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Van Zoest)
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The core research questions of the project are: (1) What is the nature of high-leverage student thinking that teachers have available to them in their classrooms? (2) How do teachers use student thinking during…
Leveraging MIPOs: Developing a Theory of Productive Use of Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Stockero)
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The core research questions of the project are: (1) What is the nature of high-leverage student thinking that teachers have available to them in their classrooms? (2) How do teachers use student thinking during…
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This research project is an investigation of the role that examples play in helping learners become proficient in proving mathematical conjectures. Researchers are building a framework that characterizes the…
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Ocean Tracks is developing and classroom testing powerful Web-based visualization and analysis tools derived from state-of-the-art knowledge about how to support student inquiry with data. Powerful Web-based…
Ocean Tracks: Investigating Marine Migrations in a Changing Ocean (Collaborative Research: Krumhansl)
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Ocean Tracks is developing and classroom testing powerful Web-based visualization and analysis tools derived from state-of-the-art knowledge about how to support student inquiry with data. Powerful Web-based…
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This study is based on a theoretical model that embeds engineering design within social, cultural, and linguistic activity, seeking to understand (a) how adolescent English learners draw from various linguistic…
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This project provides a virtual environment in which high school physics students can engage in the cutting edge science of studying exoplanets. Using online telescopes and learning software, students gain a…
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This exploratory project examines how teachers of second grade students scaffold the development of student conceptual models and their understanding of the nature of scientific models and modeling processes in…
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Concord Consortium is exploring K-2 students' understanding of heat and temperature in two Massachusetts school districts using sensors that display temperatures as colors. Exploration activities are being…
Transforming STEM Competitions into Collaboratives: Developing eCrafting Collabs for Learning with Electronic Textiles
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This project supports the development of technological fluency and understanding of STEM concepts through the implementation of design collaboratives that use eCrafting Collabs as the medium within which to work…
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The goal of this Transforming STEM Learning project is to comprehensively describe models of 20 inclusive STEM high schools in five states (California, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, and Texas), measure the factors…
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This project examines the design principles by which computer-based science learning experiences for students designed for classroom use can be integrated into virtual worlds that leverage students' learning of…
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This workshop convenes leading practitioners and scholars of innovation to collectively consider how education in the US might be reconfigured to both support and teach innovation as a core curriculum mission,…
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As part of a SAVI, researchers from the U.S. and from Finland will collaborate on investigating the relationships between engagement and learning in STEM transmedia games. The project involves two intensive, 5…
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The goal of this project is to develop a provisional learning progression spanning grades K-5 that articulates and tests the potential of experiencing, describing, and representing space as the core of an…
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The goal of this project is to develop and pilot test a limited number of free computer-based instructional activities that improve student graph comprehension, aimed especially at science students in grades 7…
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This workshop addresses the need to connect a range of experts involved in game development and research to develop and disseminate best practices. The workshop will also establish a network hub where educators…
Cyber-Enabled Learning: Digital Natives in Integrated Scientific Inquiry Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Campbell)
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This project explores the potential of information and communications technologies (ICT) as cognitive tools for engaging students in scientific inquiry and for enhancing teacher learning. A comprehensive…
Systemic Transformation for Inquiry Learning Environments (STILE) for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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The goal of the grant is to establish a culture of inquiry with all partners in order to develop interdiciplinary, authentic STEM learning environments. Design-based research provides iterative cycles of…
Building High School Students’ Understanding of Evolution—Both Common Ancestry and Natural Selection—Through Mathematical Arguments, Evidence-based Explanations, and an Understanding of Heredity
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The University of Utah will develop a plan for a model curriculum and associated assessments project that integrates science practices, crosscutting concepts, and core disciplinary ideas through the integration…
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Researchers, at the University of Houston, are designing, implementing and studying a curriculum that prepares preservice, elementary teachers for equitable teaching of mathematics. The program increases the…
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This project is developing modules for middle school and high school students in Earth and Space Science classes, testing the hypothesis that students who use computational models, analyze real-world data, and…
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This project will advance the research base and leadership capacity supporting K-12 mathematics curriculum design, analysis, implementation and evaluation. It will serve the K-12 educational community by…
CAREER: Investigating Differentiated Instruction and Relationships Between Rational Number Knowledge and Algebraic Reasoning in Middle School
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The proposed project initiates new research and an integrated education plan to address specific problems in middle school mathematics classrooms by investigating (1) how to effectively differentiate instruction…
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This project will develop and study a professional development framework that is designed to help high school geometry teachers attend more carefully to student prior knowledge, interpret the learning…
CAREER: Fraction Activities and Assessments for Conceptual Teaching (FAACT) for Students with Learning Disabilities
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This project is documenting how students with learning disabilities (LD) access and advance their conceptual understanding of fractions. Rather than focusing on the knowledge students do not have,…
CAREER: Community-Based Engineering as a Learning and Teaching Strategy for Pre-service Urban Elementary Teachers
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This is a Faculty Early Career Development project aimed at developing, implementing, and assessing a model that introduces novice elementary school teachers to community-based engineering design as a strategy…
CAREER: Reciprocal Noticing: Latino/a Students and Teachers Constructing Common Resources in Mathematics
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The goal of this project is to extend the theoretical and methodological construct of noticing to develop the concept of reciprocal noticing, a process by which teacher and student noticing are shared. The…
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Understanding Space Through Engineering Design investigates how engaging K-5 children from underrepresented populations in the design of packages, maps, and mechanisms supports the development of spatial…
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The Colorado Learning Assistant (LA) model, recognized nationally as a hallmark teacher recruitment and preparation program, has run a national workshop annually for four years to disseminate and scale the…
Smarter Together Working Conference: Developing a Shared Curriculum of Complex Instruction for Elementary Mathematics Methods Courses
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This working conference will help university professors who teach elementary mathematics methods courses learn to use Complex Instruction, a research-proven pedagogy for building mathematical content knowledge…
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This project is designing and conducting a crowd-sourced open innovation challenge to young people of ages 13-18 to mitigate levels of greenhouse gases. The goal of the project is to explore the extent to which…
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This is a four-year project to develop, implement, and study an experimental model of secondary science pre-service teacher education designed to prepare novice school teachers to provide effective science…
Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Social Media: Supporting Teacher Professional Learning and Student Scientific Argumentation
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This exploratory proposal is researching and developing professional learning activities to help high school teachers use available and emerging social media to teach scientific argumentation. The project…
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This is a large-scale, cross-sectional, and longitudinal study aimed at understanding and supporting the teaching of science and engineering practices and academic language development of middle and high school…
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This research and development project is premised on the notion that recent technological developments have made it feasible to represent classroom work in new ways. In addition to watching recorded videos of…
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This exploratory project builds on twelve years of successful experience with the summer program for secondary mathematics teachers at PCMI. It addresses the following two needs in the field of professional…
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The development of six curricular projects that integrate mathematics based on the Common Core Mathematics Standards with science concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards combined with an engineering…
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The goal of the project is to inform the development of an impact-based research methodology (IBR) to enable a more direct and overt connections between academic research on games and the development of…
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This two-year project will develop, pilot, validate, and publish a Teacher's Guide to the Science and Mathematics Resources of the ELPD Framework. This guide and related materials will translate the key science…
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This project provides elementary teachers, grades 3-5 with a pedagogical framework and related resources for distinguishing quality science teaching. The study focuses on developing and testing a framework, the…
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The goals of this nine-week summer program are to develop undergraduates' knowledge and skills in biology education research, encourage undergraduates to pursue doctoral study of biology teaching and learning,…
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This is a quasi-experimental study of the effects of attending an inclusive STEM high school in three key geographic regions and comparing outcomes for students in these schools with those of their counterparts…
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This project addresses the need for a curricular resource package to support a high school biology course fully aligned to the core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and scientific practices of College and Career…
Misconceptions Oriented Standards-Based Assessment Resource for Teachers of High School Life Science (MOSART HSLS)
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This project is developing and validating an assessment instrument that addresses the life sciences for students and teachers in grades 9 through 12 based on the Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment…
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The objective of this study is to examine the impact of ITEAMS intervention strategies on student persistence in high school STEM course-taking and career expectations, and the value that students place on STEM…
Cross-National Comparison of School and District Supports for High-Quality Mathematics Instruction in the US and China
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This RAPID project is a cross-national comparative study of U.S. and Chinese instructional support systems, building from earlier data about mathematics teaching and learning in large urban school districts of…
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This project aims to engage students in meaningful scientific data collection, analysis, visualization, modeling, and interpretation. It targets grades 9-12 science instruction. The proposed research poses the…
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This project creates, tests and revises two-six week prototypical modules for middle school technology education classes, using the unifying themes and important social contexts of food and water. The modules…
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This project tests and refines a hypothetical learning trajectory and corresponding assessments, based on the collective work of 50 years of research in mathematics education and psychology, for improving…
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This project will use an iterative approach to design activities and supports that foster pedagogical argumentation for use in undergraduate teacher education courses. This project will examine: 1) whether and…
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The PI of this project argues cogently that assessment of pre-service teacher preparedness to teach is based on a flawed model. The goal then is to use a simulation model from other professional arenas: the…
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This project brings together teams of teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and researchers to inquire into the development of ambitious and equitable practices that support learning the scientific…
Improving Formative Assessment Practices: Using Learning Trajectories to Develop Resources That Support Teacher Instructional Practice and Student Learning in CMP2
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The overarching goal of this project is to develop innovative instructional resources and professional development to support middle grades teachers in meeting the challenges set by college- and career-ready…
Testing a Professional Development Model for High School Science Reform and the Relationship of Key Variables to Student Achievement
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This project tests the efficacy of an intensive, three year professional development program, the BSCS National Academy for Curriculum Leadership (NACL) on student science achievement in the state of Washington…
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This project investigates stereotype threat at the classroom level and in the context of inquiry-based instruction, in order to develop strategies and a related professional development course, using the…
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This project that creates a set of materials for middle grades students and teacher professional development that would support the learning of early algebra. Building on their prior work with an elementary…
Next Generation Preschool Science: An Innovative Program to Facilitate Young Children's Learning of Science Practices and Concepts
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This project is developing, iteratively refining and evaluating a science curriculum for Pre-K classrooms with units on Plant Growth, How Things Move, and What Makes Shadows by integrating traditional classroom…
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This project addresses the growing need for research to support teachers in developing expertise in responsive decision making in which teachers elicit and build on children's mathematical thinking in the midst…
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This is a three-day conference designed to support the development and use of K-12 formative and summative assessments aligned with the Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012).
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This project is examining an innovative model of situated Professional Development (PD) and the contribution of controlled teaching experiences to teacher learning and, as a result, to student learning. The…
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Technical assistance is being provided to key leaders in state education agencies (SEAs) to: 1) build SEA leaders' knowledge about effective mathematical professional development research; 2) deepen their…
Promoting Students' Spatial Thinking in Upper Elementary Grades using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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This project explores the potential for enhancing students' interest and ability in STEM disciplines by broadening fourth grade students' understanding and interest in the spatial perspectives inherent in…
Primary School Organizations as Open Systems: Strategic External Relationship Development to Promote Student Engagement in STEM Topics
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This study explores the following issues in 9 schools across 3 neighborhoods: (1) How student engagement in STEM is enabled and constrained by the school's relations with its external community; (2) The…
Developing Critical Evaluation as a Scientific Habit of Mind: Instructional Scaffolds for Secondary Earth and Space Sciences
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This exploratory project develops and tests graphical scaffolds which facilitate high school students' coordination of connecting evidence with alternative explanations of particular phenomena, as well as their…
Every Day, Every Child: A Partnership for Research with Elementary Math and Science Instructional Specialists
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This exploratory project is studying the use of mathematics and science specialist teachers in elementary schools. The first four studies are in six school districts in Washington State. They are characterizing…
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This project uses learning analytics and educational data mining methods to examine how elementary students learn in an online game designed to teach fractions using the splitting model. The project uses data to…
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This project contributes to the small research base by exploring the validity of Technology-Enhanced Items (TEIs) in the context of elementary geometry. The project addresses three research questions: 1) To what…
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This project combines Unity (a cross-platform game engine and integrated development environment) with cutting-edge haptic technology to provide upper elementary students with a new way of accessing core science…
Integrating Quality Talk Professional Development to Enhance Professional Vision and Leadership for STEM Teachers in High-Need Schools
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This project expands and augments a currently-funded NSF Noyce Track II teacher recruitment and retention grant with Quality Talk (QT), an innovative, scalable teacher-facilitated discourse model. Over the…
WeInvestigate: Collaborative Exploration of Scientific Phenomena with the Assistance of Hand-Held Simulations, Prose, and Graphics
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This project aims to assist in the development and study of WeInvestigate, an application that will run on a mobile device. The application will help support learners as they engage in artifact construction…
Science as a Context for English Language Development: Exploring the Practical and Theoretical Implications for Teacher Professional Development
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This is a 2-day conference that will examine current strategies, issues and future challenges related to teacher professional development regarding integrating inquiry-oriented science instruction and English…
An Integrated Instructional Model for Accelerating Student Achievement in Science and Literacy in Grades 1-2
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This research and development project is focused on accelerating both student science understanding and reading comprehension proficiency at the primary level (grades 1-2). The project is being implemented in…
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This study investigates the sustainability of the College Ambition Program (CAP) that has demonstrated promise in increasing the number of students who attend postsecondary colleges or universities. The CAP is a…
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This exploratory project helps high school students learn complex Global Climate Change (GCC) science by making it personally relevant and understandable. CHANGE creates a prototype curriculum, and integrates it…
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This project provides professional development and support for teachers of mathematics in Grades 3-5 and assesses the impacts of the project through a rigorous cluster randomized control trial. The project…
Social Dynamics: Leveraging Online Social Networks to Shape Science Identities and Support Learning Science Concepts in Middle School Students
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Social Dynamics is an exploratory project to investigate how face-to-face teaching leveraging the use of an online social network learning platform (SNLP) can increase middle school students' science learning…
Assessing Student Engagement in Math and Science in Middle School: Classroom, Family, and Peer Effects on Engagement
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The project will use a comprehensive mixed methods design to develop theoretically-grounded measures of student engagement in middle school math and science classes that reflect a multidimensional construct…
A Research Design Conference: How Can Digital Resources Increase Collaboration and Support Teachers Implementing Standards?
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A two day workshop/colloquium will be hosted at Northwestern University and is focused on the use of video and online learning in support of the College and CAREER Readiness Standards.
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Multimedia Engineering Notebook Tools to Support Engineering Discourse in Urban Elementary School Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Paugh)
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This collaborative, exploratory, learning strand project focuses on improving reflective decision-making among elementary school students during the planning and re-design activities of the engineering design…
Multimedia Engineering Notebook Tools to Support Engineering Discourse in Urban Elementary School Classrooms (Collaborative Research: Wright)
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This collaborative, exploratory, learning strand project focuses on improving reflective decision-making among elementary school students during the planning and re-design activities of the engineering design…
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This is a collaborative project to develop, test, and analyze sets of technology-supported diagnostic classroom assessments for middle school (grades 6-8) physical science. Assessments are aligned with the…
Designing Assessments in Physical Science Across Three Dimensions (Collaborative Research: Pellegrino)
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This is a collaborative project to develop, test, and analyze sets of technology-supported diagnostic classroom assessments for middle school (grades 6-8) physical science. Assessments are aligned with the…
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This is a collaborative project to develop, test, and analyze sets of technology-supported diagnostic classroom assessments for middle school (grades 6-8) physical science. Assessments are aligned with the…
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This project will convene a panel of experts in government, industry and academia to raise and discuss emerging concerns for human subjects' protections in the digital age. This project will support scholarly…
One Year After Science's Grand Challenges in Education: Professional Empowerment of STEM Teachers' Through Education Policy and Decision Making
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Following up on a special issue of Science (August 2013) that identified several Grand Challenges in Science Education, this project proposes a convocation to more deeply explore those challenges that are…
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This project will study whether elementary mathematics specialists who participated in an intensive educational program supported by DRK-12 have continued providing leadership when they returned to teaching full…
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The objectives of this proposed conference are to: (1) review current research on the achievement gap in mathematics and science with a focus on school-related variables that adversely affect outcomes from low-…
A Study Group on Diversity, Equity and Excellence in Achievement and Assessment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
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This project seeks to find ways to make the measurement sciences more useful to the production of intellective competence in diverse students of the STEM disciplines. A Study Group on Diversity, Equity and…
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This project involves designing, facilitating, and studying professional development (PD) to support equitable mathematics education. The PD will involve grades 4-8 mathematics teachers across three sites to…
Bio-Sphere: Fostering Deep Learning of Complex Biology for Building our Next Generation's Scientists
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The goal of this project is to help middle school students, particularly in rural and underserved areas, develop deep scientific knowledge and knowledge of the practices and routines of science. Research teams…
Centers for Learning and Teaching: Research to Identify Changes in Mathematics Education Doctoral Preparation and the Production of New Doctorates
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This project will research the programmatic changes that resulted from the NSF investment in Centers for Learning and Teaching of Mathematics (CLT) at the 31 participating institutions. It will provide…
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Computational and algorithmic thinking are new basic skills for the 21st century. Unfortunately few K-12 schools in the United States offer significant courses that address learning these skills. However many…
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Computational and algorithmic thinking are new basic skills for the 21st century. Unfortunately few K-12 schools in the United States offer significant courses that address learning these skills. However many…
Building High School Students’ Understanding of Evolution through Collection and Analysis of Data, Evidence-based Arguments, and an Understanding of Heredity
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This project will address widespread misunderstandings related to evolution by developing and testing a new high school curriculum unit and assessment measures focusing on biological evolution. The new…
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This project builds on prior efforts to create teaching resources for high-school Advanced Placement Statistics teachers to use an open source statistics programming language called "R" in their classrooms. The…
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This project will examine the relationships among the factors that influence the implementation of the Exploring Computer Science (ECS), a pre-Advanced Placement curriculum that prepares students for further…
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This project will provide curricular and pedagogical support by developing and evaluating teacher-ready curricular Digital Internship Modules for Engineering (DIMEs). DIMES will be designed to support middle…
Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
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Using design-based research, with teachers as design partners, the project will create and refine project-based, hands-on robotics curricula such that science and math content inherent in robotics and related…
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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…
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The Internship-inator is an authorware system for developing and testing virtual internships in multiple STEM disciplines. In a virtual internship, students are presented with a complex, real-world STEM problem…
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This project will study the influence on positive student achievement and engagement (particularly among populations traditionally under-represented in computer science) of an intervention that integrates a…
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This project will develop a video recording and analysis system called VideoReView (VRV) that allows grade four science teachers to record, tag, and analyze video in their classroom in real time. The…
Engineering Teacher Pedagogy: Using INSPIRES to Support Integration of Engineering Design in Science and Technology Classrooms
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This Engineering Teacher Pedagogy project implements and assesses the promise of an extended professional development model coupled with curriculum enactment to develop teacher pedagogical skills for integrating…
Focus on Energy: Preparing Elementary Teachers to Meet the NGSS Challenge (Collaborative Research: Lacy)
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This project will develop and investigate the opportunities and limitations of Focus on Energy, a professional development (PD) system for elementary teachers (grades 3-5). The PD will contain: resources that…
Focus on Energy: Preparing Elementary Teachers to Meet the NGSS Challenge (Collaborative Research: Seeley)
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This project will develop and investigate the opportunities and limitations of Focus on Energy, a professional development (PD) system for elementary teachers (grades 3-5). The PD will contain: resources that…
From Elementary Generalist to Mathematics Specialist: Examining Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes in Departmental and Self-Contained Models
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This research investigates student mathematics learning outcomes at the elementary level in relation to teacher expertise (elementary teachers with math specialist certification versus generally prepared…
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The Graphing Research on Inquiry with Data in Science (GRIDS) project will investigate strategies to improve middle school students' science learning by focusing on student ability to interpret and use graphs.…
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This project investigates the variation in teachers' practice of lesson study to identify effective and scalable design features of lesson study associated with student mathematics achievement growth in Florida…
Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards at the State Level: A Conference to Determine the Role of the Earth and Space Sciences Community
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This conference is to develop a strategy for increasing the import of teaching Earth and Space Sciences in schools to make students ready for college and careers. The summit brings together key members of the…
Improving Students' Mathematical Proficiency through Formative Assessment: Responding to an Urgent Need in the Common Core Era
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The overarching goal of this RAPID project is to contribute to the national goal of improving students' mathematical proficiency by providing information and guidance to mathematics education practitioners and…
Instructional Leadership for Scientific Practices: Resources for Principals in Evaluating and Supporting Teachers' Science Instruction
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This project will research the knowledge and supervision skills principals' and other instructional leaders' need to support teachers in successfully integrating scientific practices into their instruction, and…
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Students who fail algebra in the ninth grade are significantly less likely than their peers to graduate from high school on time. This project intends to test a common support strategy for at-risk students that…
Investigating How to Enhance Scientific Argumentation through Automated Feedback in the Context of Two High School Earth Science Curriculum Units
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This project responds to the need for technology-enhanced assessments that promote the critical practice of scientific argumentation--making and explaining a claim from evidence about a scientific question and…
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This project will address two obstacles that hinder elementary science instruction: (1) a lack of content-specific teaching knowledge (e.g., research on effective topic-specific instructional strategies); and (2…
Learning and Sharing the World Best Practices in Math Education: The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction
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To prepare the country's youth more broadly for a globalized world, the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) will engage with the international community and assist in improving the state…
Learning Linkages: Integrating Data Streams of Multiple Modalities and Timescales (Collaborative Research: Sherin)
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In this project, researchers will collaborate to enhance understanding of influences on learning, and improve teaching and learning in high school and middle school STEM classes. They will leverage the latest…
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This project will use classroom-based research to teach children about important algebraic concepts and to carefully explore how children come to understand these concepts. The primary goal is to identify levels…
Preparing Urban Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers to Teach Argumentation Throughout the School Year
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The objective of this project is to develop a toolkit of resources and practices that will help inservice middle grades mathematics teachers support mathematical argumentation throughout the school year. A…
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The investigators propose to characterize the multitude of approaches currently employed in the professional development of K-12 teachers of science, and to measure the effectiveness of such approaches in…
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This project will research the development and application of new Next Generation curriculum exemplars for middle school science that align with the expectations of NGSS by (1) constructing diagnostic tools to…
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This project examines the potential of two research-based and college-tested active learning strategies in high school classrooms: Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) and Peer Instruction by…
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This project will develop a Universal Design for Learning, project-based inquiry science program that includes virtual learning environments, virtual laboratories, and digital scaffolds and supports that promote…
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Despite the tremendous growth in the availability of mathematics videos online, little research has investigated student learning from them. The goal of this exploratory project is to create, investigate, and…
Researching the Impact of an Online MOOC Designed to Transform Student Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics
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This study examines non-cognitive factors, mindsets, cognitive factors, and strategies for learning mathematics, in the context of a MOOC combined with classroom instruction for middle grades students in…
Science in the Learning Gardens (SciLG): Factors that Support Racial and Ethnic Minority Students’ Success in Low-Income Middle Schools
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Science in the Learning Gardens (SciLG) designs and implements curriculum aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and uses school gardens as learning contexts in grade 6 (2014-2015), grade 7 (2015-…
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This project will (1) develop and test a modeling tool and accompanying instructional materials, (2) explore how to support students in building and using models to explain and predict phenomena across a range…
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This project will (1) develop and test a modeling tool and accompanying instructional materials, (2) explore how to support students in building and using models to explain and predict phenomena across a range…
Supports for Science and Mathematics Learning in Pre-Kindergarten Dual Language Learners: Designing and Expanding a Professional Development System
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SciMath-DLL is an innovative preschool professional development (PD) model that integrates supports for dual language learners (DLLs) with high quality science and mathematics instructional offerings. It engages…
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This descriptive study will systematically track key instructional indicators in middle school mathematics classrooms, specifically, teachers' mathematical knowledge, the curriculum in place, and the nature of…
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…
Teacher Professional Development for Technology-enhanced Inquiry to Foster Students' 21st Century Learning
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This project will develop and evaluate a module for use in a 7th grade classroom that promotes student development of 21st Century skills with a particular focus on student development of scientific reasoning.…
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
Teaching Environmental Sustainability - Model My Watershed (Collaborative Research: Marcum-Dietrich)
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
The Climate Lab: An Innovative Partnership between Climate Research and Middle-School Practice Collaborative Research: Drayton)
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This project will develop and test an education partnership model focusing on climate change (The Climate Lab) that features inquiry-oriented and place-based learning. The project will develop a curriculum that…
The Climate Lab: An Innovative Partnership between Climate Research and Middle-School Practice Collaborative Research: Lloyd-Evans)
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This project will develop and test an education partnership model focusing on climate change (The Climate Lab) that features inquiry-oriented and place-based learning. The project will develop a curriculum that…
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This synthesis project will inform educators and policymakers about the cumulative evidence that exists on the impacts of a variety of contextual factors on a multitude of STEM outcomes (e.g., math and science…
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This project will work with middle school science teachers to design and evaluate a set of data management tools that will be embedded in a web-based science curriculum. The project helps middle school science…
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This project will develop a modified virtual world and accompanying curriculum for middle school students to help them learn to more deeply understand ecosystems patterns and the strengths and limitations of…
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Education researchers, practitioners, industry representatives, and policymakers are increasingly committed to making engineering education accessible to all K-12 students and teachers. This project is designed…
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
Moving Next Generation Science Standards into Practice: A Middle School Ecology Unit and Teacher Professional Development Model
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Schools and teachers face unprecedented challenges in meeting the ambitious goals of integrating core interdisciplinary science ideas with science and engineering practices as described in new standards. This…
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The goal of this CAREER program of research is to identify, from a cross-cultural perspective, essential Algebraic Knowledge for Teaching (AKT) that will enable elementary teachers to better develop students'…
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Most students learn about negative numbers long after they have learned about positive numbers, and they have little time or opportunity to build on their prior understanding by contrasting the two concepts. The…
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Advancing Reasoning addresses the lack of materials for teacher education by investigating pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' quantitative reasoning in the context of secondary mathematics concepts…
CAREER: L-MAP: Pre-service Middle School Teachers' Knowledge of Mathematical Argumentation and Proving
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This program of research will examine how middle school pre-service teachers' knowledge of mathematical argumentation and proving develops in teacher preparation programs. The project explores the research…
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Research increasingly provides insights into the magnitude of mathematics teacher turnover, but has identified only a limited number of factors that influence teachers' career decisions and often fails to…
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PATHWAYS has two primary objectives: (1) To develop mathematics teachers who approach classrooms with a researcher's mindset, making instructional decisions based on empirical data; (2) To engage aspiring…
The African Diaspora: Developing Black Scholars in Science Education for the 21st Century in the United States
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This project convenes a conference to develop a cadre of African American science education faculty to research issues surrounding the teaching and learning of science. This cadre of faculty will develop a…
A Longitudinal Comparison of the Effects of the Connected Mathematics Program and Other Curricula on Middle School Students' Learning of Algebra
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This project compares the effects on algebraic learning when using the Connected Math Program to the effects of using other (non-NSF supported) middle school mathematics curriculum materials at the middle school…
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This study examines changes in preservice and inservice K-8 teachers' understandings of science and pedagogy across a reform-based Professional Development Continuum. It researches how teachers' knowledge…
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Project M2 is producing and disseminating curriculum materials in geometry and measurement for students in grades K-2. This builds on success of the M3 U.S. Department of Education curriculum grant for…
Capacity Building Conference Series: Supporting an Emerging Community of Science Education Researchers
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This project covers participants' costs to attend a national conference series focusing upon supporting incipient science education research projects. A primary objective is to provide a venue in which…
Design and Use of Illustrations in Test Items as a Form of Accommodation for English Language Learners in Science and Mathematics Assessment
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This project investigates how vignette illustrations minimize the impact of limited English proficiency on student performance in science tests. Different analyses will determine whether and how ELL and non-ELL…
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This project is testing the effectiveness of the 'Learning Assistant Model' for recruiting, preparing, and retaining STEM K-12 teachers by developing a suite of survey instruments that can be used by researchers…
Toward a Scalable Model of Mathematics Professional Development: A Field Study of Preparing Facilitators to Implement the Problem-solving Cycle
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The study includes two and a half years of preparation and support for all the mathematics instructional leaders (ILs) within a large urban school district with a substantial minority student enrollment. These…
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Associate Professor
San Diego State University (SDSU)
Mathematics
Lisa…
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Administrator
PI-NSF Communication In Science Inquiry Project
Maricopa Community Colleges
Arizona State University (ASU)
Michael…
PI-NSF Communication In Science Inquiry Project
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Assistant Professor
University of Missouri
Mathematics
John
Lannin
Email
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Other
Professor
Texas A&M University
Science
Rafael
Lara-Alecio
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Professor
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Dr. Tamara Shapiro Ledley, a senior scientist and chair of the Center for STEM Teaching and Learning at TERC, received her PhD from MIT in 1983 and her BS from the University of Maryland in 1976. Early in her career she led…
Senior Scientist, Chair of the Center for STEM Teaching and Learning
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Professor
New York University (NYU)
Multilingual Learners
Okhee
Lee
Email
olee@nyu.edu…
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James C. Lester is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Educational Informatics at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on transforming education with technology-rich…
Distinguished Professor
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Dr. Yin is particularly interested in classroom assessment and applied measurement. She has conducted research on performance assessment, concept mapping assessment, and formative assessment. In her research, she used…
Assistant Professor
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T State University)
Robin
Liles
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor
University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
Chemistry
Xiufeng…
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Athletic Association Professor
University of Georgia (UGA)
Teacher Practice
Teacher Attitudes…
Athletic Association Professor
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Carolyn A. Maher is Professor II of Mathematics Education and the Director of the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning at the Graduate School of Education of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is Editor of…
Professor II
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Senior Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
June
Mark
Email
jmark@edc.org
Senior Project Director
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My degrees in science education (chemistry content specialty) are from Florida State University (BS and MS) and Cornell University (PhD). I am retired after faculty or consultant sppointments at Cornell University, Syracuse…
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Lillian C. McDermott is a Professor of Physics and Director of the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington. She received her B.A. (1952) from Vassar College, an MA (1956), and a Ph.D. in experimental…
Professor
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Associate Professor
University of Arizona (U of A)
Rebecca
McGraw
Email
rmcgraw@math.arizona.edu
Associate Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Deputy Director
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT)
Engineering
Mercedes…
Deputy Director
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Katherine L. McNeill is an Associate Professor of science education at Boston College. A former middle school science teacher, she received her doctorate in science education from the University of Michigan. Her research…
Associate Professor of Science Education
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I have worked at TERC as a project leader, PI, curriculum developer, and professional development specialist since 1993, leading a variety of projects in science education. I am currently co-PI of the Talk Science project,…
Senior Project Director
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Richard Millman has published 4 books (business calculus, differential geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, and math for future elementary teachers) with two other co-authors. His research is in math education, differential…
Director and Professor of Mathematics
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Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics
University of Maryland (UMD)
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Robert
Mislevy…
Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics
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Senior Scientist
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Babette
Moeller
Email
bmoeller@edc.org
Senior Scientist
People
I am a developmental psychologist who has studied childrens' and teachers' understanding of data, including their use of real-time graphs. I also have developed strategies for incorporating more mathematics (…
Executive Director
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Robert P. (Bob) Moses resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife, Dr. Janet Moses, M.D. They have four children. Bob Moses was born and raised in Harlem, NY, and received his B.A. from Hamilton College in 1956. In…
President
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Educator
Professor
University of Michigan (UM)
Assessment
Pamela
Moss
Email…
Professor
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Educator
Senior Research Associate
TERC, Inc.
Special Education
Karen
Mutch-Jones…
Senior Research Associate
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Washington State University Vancouver
Tamara
Nelson
Email
tnelson1@vancouver.wsu.edu
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Sharon Nelson-Barber, EdD, directs WestEd's Center for the Study of Culture and Language in Education. She is also a Lecturer in Stanford University's Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, where…
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Methodologist
Professor
Boston College (BC)
Measurement
Statistics
Assessment
Educational…
Professor
People
Valerie Otero is an associate professor of science education and is involved in several large projects throughout the University of Colorado, Boulder and throughout the United States. She is the director of the Colorado…
Associate Professor
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Amy Pallant is currently Principle Investigator on the NSF funded project High Adventure Science, focused on developing model-based curriculum materials for 8th and 9th grade, that enable students to explore current…
Principal Investigator
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I received my Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri - Columbia, my M.S. in Elementary Education from D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY, and my Bachelors in Kinesiology from McMaster…
Assistant Professor of Science Education
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Director
EDC|Center for Children and Technology
Shelley
Pasnik
Email
sp@edc.org
Director
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Professional Development…
Associate Professor
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Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
James
Pellegrino
Email
pellegjw@uic.edu
Professor
People
Bill Penuel is a professor in Educational Psychology and the Learning Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses on teacher learning and organizational processes that shape the implementation of…
Professor
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Joseph L. Polman, Ph.D. is an associate professor of educational technology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he also serves as associate director of the College of Education's E. Desmond Lee Technology…
Associate Professor
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
President
STEMWorks, LLC
Classroom Practice
Engineering
Mathematics…
President
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Scientist
TERC, Inc.
Environmental Science
Gillian
Puttick…
Senior Scientist
People
Dr. Edys Quellmalz, Director of Technology-Enhanced Assessment and Learning Systems in WestEd’s Math, Science and Technology program, leads SimScientists projects funded by NSF and the U.S. Department of Education related…
Director of Technology Enhanced Assessment and Learning Systems
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Steven Rasmussen is president of KCPT Technologies and currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator on KCPT’s NSF funded, Introducing Dynamic Number as a Transformative Technology for Number and Early Algebra project. He…
Senior Scientist
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Research Scientist
Concord Consortium
Frieda
Reichsman
Email…
Senior Research Scientist
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor of Learning Sciences
Northwestern University (NU)
Learning Progression…
Professor of Learning Sciences
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I co-direct the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum - an NSF funded Center for Learning and Teaching. My research focuses on the role and impact of curriculum including standards and curriculum materials…
Curator's Professor and Lois Knowles Faculty Fellow
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John D. Ristvey, Jr. Manages McREL’s education and public outreach (E/PO) team. He specializes in technical and science education expertise, instructional materials design, and professional development. Mr. Ristvey holds an…
Senior Director
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Director
SRI International
Jeremy
Roschelle
Email
jeremy.roschelle@sri.com
Director
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor and Chair
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Engineering
Julia…
Professor and Chair
People
Associate Director for Outreach
Paleontological Research Institution
Climate Change
Earth Science
Environmental Science…
Associate Director for Outreach
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Kathleen Roth is Senior Science Educator at the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) in Colorado Springs, CO. Her current research and development work focuses on videocase-based lesson analysis to support preservice…
Senior Science Educator
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Associate Professor of Science Education.
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
Purdue University…
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor of Secondary Education
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Laurie
Rubel
Email
LRubel@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Associate Professor of Secondary Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Senior Scientist
TERC, Inc.
Mathematics
Statistics
Technology…
Senior Scientist
People
Maria Ruiz-Primo, Associate Professor at the School of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado Denver. Her work focuses on two strands: assessment of students learning at both large-scale and classroom level…
Associate Professor
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Susan Jo Russell was a classroom teacher and staff developer in public and private schools in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She is currently at the Education Research Collaborative at TERC, where she has worked in…
Math Educator
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)
Biology…
Assistant Professor
People
Philip Sadler is currently the Director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Science Education Department and F.W. Wright Senior Lecturer in Astronomy. He holds a B.S. in Physics from MIT and an Ed.D. from…
Director, Science Education Department
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Daniel Scher is the principal investigator of the Introducing Dynamic Number as a Transformative Technology for Number and Early Algebra at KCP Technologies. Daniel joined KCP Technologies as a full-time curriculum…
Senior Scientist
People
Center for Applied Special Technology, Inc. (CAST)
Gabrielle
Schlichtmann
People
Project Investigator
WestEd
Mathematics
Nanette
Seago
Email
nseago@wested.org…
Project Investigator
People
Educator
Professor
University of Connecticut (UConn)
Achievement
Multilingual Learners
Equity…
Professor
People
David Williamson Shaffer is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Psychology and a Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Before coming to the University…
Professor
People
Namsoo Shin, Ph.D., is a research scientist in the School of Education at the
University of Michigan. Her interests are focused on the impact of constructivistic
learning environments on student learning, especially…
Research Scientist
People
Dr. Jim Short is the Director of the new Gottesman Center for Science Teaching and Learning at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The focus of the Gottesman Center is to improve student performance and…
Director, Gottesman Center for Science Teaching and Learning
People
Educator
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Science Education II
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Science
James…
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Science Education II
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Professional Development…
Associate Professor
People
Professor in the Practice of Education
Vanderbilt University
Marcy
Singer-Gabella
Email
m.singer-gabella@vanderbilt.edu…
Professor in the Practice of Education
People
Dr. Guillermo Solano-Flores specializes in educational measurement, assessment development, and the linguistic and cultural issues that are relevant to both the testing of linguistic minorities and international test…
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Nancy Butler Songer is the Associate Provost for STEM Education at the University of Utah. Songer is an International scholar with over twenty-five years of research and development in Science, Technology, Engineering…
Associate Provost for STEM Education
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Senior Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Deborah
Spencer
Email
dspencer@edc.org
Senior Project Director
People
Carolyn Staudt has developed extensive probe and model-based curriculum materials for 16 years at the Concord Consortium and has 20 years prior experience classroom teaching experience. She was a Christa McAuliffe Fellow in…
Curriculum and Professional Development Consultant
People
Educator
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-Milwaukee)
Measurement
Michael…
Associate Professor
People
Professor
The City College of New York, CUNY
Richard
Steinberg
Email
steinberg@ccny.cuny.edu
Professor
People
Professor Trish Stoddart, is an expert in preparing teachers to teach academic subjects to ELL with an emphasis on science and math. Dr Stoddart has led several large federally funded projects including the NSF funded…
Professor
People
Dr. Strauss came to LMU from Boston College in 2010 as a Presidential Professor of Urban Ecology and is the Founding Director of the new Center for Urban Resilience (CURes). This Center focuses on community-based ecological…
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Director of INSPIRE, and Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Johannes
Strobel
Email
jstrobel@purdue.edu…
Director of INSPIRE, and Assistant Professor
People
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Alabama and Director, The Office of Research on Teaching in the Disciplines. Executive editor of the Journal of Interactive Online Learning and of Social Studies…
Professor
People
Dennis Sunal holds a Ph.D. in science education, MA in Interdisciplinary Science, and a BS in Physics, all from the University of Michigan. He currently is a Professor of Science Education at the University of Alabama. His…
Science Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Other)
Research Scientist
University of Michigan (UM)
Science
LeeAnn…
Research Scientist
People
Dr. Sutton serves as Co-PI for the NSF-funded Examining Mathematics Coaching DRK-12 project and brings to his position more than 30 years of experience in project management, mathematics and science education reform, and…
Senior Research Associate
People
Stukel Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)
Karen
Swan
Email
kswan4@uis.edu…
Stukel Professor of Educational Leadership
People
Bill Tally is Senior Researcher and Designer at the Center for Children and Technology in New York (CCT), part of the Education Development Center, Inc. For over 20 years he has studied and designed educational uses of…
Senior Research Scientist
People
Methodologist
Faculty/Principal Researcher
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
American Institutes for Research (AIR)…
Faculty/Principal Researcher
People
Dr. Fatima E. Terrazas Arellanes is a Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon. She is a Co-Principal Investigator of COPELLS a three and a half year Research…
Research Associate
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Research Assistant Professor
University of Washington (UW)
Jessica
Thompson
Email
jjthomps@uw.edu…
Research Assistant Professor
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Associate Program Director, STEM
WestEd
Michael
Timms
Email
mtimms@wested.org
Associate Program Director, STEM
People
President Emeritus
Concord Consortium
Robert
Tinker
Email
bob@concord.org
President Emeritus
People
As Director of Education at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Nancy Trautmann leads a team that creates educational resources and experiences for people of all ages, focusing on birds, biodiversity, and conservation. Drawing…
Director of Education, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Director of the North Central Comprehensive Center. Past President of the National Science Teachers Association --2004-2005.
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Director North Central…
Director North Central Comprehensive Center
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Associate Director
BSCS
Pamela
Van Scotter
Email
pvanscotter@bscs.org
Associate Director
People
Research Faculty
University of Colorado Boulder
Sarel
Van Vuuren
Email
sarel@colorado.edu
Research Faculty
People
I am a professor and undergraduate director in the Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Rutgers University. My laboratory studies mechanisms of transcriptional regulation using yeast as a model system. I am…
Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor of Physics
Seattle Pacific University (SPU)
Physics
Stamatis…
Professor of Physics
People
Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF)
Rhonda Neal
Waltman
Email
waltmaninc@bellsouth.net
People
Chief Scientist
Boulder Language Technologies
Wayne
Ward
Email
wward@bltek.com
Chief Scientist
People
Associate Research Professor
Loyola University Chicago (LUC)
Stacy
Wenzel
Email
swenzel@luc.edu
Associate Research Professor
People
Tobin White studies the use of technology in teaching and learning mathematics. A former high school mathematics teacher, he earned his PhD in mathematics education from Stanford in 2005. His current research, using…
Assistant Professor
People
Dr. Karin Wiburg is currently the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education at New Mexico State University. She has working in higher education for the last 20 years and is a professor of learning technologies…
Associate Dean for Research
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Dr. Eric Wiebe is an Associate Professor of Science and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. His primary interest is in the use of graphics as a tool for communicating and learning scientific and…
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Ben received a bachelor’s degree from Purdue in 2006 and returned professionally in fall 2011. His responsibilities include teaching, software/database development, academic analytics, business processes, coordination of…
Assistant Department Head
People
Methodologist
Professor
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Assessment
Mark
Wilson…
Professor
People
Mark Windschitl is a professor of Science Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington. His research interests deal with the early career development of science teachers—in particular their trajectories toward…
Professor of Science Teaching and Learning
People
https://charxie.github.io/
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Chief Scientist
Chemistry
Computer Science
Engineering…
Chief Scientist
People
Dr. Xin is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies. Her primary expertise is within the area of mathematics problem solving involving students with learning disabilities/difficulties. Dr. Xin’s research is…
Professor
People
Research in the Yezierski Group focuses on improving conceptual understanding of chemistry and developing scientific thinking across a variety of grade levels (middle school, high school, and college) and learning…
Associate Professor
People
I am interested the knowledge needed for effective mathematics instructional coaching. I am also interested in the roles and purposes of proof and reasoning in K-12 education and teacher training.…
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
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Dr. Robert E. Young is a Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University. His current research interests are the development of a high school mathematics course that uses operations…
Professor
People
I am a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Education at brooklyn College. My Ph.D. is in Sociology (Graduate Center, CUNY). The focus of my research is the study of whole-class interaction, most specifically, the…
Associate Professor
People
Andy Zucker is co-PI on two projects: Piloting Graph Literacy Activities in Maine, and SmartGraphs. He has experience as an education researcher, evaluator, and software developer. Andy is the author of two books on…
Senior Research Scientist
People
National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE)
Daniel
Householder
Email
d.householder@usu.edu
People
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Julio
Lopez-Ferrao
Email
jlopezfe@nsf.gov
People
Administrator
Curriculum
Engineering
Physics
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Pedagogy
Standards
Teacher Practice…
People
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Elizabeth
Vanderputten
Email
evanderp@nsf.gov
People
Associate Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Leana
Nordstrom
Email
lnordstrom@edc.org
Associate Project Director
People
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMass Donahue Institute)
Greta
Shultz
People
Other
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMass Donahue Institute)
Social Science
Eric
Heller…
People
Other
Research Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Amy
Busey
Email
abusey@edc.org…
Research Associate
People
Dr. Suzanne M. Wilson is a Neag Endowed Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her undergraduate degree is in history and American Studies from…
Professor
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Angela McIver is the founder and president of Math Foundations, LLC. For nearly fifteen years, she has worked with urban students as both a math teacher and program director to help them gain access to higher education.…
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Jonathan King is Professor of Molecular Biology at MIT and the co-author of over 200 scientific papers on the genetic control of protein folding and virus assembly. Prof. King is a Past President of the Biophysical Society…
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Glenn Stevens is a professor of mathematics at Boston University where he has taught and conducted research since 1984. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Harvard University in 1981. Beginning in 1989, Professor…
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Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard University. His fields of scholarship include emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. His funded research includes grants from the…
Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies
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Jessica Tybursky Nuzzi is working on completing her dissertation at Montclair State University on shifting math teaching practices towards reform-oriented standards via a coteaching professional development model and is a…
Graduate Research Assistant
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Monica Mitchell is a mathematics education consultant specializing in education research and program evaluation. She has led and directed mathematics education reform initiatives focused on large-scale systemic reform,…
President
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Amy Noelle Parks is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. Prior to that she was an assistant professor of early childhood education at the University of Georgia. Her…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
Vanderbilt University
Professional Development…
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
People
Nancy R. Lawrence has a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations & Policy from University of Colorado, Boulder. Lawrence has written on diverse topics, including formative assessment, cultural literacy, gender politics,…
Research Scientist
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor, Science Education
Clemson University
Inquiry in Motion (IIM)…
Associate Professor, Science Education
People
My research focuses on middle-school and secondary mathematics education. I am interested in studying students' reasoning, particularly as it relates to mathematical generalization, justification and proof, and the…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor of Science Education
Florida International University (FIU)
Physics…
Professor of Science Education
People
I am an associate professor at The University of Toledo. My teaching focus is K-8 elementary mathematics education. My research interests include rational number, with a particular focus on fractions, and understanding…
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
People
Professor, Learning Policy
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Mary Kay
Stein
Email
mkstein@pitt.edu
Professor, Learning Policy
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
BSCS
Teacher Practice
Elizabeth
Edmondson
Email…
People
Other
Ohio State University (OSU)
Carolyn
Hamilton
Email
chamilton@msteacher.org
People
I am the project director for Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears and an Education Resource Specialist in the College of Education and Human Ecology (School of Teaching and Learning) at The Ohio State University. I have…
People
Susan Courey, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and the Mild/Moderate Program Coordinator in the department of Special Education. Dr. Courey is currently directing a federally funded program improvement project to…
Assistant Professor
People
Administrator
Associate Director for Federal Outreach and Research
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Science…
Associate Director for Federal Outreach and Research
People
I knew at the age of six that I wanted to teach Math - not because I was good at it (though in a conventional sense I was and have been - "good at Math") - but because I couldn't fathom why some of my most…
Research and Project Manager
People
Educator
Associate Professor
Temple University
Technology
Catherine
Schifter
Email…
Associate Professor
People
Other
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mathematics
Kenny
Nguyen
Email
khnguye2@…
People
John has served as Technology Specialist for Faculty Development in the Reich College of Education at ASU for more than a decade. In this capacity he has assisted faculty with meeting state mandated technology standards for…
Technology Specialist for Faculty Development
People
Discipline Specialist (Other)
Texas A&M University
Cognitive Science
Cyberlearning
Educational Technology
Learning…
People
Dr. Annie Wilhelm is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University. She holds B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Santa…
Associate Professor
People
Chrystal Dean is assistant professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Appalachian State University. She received her B.S. in Mathematics/Secondary Education and her Master's…
People
San Diego State University (SDSU)
Candace
Cabral
Email
ccabral@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
People
3 daughters
4 years in the U.S. Air Force
B.S. in Middle Grade Education Math and Science at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
M.A. Middle Grade Math, ASU
National Board Certified
Educator…
Teacher
People
I am a graduate student working as a research assistant with Project SMILE.
Other
Appalachian State University
Biology…
People
Educator
Associate Professor
University of Delaware (UD)
Professional Development
Teacher Practice
Mathematics…
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Cheryl L. Mason is a Professor of Science Education and Biological Sciences at San Diego State University. Mason received her Ph.D. in Science Education and Educational Computing from Purdue University, and her…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Center Director
SRI International
Special Education
Jose…
Center Director
People
Senior Study Director
Vanderbilt University
Westat, Inc.
Karin
Katterfeld
Senior Study Director
People
Jonee Wilson is currently a doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Before enrolling in the PhD program, she was a high-school mathematics teacher at a public school…
People
Other
Concord Consortium
Biology
Sarah
Pryputniewicz
Email
spryputniewicz@concord.org…
People
Daniel Damelin has worked in education for 20 years as a teacher, curriculum and software developer, professional development designer, and educational researcher. Currently an employee of the Concord Consortium, he works…
People
Director of the Mathematics and Science Education Center at Appalachian State University since 2004. Professor of Mathematics
Administrator
Appalachian State University…
People
Kennedy is the founding Director of the Science and Mathematics Education Resource Center (SMERC), a partnership of Educational Service District 112, Washington State University Vancouver, and 30 SW Washington School…
People
Administrator
Montana State University
Mathematics
James
Burroughs
Email
emc@math.…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Museum of Science, Boston
Engineering
Kate
Hester
Email…
People
I was originally trained as an applied developmental psychology with an interest in cognitive development and schooling. I have over the years moved a variety of directions. Over the years I have done research focusing on…
Professor and Director of Assessment and Evaluation
People
Anne Jolly
Educational Consultant/Professional Writer
AREAS of FOCUS
*Development, writing, and implementation of middle grades engineering curriculum.
*Design and authoring of books on facilitating professional…
People
President
Blue Heron STEM Education
Engineering
Science
Curriculum
Professional Development…
President
People
Retired teacher; working as an educational consultant to promote STEM reform initiatives
Educator
Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF)…
People
I am a UC professor who is interested in getting the public (K-12) exposed to how science works, including critical thinking, communication, and evidence based learning.
Educator…
People
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Melissa
Braaten
Email
mbraaten@wisc.edu
People
Administrator
New York State Education Department
University of Washington (UW)
Assessment
Cognitive Science
Policy…
People
Cynthia D’Angelo, Ph.D., is a researcher specializing in science education, simulations, games, and learning. She is interested in how we can leverage data gathered through online technologies to better understand how it is…
Education Researcher
People
Leigh S. Arino de la Rubia is currently a Research Project Director in the Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences at Tennessee State University. During the past four years she has worked on one education research grant…
Research Project Director
People
Administrator
Assistant Dean (Ret) College of Engineering
University of South Alabama (USA)
Engineering
Robert…
Assistant Dean (Ret) College of Engineering
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
Montana State University
Mathematics
Elizabeth…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mathematics
Drew
Corley
Email
akcorley@…
People
Other
Illinois State University (ISU)
Measurement
Amanda
Miller
Email
almille@ilstu.edu…
People
Educator
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU Carbondale)
Mathematics
Miran
Byun
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Educator
University of Kentucky (UK)
Mathematics
Margaret
Schroeder
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
University of Kentucky (UK)
Geometry
Carl
Lee
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Methodologist
Alpine Testing Solutions
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Chad
Buckendahl
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North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mathematics
Ayanna
Franklin
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North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mathematics
ZUHAL
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Clinical Professor and Senior Research Scientist of BioMusic, Music Research Institute, UNCG
I study the musical sounds in all species (BioMusic) with particular emphasis on large-brained animals living in complex social…
Senior Research Scientist
People
I am the external evaluator of the project
Methodologist
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT)
Social Science…
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Purdue University
Mariheida
Cordova-Sanchez
Email
cordovas@purdue.edu
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Dr. Wendy Saul, PI on the grant, serves as the Allan B. and Helen S. Shopmaker Professor of Education and International Studies at UMSL. For the past 20 years she has received continuous NSF funding to support her work on…
Endowed Professor
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Cathy Farrar is a co-PI on the grant and the Science Department Chair at Normandy High School (MO) in the Normandy School District. She has taught Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Forensics. Currently, she is enrolled at…
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Dr. Alan Newman is a co-PI on the grant and a Research Professor in the College of Education at UMSL. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and has conducted basic research at various universities and Brookhaven National Laboratory…
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Laura Pearce is a former public school teacher, having taught 20+ years in K-5. Currently she is a graduate assistant in the doctoral program at the University of Missouri–Saint Louis. She is the recipient of the…
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Cynthia Graville is an Instructor of Converging Communication
Technology and Director of the Communication Media Lab at Saint Louis
University. Currently, she is enrolled as a doctoral student in the
Teaching and…
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Jennifer Gauble serves the Saint Louis Zoo with internal research and evaluation processes. She taught in and led the teacher education program at McKendree University prior to joining the Zoo in 2020. Before pursuing her…
Conservation Audience Research & Evaluation Associate
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Dr. Nancy Singer, Assistant Professor at UMSL, taught English and journalism
for 14 years at both the middle and high school levels. Currently, she
co-directs the English Education program at UMSL, co-directs the Gateway…
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Glenda McCarty has taught science in both formal and informal education and
has a background in library science. Currently, she is a graduate teaching
assistant in the doctoral program at the University of Missouri–Saint…
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Angela Kohnen is a doctoral student at the College of Education at University of Missouri, St. Louis.
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Angela
Kohnen…
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Michael Butler is the Senior IT Research Analyst/Professional Development
Manager for the College of Education at UMSL, and the web developer for the
SciJourn project. He has more than 15 years of technology experience…
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Diane Miller, Vice President of Community Science Programs and Partnerships at the Saint Louis Science Center, oversees the Youth Exploring Science (YES) program, which is an active partner on the grant. Under her…
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Marilyn Ault, PhD, is the Director of ALTEC, a Division of KU-CRL and has directed research and technical assistance projects with federal, state, and private foundation support focusing on the integration of technology…
Research Scientist
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Jana Craig Hare, PhD, is an Assistant Research Professor and Associate Director for ALTEC, a division of the Center for Research on Learning, at the University of Kansas. Jana brings a classroom perspective to school…
Assistant Research Professor
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Educator
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Engineering
Shamsnaz
Virani
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Educator
Assistant Professor
University of Georgia (UGA)
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Ji
Shen…
Assistant Professor
People
Dr. John D. Bransford holds the Shauna C. Larson Professor of Education and Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Bransford is also Co Principal Investigator and Co-Director of…
Professor
People
Cary Sneider is currently Associate Research Professor at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches courses in research methodology for teachers in a Master’s Degree program. He is also PI for a NSF…
Associate Research Professor
People
My body of research explores the ways that children learn to reason inferentially and analogically. We use an integration of experimental, interactional, cross-cultural, and computational approaches to better understand…
Assistant Professor
People
I am an associate professor of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. I earned my Ph. D. in Educational Technology from Purdue University in 2008. I also have an M. A. in French and Italian…
Associate Professor
People
Sara Lacy is a senior scientist at TERC. The focus of her current work is development of resources for teaching and learning about energy in elementary school. She is principal investigator of the project Focus on Energy:…
Senior Scientist
People
I have a degree in Physics and Engineering and a Masters degree in Physical Oceanology from the University of Liege, Belgium and a PhD in Cognitive & Brain Science from MIT. My areas of research are science learning and…
Associate Professor
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Denisse R. Thompson, Ph.D. (University of Chicago), is Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of South Florida where she has been on the faculty since 1990. She is the author or co-author of 17 books, over 25…
Professor of Mathematics Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
University of Cincinnati (UC)
Teacher Practice
Ted…
Professor
People
Robert Slavin is currently Director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, part-time Professor at the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York (England), and…
Director
People
Senior Researcher in Science Education
SRI International
Assessment
Science
Classroom Practice
Curriculum…
Senior Researcher in Science Education
People
Dr. David Birchfield is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University. He serves as the lead for K-12 Embodied and Mediated Learning Group at ASU. In this role he is…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
Professor
Northwestern University (NU)
Computer Science
Uri
Wilensky…
Professor
People
Katherine Perkins is Director of the PhET Interactive Simulations Project and Associate Professor of Physics (Attendant Rank) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She also serves as Director of the CU Science Education…
Director, PhET Interactive Simulations and Professor of Physics
People
Chris got all three of his degrees at Stanford Univ., where he worked with John Eaton on his thesis looking at particle motion in a boundary layer flow. From Stanford, he went to Tufts as a faculty member, where he has been…
Professor
People
Cory Buxton is Professor and Program Chair of Science & Mathematics Education at Oregon State University. His research fosters more equitable science learning opportunities for all students and especially for…
Professor
People
Other
Professor
New York University (NYU)
Learning Progression
Martin
Simon
Email…
Professor
People
Paola Sztajn is a professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Elementary Education. She teachers mathematics methods courses for prospective and practicing teachers. Her research program focuses on practicing…
Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
California State University, Chico
Mathematics
Zaur…
Associate Professor
People
Research Assistant Professor
University of Montana
Environmental Science
Beth
Covitt
Email…
Research Assistant Professor
People
Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, develops new technologies and activities to engage people (especially children) in creative learning experiences. His Lifelong Kindergarten research…
Professor
People
I specialize in research, development, assessment, and evaluation projects devoted to presenting students with place, data, and inquiry-based STEM learning opportunities, primarily in K-12 environmental science but…
Senior Educational Researcher
People
Assistant Research Professor
Rutgers University (RU)
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
Kimberly
Brenneman…
Assistant Research Professor
People
Janis Bulgren, Ph. D., is an Associate Research Professor at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and Courtesy Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education. She has been instrumental in…
Associate Research Professor
People
Christine Hailey is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and an Associate Dean in the College of Engineering at Utah State University.
Administrator
Associate Dean…
Associate Dean
People
I am a Mathematician who has operated at the interface of mathematics, computer science, and education. I habe been an administrator at all levels of higher education. I spent seven years as NSF Division Director for ESIE…
Research Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor
University of Michigan (UM)
Professional Development
Edward…
Professor
People
David Beer joined The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education as ethnographic evaluator in 2003. His work at the center has included: providing strategic consulting support to the New York City Department of…
Co-Director, School Support Services
People
Chris Quintana is an Associate Professor of Learning Technologies in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on learner-centered design approaches for developing learning technologies,…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
University of Colorado Denver
Learning Progression
Ron
Tzur
Email
ron.tzur@…
People
Educator
Assistant Professor of Science Education
University of Arizona (U of A)
Learning Progression
Kristin…
Assistant Professor of Science Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Doctoral Student
Purdue University
Special Education
Joo Young…
Doctoral Student
People
Other
Associate Professor
Harvard University
Computer Science
Technology
Classroom Practice…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
University of Kansas (KU)
21st Century Skills
Douglas
Adams
Email
dadams@altec…
People
I am currently teaching Biotechnology and Advanced Biotechnology at the High School level. I am interested in working together with other schools and business. I am also interested in any funding that might be available for…
People
I am currently facilitating a mid-high school mathematics teacher study group/PLC. I just earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education with a dissertation on the Principal's Leadership Role in Implementing Mathematics…
People
Michelle Cirillo, a former high school mathematics teacher, is now an associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include classroom discourse,…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Science
Suzanne
Elgendy
Email
selgendy@…
People
Vanessa Peters, Ph.D., is an education researcher at SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning. Her research focuses on how emergent uses of technology can create opportunities for teaching and learning,…
Education Researcher
People
Mike is a research scientist at the Center for Education integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC), Georgia Tech's K-12 outreach center. Additionally, Mike serves as a teacher professional learning…
Senior Researcher
People
Other
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Professional Development
Jeff
Rosen
Email…
People
Other
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Professional Development
Mary
Koppal…
People
Jamie N. Mikeska completed her Ph.D. in the Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy graduate program at Michigan State University in 2010. Since 2013, she has served as an associate research scientist in the…
Associate Research Scientist
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)
Classroom Practice…
Assistant Professor
People
Anna Newsome serves as a Program Coordinator within CEISMC for SLIDER (Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering, and Robotics). She received a Bachelors of Science in Public Policy from Georgia Tech in 2008.…
People
Dr. Yoon is pursuing several lines of research including investigating curricular applications and learning outcomes of using social network graphs in decision-making about socio-scientific issues; understanding the…
Assistant Professor of Education
People
Martha Allexsaht-Snider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include: family-school-community interactions in diverse…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
Professor of Education and Informatics
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)
Educational Technology…
Professor of Education and Informatics
People
Discipline Specialist (Other)
Associate Professor
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Educational Technology…
Associate Professor
People
Judy Vesel is a Principal Investigator/Project Director at TERC. She has degrees in Biology, Linguistics, and Education. She is the Principal Investigator/Project Director for TERC’s Signing Science and Math initiative,…
Principal Investigator
People
Practitioner
Math and Science Program Manager
Bellevue School District, WA
Seattle Public Schools
Science…
Math and Science Program Manager
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia (UVA)
Science
Jennifer…
Assistant Professor
People
I received a phd in science education from the University of Michigan, worked as a post doc at the University of California, Berkeley, and held an assistant professor position at Tufts University. Currently, I am a visiting…
People
Barbara Buckley is a Senior Research Associate at WestEd’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program, and has diverse experience in educational and research uses of information technologies for model-…
Senior Research Associate
People
Dr. Todd Campbell is an Associate Professor at UMass Dartmouth. Previously, Todd was an Associate Professor at Utah State University where he led the secondary science education program. Todd's research focuses on…
Associate Professor of Science Education
People
Douglas H. Clements is SUNY Distinguished Professor of early childhood, mathematics, and computer education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Previously a kindergarten teacher for five years and a…
Distinguished University Professor; Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning
People
Christian Hirsch is a Professor of Mathematics at Western Michigan University. He holds a M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. His research interests include secondary…
Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education
People
Bruce Johnson is a Professor of science education and Head of the Department of Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona, where he also serves as Director of the Earth Education Research…
Professor and Department Head
People
Gerald Kulm is Curtis D. Robert Professor of Mathematics Education in the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. Kulm's areas of research include mathematics knowledge for teaching,…
Professor
People
I am a Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University and a former middle school mathematics teacher. My research interest is in achievement disparities for African American and…
Professor
People
former Chairman and CEO; CEO of Neil Patterson Productions (NPP)
E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Neil
Patterson
Email…
former Chairman and CEO; CEO of Neil Patterson Productions (NPP)
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Algebra
Biology…
Professor of Psychology
People
Discipline Specialist (Other)
Director of Visitor Research and Program Evaluation
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Kathleen…
Director of Visitor Research and Program Evaluation
People
Vanessa graduated from Smith College, where she double-majored in Geology and Russian, spending her sophomore year in Odessa, Ukraine. After college, she joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in the Philippines as an…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Texas A&M University
Mathematics
G. Donald
Allen
Email…
People
Dr. Chance W. Lewis is the Houston Endowment Inc., Endowed Chair and associate professor of urban education and Co-Director of the Urban Education Graduate program in the College of Education at Texas A&M University.…
People
I am the Postdoctoral Research Associate for our DR K-12 grant project entitled, “Preservice Teachers Knowledge for Teaching Algebra for Equity in the Middle Grades” at Texas A&M University. My research area is in…
Postdoctoral Research Associate
People
Methodologist
Utah State University (USU)
Statistics
Dan
Coster
Email
Dan.Coster@usu.…
People
Utah State University (USU)
Biology
Cyberlearning
Aaron
Duffy
Email
aaron.duffy@usu.edu…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Utah State University (USU)
Biology
Paul
Wolf
Email
wolf@…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Postdoctoral Scholar
New York University (NYU)
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering…
Postdoctoral Scholar
People
Educator
Utah State University (USU)
Educational Technology
Brett
Shelton
Email…
People
Tara Robillard is a Developer and Lead Researcher for the Signing Math and Science project including Signing High School Science.
Other
TERC, Inc…
People
Other
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Biology
Lisa
Runco
Email
lrunco@nyit.edu…
People
Kathryn Bell McKenzie is Associate Professor of Educational Administration and affiliated faculty member in Women and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, Kathryn worked…
People
Methodologist
Director of Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Statistics
Curtis…
Director of Biostatistics
People
Kikumi Tatsuoka is a distinguished research professor emeritus at the Department of Human Development, Teachers College at Columbia University, but she lives in Cleveland, Ohio and is working with Professor Clement at…
Research Professor, Department of Human Development
People
Julie Sarama is the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Innovative Learning Technologies and professor at the University of Denver. She conducts research on young children's development of mathematical concepts and competencies,…
People
Educator
21st Century Skills
Chemistry
Assessment
Classroom Practice
Professional Development
Vincent…
People
Administrator
Project Supervisor
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Classroom Practice…
Project Supervisor
People
I am a physics teacher at Boston Latin School and lead author of the Energizing Physics curriculum.
Educator
Physics
Aaron…
People
Educator
Senior Research Fellow
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mathematics
Alan
Maloney…
Senior Research Fellow
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland (UMD)
Assessment
Biology
Learning…
Assistant Professor
People
Dr. Merredith Portsmore is a Research Assistant Professor in Education at Tufts University as well as the Director of Outreach Programs for Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Merredith has the unique…
People
Assistant Professor
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
21st Century Skills
Hui-Yin
Hsu
Email…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
University of Colorado Boulder
Physics
Kathy
Dessau
Email
Kathryn.Dessau@colorado…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Michigan State University (MSU)
Teacher Practice
Climate Change…
Professor
People
My research as a biogeochemist includes both laboratory and field projects that employ a range of analytical chemical techniques including gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, electrochemistry, microbiology, and in-…
Associate Professor
People
Casey Hord is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Cincinnati. His primary research interest is developing mathematics interventions for students with learning disabilities and students…
Professor
People
Graduate Research Assistant
Mario
Martinez-Garza
Graduate Research Assistant
People
Educator
Research Project Manager
Temple University
Science
Uma
Natarajan
Email…
Research Project Manager
People
Chao is currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the Educational Equity Cultural Diversity program in the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to coming to the United States, she taught English as a foreign language…
Graduate Research Assistant
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Graduate Assistant
University of Arizona (U of A)
Chemistry
Physics
Curriculum…
Graduate Assistant
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Adjunct Professor, Educational Studies Department
University of Michigan (UM)
Mathematics…
Adjunct Professor, Educational Studies Department
People
Elham Kazemi is an associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Washington. Her work fits within a growing body of research that explores the long-term supports that enable teachers and schools to meet…
Assoc. Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
People
Senior Computer Scientist
Concord Consortium
Saeid
Nourian
Email
snourian@concord.org
Senior Computer Scientist
People
Educational Psychologist who has been in R&D related to educational reform for over 25 years.
Other
Senior Project Director
Hofstra University…
Senior Project Director
People
Jerome Shaw is Co-Principal Investigator for the ESTELL project for which his primary responsibility is to lead the Student Achievement Study strand of work. Dr. Shaw is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the…
Assistant Professor, Science Education
People
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Patricia
Friedrichsen
Email…
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Jing Lei is an Associate Professor in the Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation in the School of Education at Syracuse University. Dr. Lei's scholarship focuses on how information and communication…
Associate Professor
People
Doctoral student
University of Cincinnati (UC)
Science
Kathie
Maynard
Email
kathie.…
Doctoral student
People
I am currently Research Professor at the Center for Discrete Math and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) at Rutgers University. My role is to facilitate new and ongoing research and education programs at DIMACS and to…
Research Professor
People
Elissa Milto began working with the Center for Engineering and Education Outreach at Tufts University in 1999 while she was a classroom teacher at a local school. The following year she entered Tufts as a graduate student…
Program Manager
People
I have a BS in engineering and did structural design for three years before deciding to change careers. After earning an MS in education I taught at the elementary and middle school levels for 24 years. For the past 15…
Project Director
People
Ruth Krumhansl, a research scientist at EDC, is involved in a number of NSF-funded projects related to Earth and Space Science education. She is PI of the Oceans of Data project, a collaboration with the Scripps Institution…
Research Scientist
People
Program Coordinator
University of Connecticut (UConn)
Mathematics
Kathleen
McDermott
Email…
Program Coordinator
People
Other
Assistant Professor
Saint Joseph's University
Pedagogy
Teacher Practice
Janine…
Assistant Professor
People
Don Duggan-Haas is the Director of Teacher Programs at The Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY. Don has taught at Colgate, Cornell, and Michigan State Universities, Kalamazoo…
Education Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Associate
Michigan State University (MSU)
Climate Change
Environmental Science…
Research Associate
People
I a professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education at the University of Arizona. Previously I held positions at the University of Notre Dame, the University of…
Professor
People
Deborah Schifter is a principal research scientist at the Education Development Center, Waltham, MA. She has worked as an applied mathematician; has taught elementary, secondary, and college level mathematics; and, since…
Principal Research Scientist
People
CHEG grad
worked as an engineer 10+ years
decided to teach secondary ed science, got certified to teach
taught 10 years chem and physics at a public high school
since 2002 employed as Engineering Diversity director at…
Director of Diversity
People
Hilda Borko is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. She received her BA in psychology, her MA in philosophy education, and her PhD in educational…
Professor
People
Physics teacher (since 1998) at Boston Latin School in Boston, MA.
Co-author, with Aaron Osowiecki, of Energizing Physics.
Educator
Physics Teacher…
Physics Teacher
People
Grace Agnew is Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems and co-P.I. on the NSF-funded DRK12 grant, Cyber-enabled Design Research to Enhance Teachers' Critical Thinking Using a Major Video Collection…
Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems
People
Educator
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Cognitive Science
Richard…
Professor
People
Program Evaluator Biograph, INK12
Principal Partner, Education Design, an educational consulting firm in Boston specializing in program evaluation for K12 and post-secondary projects in arts, science, and technology…
Principal Partner, Education Design, Inc.
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Brigham Young University (BYU)
Classroom Practice…
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Principal Research Scientist
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Professional Development…
Principal Research Scientist
People
Jason Hurdich has instructed college level ASL and interpreting classes since 1993, starting while still working on his BA degree at Boston University. He has received high recommendations for his excellent work. Mr.…
Team Leader, Sign Language Projects
People
Educator
Professor of Science Education
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS)
21st Century Skills
Biology…
Professor of Science Education
People
President
Inquire Learning
Computer Science
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Corey…
President
People
I am an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research focuses on broadening notions of teaching mathematics for understanding to consider the cultural and socio-political contexts in which children…
Assistant Professor
People
I have been involved in mathematics education preK-16 through many different projects. Most recently I was the assistant director for the Diversity in Mathematics Education (DiME/CLT) Center for Learning and Teaching. I…
Assistant Scientist
People
Curriculum Developer
The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE), University of Chicago
Professional Development…
Curriculum Developer
People
I am currently a research associate with the PhET Interactive Simulations project. My work primarily involves design of and research on computer simulations for learning science. I received my Ph.D. in physics from the…
Research Associate
People
Associate Director
Rutgers University (RU)
Marjory
Palius
Email
marjory.palius@gse.rutgers.edu
Associate Director
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Asst. Professor
University of Arizona (U of A)
Mathematics
Erin…
Asst. Professor
People
I am an Associate Professor at Michigan State University, Director of the Geocognition Research Lab in the Department of Geological Sciences, and Associate Director for Educational Research for the Center for Integrative…
Associate Professor
People
Project Director
E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Morgan
Ryan
Email
mryan1@nc.rr.com
Project Director
People
I serve as Liaison for National Geographic Education Programs to promote geographic literacy in K-12 educational communities. I also teach Social Studies Methods for the Teacher Education program at San Diego State…
Liaison, Visiting Professor
People
Carlos C. Ayala is associate professor of education at California State University Sonoma. He teaches a course on secondary science methods as well as a course of quantitative research methods at University of California…
Dean
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Research Investigator
University of Michigan (UM)
Shawn
Stevens
Email…
Research Investigator
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor
Oregon State University (OSU)
Professional Development…
Assistant Professor
People
Senior Educational Researcher
Wheeling Jesuit University (WJU)
Debbie
Reese
Email
debbie@cet.edu
Senior Educational Researcher
People
I am a former high school mathematics teacher, school principal, and school district technology coordinator. My research interests relate to the development of online professional development that strongly links teachers…
Senior Research Scientist
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor, Math, Science, Technology Education
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Algebra…
Assistant Professor, Math, Science, Technology Education
People
Lisa Blank is a science education professor at The University of Montana and Co-PI on the CE3 Project. She is a former middle and high school science teacher and elementary science specialist. She completed her Ph. D. in…
Professor, Science Education
People
Software Engineer
Radford University
Daniel
Burgess
Email
dbburgess@radford.edu
Software Engineer
People
Educator
Professor of Anthropology
University of Guam (UOG)
Social Science
Donald
Rubinstein…
Professor of Anthropology
People
Other
Developer Team Lead
Radford University
Computer Science
David
Payne
Email…
Developer Team Lead
People
Nancy Vye, Ph.D is Principal Research Scientist in the College of Education at the University of Washington. Previously, she was Co-Director of the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses…
Principal Research Scientist
People
Methodologist
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland (UMD)
21st Century Skills
Christine…
Assistant Professor
People
Focus area: curriculum
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Instructor
Western Michigan University (WMU)
Mathematics…
Instructor
People
Dr. Shefner received her B.S. in genetics and development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in immunology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
She has actively been involved…
Associate Director
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Lecturer
Cornell University
Mathematics
Maria
Terrell…
Senior Lecturer
People
Educator
Assistant Professor of Science Education
University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
Educational Technology
Noemi…
Assistant Professor of Science Education
People
Luo Si leads a research group working on exciting topics of information retrieval, machine learning, intelligent tutoring, text/data mining for life science, and natural language processing. He has published more than 60…
Assistant Professor
People
Educator
Science Educator
BSCS
Equity
Elaine
Howes
Email
ehowes@bscs…
Science Educator
People
Judy Scotchmoor is Assistant Director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) in Berkeley, overseeing the museum’s education and outreach efforts. Judy received her BS in Biological Sciences at UC…
Project Coordinator
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Educator
Graduate Student
Texas A&M University
Mathematics
Song
An
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Graduate Research Assistant
Texas A&M University
Natalyn
Johnson
Email
natalyn@tamu.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
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I am the local evaluator for the HI GENE Project at Rutgers, Learning by Doing and have been associated with this grant in one form or another for 17 years. I have a doctorate in science education. My day job is the…
Evaluator
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Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Technology and Environmental Design at Appalachian State University.
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Professor…
Professor
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Administrator
Executive Director
University of Chicago (U of C)
Curriculum
Martin
Gartzman…
Executive Director
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Assistant Professor
University of Washington (UW)
Assessment
Min
Li
Email
minli@u.…
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Mark T. Loveland is project director for WestEd’s initiative to evaluate programs for a custom-designed and developed searchable database of effective STEM learning programs for Change the Equation. Dr. Loveland also…
Senior Research Associate
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Alma Ramirez is a Senior Research Associate for WestEd's Math Pathways & Pitfalls project.
Ramirez co-directs Math Pathways & Pitfalls, and is one of the co-principal investigators for a project to develop…
Senior Research Associate, Co-PI
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Methodologist
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard University
21st Century Skills
Assessment
Classroom Practice…
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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I am an educational psychologist whose work has focused on productive learning or deep learning that facilitates transfer. For the last 20 years, my work has focused on science learning with particular emphases on…
Professor Emeritus
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Research Specialist
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Mathematics
Shirley…
Research Specialist
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I am a graduate assistant under the KATE project: Preservice teachers' knowledge for teaching algebra for equity in the middle grades which is executed by Dr. Gerald Kulm and a number of faculty and graduate students…
Graduate Assistant
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Practitioner
Director of Professional Development
Algebra Project, Inc.
Professional Development
William…
Director of Professional Development
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Administrator
Director of Graduate Grant Center Assistant to the VP for Grant and Strategic Initiatives
21st Century Skills
Gina…
Director of Graduate Grant Center Assistant to the VP for Grant and Strategic Initiatives
People
Educator
Associate Director
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)
Other
Lynn…
Associate Director
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Villanova University
Statistics
Assessment…
Assistant Professor of Statistics
People
Scott Steketee is Senior Technology Editor at KCP Technologies, and is also Adjunct Instructor of Secondary Math Methods in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught mathematics, physics…
Senior Technology Editor
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For SUMA I have been serving as a Teacher Researcher. I have spent hundreds of hours observing teaching & learning and gathering data in K-8 classrooms. I also serve as a bridge between the district and the university.I…
SUMA Researcher
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Louis V. DiBello is Research Professor and Associate Director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He leads the Informative Assessment Initiative, one of the three…
Research Professor
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I am a 25-year veteran high school science teacher, now a teacher educator at ASU. My research interest is in the design of learning environments and participation frameworks that leverage student sense making in science,…
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
Algebra
Calculus
Geometry
Mathematics…
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Jim Minstrell, Ph.D., presently a co-owner of FACET Innovations, was a teacher of mathematics and science at the high school level for over thirty years. Overlapping with the teaching career have been ongoing careers as…
Senior Research scientist
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I received my B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1974 and 1979 respectively. I have over 30 years teaching and research experience having taught at in the departments of chemical…
Associate Professor
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Have taught at Ohio University for the past 28 years
Executive Director, Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education
Inventor of three US patents and one Canadian patent for aquatic nuisance species control…
Professor
People
Administrator
Research Compliance Coordinator
Sam Houston State University (SHSU)
Other
Sharla…
Research Compliance Coordinator
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Dr. Neil Heffernan graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in History and Computer Science. Neil taught mathematics to eighth grade students in Baltimore City as part of Teach for America, a program that selectively…
Associate Professor and CoDirector of Learning Sciences Grad. Program
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I have worked as a researcher with Inverness Research for the past 9 years on a wide variety of education improvement efforts. Prior to that I spent 12 years as an elementary and middle school teacher.…
Researcher
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Methodologist
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
Measurement
Qiu
Wang
Email…
Assistant Professor
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Methodologist
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Achievement
Assessment
Classroom Practice…
Assistant Professor
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Christina Schwarz is an associate professor of science education in the Teacher Education department at Michigan State University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in science and science education and is the…
Associate Professor
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Assistant Professor
Wright State University
Learning Progression
Lisa
Kenyon
Email…
Assistant Professor
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Other
Director of Technology
Center for Applied Special Technology, Inc. (CAST)
Educational Technology
Boris…
Director of Technology
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Grant Specialist
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Kim
Bub
Email
kbub@nsf.gov
Grant Specialist
People
Assistant Director (Acting)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Joan
Ferrini-Mundy
Email
jferrini@nsf.gov
Assistant Director (Acting)
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Analúcia D. Schliemann worked for 20 years at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in Recife, Brazil and was a Fulbright Scholar at LRDC-University of Pittsburgh (1986). Her work on everyday mathematics has been published…
Professor of Education
People
Associate Professor
University of Toronto (U of T)
Joan
Moss
Email
jmoss@oise.utoronto.ca
Associate Professor
People
Research Associate
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
R. Ben
Shapiro
Email
ben+web@getdown.org
Research Associate
People
Stephen Pruitt was named Vice President for Content, Research and Development in November of 2010. He joined Achieve as the Director of Science in July of 2010. In addition to his new role, he will continue to lead the…
Vice President of Content, Research, and Development
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Jenny Johnson LaFleur contributes to the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research studies in youth development and school reform. Ms. LaFleur serves as director for PSA’s evaluation of the Robin…
Senior Research Associate
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President
Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM)
Ohio Department of Education (ODE)
Brad
Findell
Email…
President
People
Mike Shaughnessy has taught mathematics content courses and directed professional development experiences for mathematics teachers at all levels, K–12, as well as community college and university. He has authored or…
President
People
President
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)
Diane
Briars
Email
djbmath@comcast.net
President
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James Brown is the American Chemical Society’s principle advocate on education and workforce policy issues. James represents the ACS on the Steering Committee of the House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (…
Co-Chair
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Lindsay Hunsicker is the senior education policy advisor for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). Her portfolio for the HELP Committee includes the…
Senior Education Policy Advisor
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Jodi Peterson is Assistant Executive Director for Legislative and Public Affairs for the National Science Teachers Association. She is responsible for monitoring and identifying policy and legislation affecting science…
Co-Chair
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMass Boston)
Chemistry…
Associate Professor
People
Program Officer
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Gavin
Fulmer
Email
gfulmer@nsf.gov
Program Officer
People
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland (UMD)
Andre
Rupp
Email
ruppandr@umd.edu
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
science teacher specialist
Utah State University (USU)
Science
Barbara…
science teacher specialist
People
Graduate Student
Boston University (BU)
Professional Development
Jordan
Bray
Email…
Graduate Student
People
Thomas E. (Tom) Keller is a Senior Research Scientist at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta, Maine, as well as the PI of a STEM+C grant. In addition, Tom was the inaugural Executive Director of the Maine…
Senior Research Scientist
People
Pamela Hawkins is the Team Lead for Educational and Human Resources (EHR) in the Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, Division of Grants and Agreements.
Team Lead for Education and Human…
Team Lead for Education and Human Resources
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Laura Buckley is a Grant Specialist in the Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, Division Grants and Agreements.
Grant Specialist
National Science Foundation (NSF…
Grant Specialist
People
Vice President
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Wayne
Harvey
Email
wharvey@edc.org
Vice President
People
Program Specialist
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Terri
Green
Email
tgreen@nsf.gov
Program Specialist
People
Received PhD in Mathematics Education at SUNY Buffalo and have been a faculty member of The Ohio State University ever since. Research interests include teaching, learning, mathematics coaching.
Educator…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
Project Director
University of Arizona (U of A)
Classroom Practice
Molly
Romano…
Project Director
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I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education. I received my Ph.D. in Teacher Education from Michigan State University in 2008.
My research interests arise from my experiences as a third and fourth grade teacher…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
Senior Research Associate
Horizon Research, Inc.
Sean
Smith
Email
ssmith62@horizon-research.com…
Senior Research Associate
People
Science Coordinator
Tucson Unified School District
Science
Joan
Gilbert
Email
joan.…
Science Coordinator
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor
University of Arizona (U of A)
Courtney
Koestler
Email…
Assistant Professor
People
Doctoral Candidate
University of Arizona (U of A)
Teacher Practice
Elsa
Schaub
Email…
Doctoral Candidate
People
Educator
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Arizona (U of A)
Equity
Maura
Varley…
Adjunct Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Mathematics
Marta
Civil
Email
civil@math.arizona.edu…
Professor
People
Other
Associate Professor
George Mason University (GMU)
Len
Annetta
Email
lannetta@gmu.edu
Associate Professor
People
TUSD Math Specialist
University of Arizona (U of A)
Melinda
Radon
Email
melinda.radon@tusd1.org
TUSD Math Specialist
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Educational Technology…
Senior Project Director
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
TUSD Science Specialist
University of Arizona (U of A)
Science
Marleen…
TUSD Science Specialist
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Director, Science Education Outreach
University of Arizona (U of A)
Biology
Katrina…
Director, Science Education Outreach
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Senior Reserach Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Engineering…
Senior Reserach Scientist
People
Research Associate
Concord Consortium
Trudi
Lord
Email
tlord@concord.org
Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Assistant Professor in Quantitative Policy Research
University of Washington (UW)
Mathematics…
Assistant Professor in Quantitative Policy Research
People
Vanderbilt University
Adrian
Larbi-Cherif
Email
adrianm.m.larbi-cherif@vanderbilt.edu
People
Vanderbilt University
Christine
Larson
Email
christine.j.larson@vanderbilt.edu
People
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Lindsay
Clare Matsumura
Email
lclare@pitt.edu
People
I am currently investigating pre-service teachers, and other students in higher education, attitudes and perceptions of student's school interactions involving empathy. My research interests include the use of web…
Associate Professor
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Karen S. Hollweg is a consultant to several national science and environmental education projects and 2008-2009 President of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Much of her 40-year career, which…
Science and Environmental Education Consultant
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With more than 30 years of professional experience, Dave Weaver brings a wide range of skills to designing and implementing program evaluation, research, and technical assistance projects in the areas of science,…
Vice President
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Patricia Almond is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of assessment and students with disabilities particularly related to assessment accommodations, alternate assessments for students with low incidence…
Research Associate
People
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMass Donahue Institute)
Elizabeth
Brown
Email
EBrown@donahue.umassp.edu
People
Educator
Graduate Student
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Assessment
Earth Science
Classroom Practice…
Graduate Student
People
Educator
George Mason University (GMU)
Algebra
Geometry
Mathematics
Measurement
Number Sense…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Consultant
University of Iowa (UI)
Special Education
Cynthia…
Consultant
People
Professor Moschkovich's research focuses on mathematical thinking and sociocultural approaches to mathematics learning. Her research agenda addresses three topics:
• The transition from arithmetic to algebraic…
People
Methodologist
Co-PI, PARLO
University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
21st Century Skills
Kathleen
Krier…
Co-PI, PARLO
People
Administrator
Director, STEM Initiatives
Ohio State University (OSU)
Christopher
Andersen
Email…
Director, STEM Initiatives
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor
Michigan Technological University
Teacher Practice
Shari…
Assistant Professor
People
Educator
Assistant Professor
Utah State University (USU)
Cognitive Science
Mathematics
Statistics…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
Texas State University
Mathematics
M. Alejandra…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
Assistant Professor and Mathematics Education Program Coordinator
University of Florida (UF)
Assessment
Statistics…
Assistant Professor and Mathematics Education Program Coordinator
People
Educator
Professor
University of Central Florida (UCF)
University of South Florida (USF)
Science…
Professor
People
Bárbara studied in Argentina and the US, where she moved in 1995. She has been a kindergarten and seventh grade teacher in Argentina as well as a Spencer Foundation research training grantee. In 2008-2009 Bárbara was a…
Associate Professor and Department Chair
People
Other
Director of Product Development and Grants
It's About Time, A Division of Herff-Jones Inc.
Cyberlearning…
Director of Product Development and Grants
People
Educator
Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Algebra
Michael…
Associate Professor
People
I joined BSCS as a Science Educator and researcher in May 2007. I am currently the PI for an NSF-funded research and development project, designing and studying an online professional development course for teachers. In…
Science Educator
People
I am an experienced Teacher Educator, Researcher, and Evaluator with extensive work in teacher Education Programs at Bank Street College in the 80's and Columbia University, Teachers College in the 90's. I have…
Senior Director of Education and Policy
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Tufts University
Technology
Marina
Bers
Email
marina.…
People
Teacher - 18 years Elementary School; BAEd k-12/Phys. Ed; MAEd Curriculum and Instruction; 350+ clock hours in various areas
Military - Air National Guard 25+ years (still serving) currently Public Affairs Officer at…
Program Director for STARBASE
People
Educator
Project Director
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Mathematics
Linda…
Project Director
People
I am an Associate Professor in the Teaching, Learning, & Technology program in the Department of Education & Human Services at Lehigh University. I am also a core faculty member of the Lehigh Environmental…
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Benjamin Dotger is an Associate Professor of Teaching & Leadership in the School of Education at Syracuse University. His research centers on designing and testing clinical simulations for novice teacher and school…
Associate Professor, Teaching and Leadership
People
Founding editor of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Author of "Group Cognition" and "Studying Virtual Math Teams"
Learning scientist, computer scientist, cognitive…
Associate Professor
People
Other
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
Michigan State University (MSU)
Michelle
Williams
Email…
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
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Senior Research Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Ashley
Lewis Presser
Email
alewis@edc.org
Senior Research Associate
People
Department Head, Literacy Education
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Ellen
McIntyre
Email
ellen_mcintyre@ncsu.edu…
Department Head, Literacy Education
People
Associate Professor
Rutgers University (RU)
Arthur
Powell
Email
powellab@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Custer is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Black Hills State University. He has been researching secondary level engineering teacher professional development for the past ten years including…
Provost
People
Ethan Danahy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department Computer Science at Tufts University outside of Boston MA, having received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and a…
Research Assistant Professor
People
Laurie Van Egeren, Ph.D., is the director of the Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative and the co-director of the National Collaborative for the Study of University Engagement. Dr. Van Egeren conducts both program…
Director
People
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Susan
Millar
Email
smillar@engr.wisc.edu
People
Research Specialist
University of Michigan (UM)
Meghan
Shaughnessy
Email
mshaugh@umich.edu
Research Specialist
People
I am the Science Outreach & Education Program Specialist for the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. I have a BA in Evolutionary Studies from Bryn Mawr College, where I created her own major, and an MA and PhD in…
Dr.
People
Administrator
Executive Director
Jackson State University (JSU)
Chemistry
William
McHenry…
Executive Director
People
University of Michigan (UM)
Assessment
Classroom Practice
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Professional Development
Teacher…
People
Dr. Suzanna Loper is a curriculum developer and researcher and serves as Middle School Curriculum Director for the Learning Design Group at the Lawrence Hall of Science. She is a former 6th grade science teacher and earned…
Science Curriculum and Research Specialist
People
Other
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
Professional Development
Cathy
Ringstaff…
Senior Research Associate
People
Eric Hamilton is Professor and Associate Dean of Education at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. The Education Division currently serves approximately 750 graduate students in the areas of teacher and administrator…
Professor and Associate Dean
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Western Washington University (WWU)
Teacher Practice
Chris…
Professor
People
Other
Principal Scientist
TERC, Inc.
Beth
Warren
Email
Beth_Warren@terc.edu
Principal Scientist
People
I work with the Center for Science Education at Portland State University. My background is in science program coordination and teaching in the sciences. My formal academic training is in the field of ecology. I worked for…
Research Associate
People
Methodologist
Senior Methodologist
Social Science
Bernard
Dugoni
Email
dugoni@uchicago.edu
Senior Methodologist
People
I am the Research and Project Manager at KCP Technologies, working with the Data Games project. I have 10 years of experience as a high school mathematics teacher, as well as 14 years of experience as a high school…
Research and Project Manager
People
Amy Kamarainen is co-director of the EcoMobile project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She holds a B.S. in Zoology from Michigan State University, a Certificate in Research, Teaching and Learning (through the…
Project Director
People
Educator
Associate Professor
Educational Technology
Stephen
Whitehead
Email
Whitehead@calu.edu…
Associate Professor
People
Other
Project Director
Harvard University
Cyberlearning
Shari
Metcalf
Email…
Project Director
People
Director of Technology at Concord Consortium. Developed initial concept and implementation of probeware with Bob Tinker.
Director of Technology
Concord Consortium…
Director of Technology
People
Other
Project Director, Innovation and Research
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Science…
Project Director, Innovation and Research
People
Administrator
Associate Director
Rutgers University (RU)
Classroom Practice
Wanda
Garcia…
Associate Director
People
Administrator
Senior Grants Officer
Lesley University
Charles
Eaton
Email
ceaton@lesley.edu
Senior Grants Officer
People
Educator
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
Professional Development
EJ
Bang…
Assistant Professor
People
Tufts University
21st Century Skills
Social Science
Technology
Educational Technology
Other…
People
Administrator
Director of Grants
Amy
Bruce
Email
amybruce1@me.com
Director of Grants
People
I teach on-line AP chemistry and I participate in research in student thinking and learning related to chemistry. I am currently involved in developing an on-line formative assessment system for high school chemistry…
People
Educator
Professional Educator
Engineering
Mathematics
Technology
Classroom Practice
Curriculum…
Professional Educator
People
Steve Zuiker is an Assistant Professor of educational technology and the learning sciences in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. His…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Algebra
Mathematics
Curriculum
Educational Technology
Student Attitudes/Beliefs…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor and Director
Florida State University (FSU)
Assessment
Laura…
Associate Professor and Director
People
Other
Tufts University
Technology
Safoura
Seddighin
Email
s.seddighin@gmail.com…
People
I am a research scientist and project coordinator on one of DevTech's new projects: Scratch Jr. I defended my Master's thesis in September, 2011, on the relationship between children's level of cognitive…
Research Scientist & Coordinator
People
Jeremy Price is graduate research assistant on the Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle School Science Classrooms project. He is researching factors that impact the teaching of scientific argumentation in order…
Doctoral Candidate
People
Other
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Colorado Boulder
Chemistry
Emily
Moore…
Postdoctoral Researcher
People
Andrea Weinberg is a Research Coordinator and PhD candidate at Colorado State University’s School of Education. As part of her duties, she is the lead researcher for The Value of Computational Thinking Across Grade Levels…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Program Manager
University of Michigan (UM)
Teacher Practice
Mary…
Program Manager
People
Special Services Co-Director
Boston College (BC)
Special Education
Phil
Potenziano
Email…
Special Services Co-Director
People
Western Michigan University (WMU)
Steven
Ziebarth
Email
steven.ziebarth@wmich.edu
People
Arizona State University (ASU)
Mina
Johnson-Glenberg
Email
mina.johnson@asu.edu
People
Other
Graduate Assistant
Lehigh University
Educational Technology
Paige Hawkins
Mattke…
Graduate Assistant
People
Other
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)
Technology
Binbin
Zheng
Email…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Post-doctoral researcher
Miami University
Chemistry
LaKeisha…
Post-doctoral researcher
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
21st Century Skills
Science
Technology…
Senior Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Richard G. Miller Endowed Chair of Mathematics Education
University of Missouri
Algebra…
Richard G. Miller Endowed Chair of Mathematics Education
People
I have been an educator in many capacities for 20 years. I have been a classroom teacher, a principal, a professional development specialist, a grant writer, a grand administrator and a grant evaluator. I am currently…
Post-Doctoral Researcher
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Gr. 7-12 Science Specialist
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA)
Science…
Gr. 7-12 Science Specialist
People
Eric Mann is an assistant professor of educational studies and a faculty member of both the Gifted Education Resource Institute and the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University. Dr. Mann…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
Johns Hopkins University
Astronomy
Jessica
Harris
Email
harrisj@stsci.edu…
People
Educator
Educator
Columbia University
21st Century Skills
Algebra
Economics
Mathematics…
Educator
People
Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Anna
Bargagliotti
Email
Anna.Bargagliotti@lmu.edu
People
Dr. Paul E. Resta holds the Ruth Knight Milliken Centennial Professorship in Instructional Technology and serves as Director of the Learning Technology Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His current work focuses…
Director, Learning Technology Center; Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Ruth Knight Millikan Centennial Professor
People
Educational researcher specializing in research on teaching, teacher evaluation, and educational evaluation.
Other
Researcher
University of California, Santa…
Researcher
People
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education
University of Louisville (U of L)
Susan
Peters
Email
sapete01@louisville.edu…
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education
People
I am Director of Grants Development for Strategic Initiatives at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY, and serve as a researcher/program developer/administrator. This NSF project is with PI Dr. Edmund W. Gordon.
I…
Director of Grants Development for Strategic Initiatives
People
Educator
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
Auburn University
Utah State University (USU)
Technology…
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
People
Jeremy V. Ernst is an Assistant Professor in the Integrative STEM Education Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He specializes in research focused on dynamic intervention means for STEM…
Assistant Professor
People
Dan has a joint Ph.D. in Research/Evaluation Methodology and Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He currently directs an educational research and evaluation team at Western Washington…
Director of Educational Research and Evaluation
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Classroom Practice…
Senior Project Director
People
Managing Director
Game Gurus
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Scott
Kirk
Email
scott@…
Managing Director
People
Teon Edwards is a co-founder of and a lead designer for the Educational Gaming Environments group (EdGE) at TERC, a not-for-profit math and science education company in Cambridge Massachusetts. She helped design, develop,…
co-PI and Lead Designer
People
Mara Stein is the Head Start on Science Research Project Manager. She comes to the project with an extensive background in early childhood and family support programs. Prior to moving into the realm of research Mara…
Project Manager, MSU Outreach and Engagement
People
Dr. Aaron C. Clark, DTE
Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and Engineering Education within the College of Education and is the Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Department Chair for the…
Professor
People
Director of Mathematics Learning Systems
SRI International
Educational Technology
Phil
Vahey
Email…
Director of Mathematics Learning Systems
People
Dr. Kimberly Lightle, Director of Digital Libraries, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, has supported K-12 science and mathematics educators in their professional growth for the last 20 years by…
Director of Digital Libraries
People
Jenny joined the faculty as an Associate Professor at Louisiana State University in the School of Human Resource Education & Workforce Development in the Fall of 2016. She is also the Director of the newly developed…
Associate Professor
People
Other
Project Director II
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Implementation
Katherine…
Project Director II
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Assistant Professor
Tufts University
Engineering
Pedagogical Content Knowledge…
Research Assistant Professor
People
Administrator
Research Manager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Educational Technology
Ilana…
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Sharon Lynch, PhD, is a science educator and researcher who has focused on science education policy and science education policy research. She has written several peer-reviewed articles on science education policy, school…
Professor
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Amy Robertson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Seattle Pacific University. She recently completed her Ph.D. with the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington, where she studied student and…
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
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Educator
Doctoral Student
Rutgers University (RU)
Mathematics
Loretta
Grisi-Dicker…
Doctoral Student
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Research Assistant
Purdue University
Technology
Tanner
Huffman
Email…
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I am an education researcher at SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning. My professional interests include language and literacy, science education (primarily the practices of explanation and argumentation), technology in…
Education Researcher
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I study student engagement in complex scientific practices, such as argumentation and engineering design. In addition, I focus on understanding how the existing classroom culture influences the students work with these new…
Assistant Professor
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Senior Research Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Curriculum
Implementation…
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Educator
Associate Professor
Salisbury University
Mathematics
Randall
Groth
Email…
Associate Professor
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Science Educator
BSCS
Assessment
Chris
Wilson
Email
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Science Educator
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I am doctor student in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation program in Syracuse University. My research interests include the technology integration in engineering education or teacher education, instructional…
Doctoral Student
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I am a former high school math teacher, with 18 years classroom experience working with students in all grades and levels. I was involved in many new implementations of curriculum and instructional practices over those…
Project Manager; Professional Development Math Specialist
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Marian M. Pasquale, a Senior Research Scientist at SMP, is a middle school science specialist. She provides technical assistance to school districts nationally and designs and conducts professional development experiences…
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S. Lynneth Solis is a graduate of the Mind, Brain, and Education program and a current doctoral student in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research interests focus on the…
Doctoral Student
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Maggie Miller is an evaluator, facilitator, educator and program planner with over 25 years of experience in nonprofit agencies and educational institutions. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of…
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Educator
Research Associate
Utah State University (USU)
National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE)…
Research Associate
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Jonathan Rowe is a Research Scientist in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on intelligent tutoring systems, user modeling, and interactive narrative in game-based…
Research Scientist
People
Research Scientist
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Computer Science
Bradford
Mott
Email…
Research Scientist
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Robert delMas is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He served as chair of the joint committee on statistical education of the ASA and the American Mathematical Association of Two-…
Associate Professor
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Angi Shelton earned her doctorate in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education with a major emphasis on Science Education at Temple University in 2012. She is currently serving as the postdoctoral scholar on The…
Postdoctoral Fellow
People
Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Chemistry
Irene
Baker…
Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate
People
Assistant Professor
Drexel University
Algebra
Calculus
Geometry
Mathematics
Number Sense…
Assistant Professor
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Edmund W. Gordon is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor, Emeritus of Psychology and Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director Emeritus…
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Other
Research Coordinator
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Kimberly
Mundhenk
Email…
Research Coordinator
People
Dr. Peters Burton's experience as an engineer and a secondary science teacher for 15 years helps her relate research to practice in science and engineering education. She has won several state and national awards for…
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology and Science Education
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Educator
Assistant Professor
University of Delaware (UD)
Equity
Tonya
Bartell…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Denver
Mathematics
Diana…
Assistant Professor
People
Administrator
Associate Director
Rutgers University (RU)
Curriculum
Mathematics
Eugene…
Associate Director
People
Other
Program Director, Information Systems and Research
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Social Science…
Program Director, Information Systems and Research
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Outreach Director and Education Specialist in the School of TEAL in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. Currently serving as the Project Director and as a liaison with…
Project Director
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Mary Q. Foote is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College of the City University of New York. Her research attends to equity issues in…
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I am a retired secondary school counselor with 42 years of experience with the Tullahoma City Schools System, Tullahoma, Tennessee. Our Center wants to combine aerospace, science and math to inspire K-12 students to…
educational consultant
People
Educator
Math Teacher
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD)
Mathematics
Lynette
Foeaman…
Math Teacher
People
My primary foci are mathematics and education with particular interests in computational discrete mathematics, mathematics teacher education and professional development, and curriculum and pedagogical-content knowledge…
Associate Professor
People
Allison Barr is a Senior Program Associate at PARCC Instructional Supports & Educator Engagement.
Allison joined Achieve as a Policy Analyst in September 2008. She conducted research on state policy efforts in…
People
Tina Cheuk is the Project Manager for Understanding Language (ell.stanford.edu). She earned a B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Chicago and an M.A. in Education from Stanford University. She is a…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Research Director
National Geographic Society
Earth Science
Jill…
Research Director
People
Cynthia Lake is a Research Scientist for the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University. She received her B.A. in Development Studies from Brown University in 1996, and her M.A. in Sociology in…
Research Scientist, Center for Research and Reform in Education
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Jeffrey Nellhaus joined Achieve in 2011 as the Director, PARCC Assessment.
Before joining Achieve, Jeff spent nearly 25 years with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education where he held the…
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Kim has served for eight years as the mathematics consultant for Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools, just north of Akron, Ohio. She works with teachers in inservice settings and (for about half of each day) with students and…
People
Sarah Michaels is Professor of Education and Senior Research Scholar at the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University. A sociolinguist by training, she has been actively involved in teaching and research…
Professor of Education
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Methodologist
Consultant
Classroom Practice
Daphne
Minner
Email
ddminner1@gmail.com
Consultant
People
Prior to joining the BEAR Center at UC Berkeley, Dr. Fisher was Chief Science Officer with Avatar International in Orlando, Florida, a Senior Scientist with MetaMetrics, Inc. in Durham, North Carolina, and Professor of…
Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Co-Director
WestEd
Mathematics
Jose
Franco
Email…
Co-Director
People
Methodologist
Associate Researcher
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
21st Century Skills
Perman…
Associate Researcher
People
Laurie Callihan is a postdoctoral associate for the Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P-SELL) Scale-Up project in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.…
Postdoctoral Associate, Science Educator
People
Rockland Community College (RCC)
Eleanor
Armour-Thomas
Email
armourthomas@yahoo.com
People
Program Manager
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Edith
Gummer
Email
egummer@wested.org
Program Manager
People
Program Director
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sandra
Martell
Email
smartell@nsf.gov
Program Director
People
Senior Research Associate
National Research Center (NRC)
Erin
Caldwell
Email
erin@n-r-c.com
Senior Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Social Scientist
SRI International
Implementation
Ann…
Research Social Scientist
People
Administrator
President
It's About Time, A Division of Herff-Jones Inc.
Thomas
Laster
Email…
President
People
Educator
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
Pedagogy
Rennie…
Assistant Professor
People
Mary E. Dilworth is currently a principal investigator for a National Science Foundation project designed to recruit, prepare, license and employ STEM professionals for middle and high school science teaching. Most recently…
Consultant
People
Since joining PERG in 1993, Mary has worked primarily on evaluation and research on the Bob Moses Algebra Project. The work has included:An 11-year study of the development of the math department, and student outcomes, in…
People
Methodologist
Senior Research Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Josephine…
Senior Research Associate
People
Educator
Assistant professor
University of Washington (UW)
Equity
Carrie
Tzou…
Assistant professor
People
Danielle Griswold is a Program Associate, Instructional Supports & Educator Engagement at Achieve, Inc.
As a member of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Instructional…
People
I'm so excited to be a part of this group of professionals! You may not realize how unique this Center is! The research scientists here investigate the polar and alpine regions of the world from biological, chemical,…
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Beth Graue is Sorenson Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and Associate Director of Faculty, Staff and Graduate Development at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of…
People
I am a mathematician with interests in differential geometry and math education. I am currently in India on a Fulbright fellowship, conducting research on mathematical thinking among women who are experts in the traditional…
People
Educator
Teacher
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Environmental Science
Science
Statistics…
Teacher
People
Currently working as an external evaluator for BSCS on NSF-funded and state-funded educational projects.
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Science Educator…
Science Educator
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor of Mathematics Outreach
University of Kentucky (UK)
Mathematics
David…
Professor of Mathematics Outreach
People
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF)
Jessica
Bishop
Email
jpbishop@uga.edu
People
Program Director
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Rebecca
Kruse
Email
rkruse@nsf.gov
Program Director
People
Administrator
Chair | Professor | Director
University of Texas at Arlington
Cory
Forbes
Email
cory.…
Chair | Professor | Director
People
Tufts University
Christine
McWayne
McWayne, C. M., Doucet, F., & Sheridan, S. (Eds.) (2019). Research on Family-School Partnerships:…
People
Educator
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
St. Olaf College
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Mathematics
Teacher…
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
University of Maine (UMaine)
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Physics…
Associate Professor
People
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Craig
Strang
Romero, V., Foreman, J., Strang, C., Maybury, C., Pepito, E., & Rocca, C. (2019).…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
President and Executive Director
Teachers Development Group
Classroom Practice
Mathematics…
President and Executive Director
People
Former Program officer NSF in education research and informal education.
Methodologist
Consultant, statistician
University of Michigan (UM…
Consultant, statistician
People
Professor of Mathematics Education
Western Michigan University (WMU)
Laura
Van Zoest
Email
laura.vanzoest@wmich.edu…
Professor of Mathematics Education
People
A former junior high mathematics teacher, I am currently Professor of Mathematics Education at Michigan State University, where I have served as Elementary Mathematics Subject Area Leader for the teacher preparation program…
Professor
People
This is my bio
Sr. Technology Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Denise
Ethier
Sr. Technology Associate
People
My research focuses on reasoning and learning in science from childhood through adulthood. I am interested in developmental, cultural, and epistemic aspects of knowledge acquisition in the sciences. I collaborate with…
People
Columbia University
Ellen
Meier
Meier, E. (2018). The Collaboration Imperative. In L. Lin & J.M. Spector (Eds.), Constructive Articulation…
People
University of Utah (U of U)
Louisa
Stark
Homburger, S. A., Drits-Esser, D., Malone, M., Pompei, K., Breitenbach, K., Perkins, R. D., Anderson, P. C…
People
Methodologist
Lead Researcher
Melanie
LaForce
Email
laforce@uchicago.edu
Lead Researcher
People
Administrator
Administrative Coordinator
Rutgers University (RU)
Colleen
McDermott
Email
colleen.…
Administrative Coordinator
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Rutgers University (RU)
Physics
Rob
Zisk
Email
robert…
People
Other
Post doctoral researcher
Rutgers University (RU)
Physics
Megan
Schramm-Possinger…
Post doctoral researcher
People
Other
Lead Research Project Manager
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Barbara…
Lead Research Project Manager
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Research Scientist
Seattle Pacific University (SPU)
Physics
Rachel…
Senior Research Scientist
People
Other
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE), University of Chicago
Heather
King…
Postdoctoral Scholar
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Program Director
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Science
David…
Program Director
People
Professor of Mathematics with an interest in Mathematics Education
Educator
Professor
California State University, Chico
David…
Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Post-Doc Researcher
Stanford University
Assessment
Biology
Classroom Practice…
Post-Doc Researcher
People
Other
Associate Professor
George Washington University (GW)
Social Science
Dylan
Conger…
Associate Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Science & Literacy Education Specialist
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Science…
Science & Literacy Education Specialist
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Michigan State University (MSU)
Environmental Science…
Post-doctoral Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Teacher Practice…
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
Western Michigan University (WMU)
Curriculum…
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
People
Dung Tran is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics education at the University of Missouri – Columbia with primary interests on mathematical knowledge for teaching, mathematical modeling, learning trajectories, statistical…
People
I am a PhD candidate and graduate assistant in the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. I have extensive experience in secondary science education having worked as both a teacher and an…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Curriculum and Instructional Design Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics…
Curriculum and Instructional Design Associate
People
Arnon Avitzur is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Mathematics Education at New York University. He is a research assistant to Dr. Martin A. Simon on the project “Measurement Approach to Rational Numbers” (MARN) which is…
Research Assistant
People
Kat Laxton is a second-year PhD candidate at the University of Washington in Science Education with primary research interests in science curriculum development, science teacher education, and educational policy. In…
Research and Teaching Assistant
People
Educator
Graduate Research Assistant
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Teacher Practice
AJ
Stachelek…
Graduate Research Assistant
People
Other
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMass Donahue Institute)
Hadley
Moore
People
Other
Research Associate
Vanderbilt University
Mathematics
Katherine
Taylor Haynes…
Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Prof. of Science Education
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Engineering…
Prof. of Science Education
People
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Louisa
Anastasopoulos
Email
lanastasopoulos@edc.org
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Kevin…
Project Director
People
Educator
External Evaluator
Haynie Research and Evaluation
Other
Kathy
Haynie…
External Evaluator
People
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
Imani
Goffney
Email
igoffney@umd.edu
People
I am an early childhood educator for Minneapolis Early Childhood Family Education.We have begun offering a Preschool STEM class. Parents and their preschoolers come for 2 hours once/wk. The format of ECFE is 1 hour of…
Early Childhood Educator
People
Catherine McCulloch is PI for CADRE, the resource network for DR K-12 awardees, and was Co-PI for the Massachusetts Engineering Innovation and Dissemination Community project. She has worked internationally with EDC’s…
Project Director
People
Amy Hackenberg taught middle and high school students for 9 years in Los Angeles and Chicago prior to earning her PhD in mathematics education from the University of Georgia. She is deeply committed to communicating…
associate professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Jessica H.
Hunt
*Hunt. J.H. & Ainslie, J.(2021).…
People
I am Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education at Tufts University, where I lead a research group at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Our research efforts…
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Barbara
Berns
Email
bberns@edc.org
People
Brenda Turnbull has been studying school improvement since the 1970s. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Centers, which provide technical assistance to states in implementing…
People
Kreshnik Begolli is a 4th year PhD. Student in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. He is primarily interested in how cognitive science research can help make improvements in education.…
MA
People
Alina Martinez is a Principal Researcher at Mathematica, in Cambridge, MA.
Principal Researcher
Mathematica
Other…
Principal Researcher
People
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University (NU)
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Cognitive Science…
Postdoctoral Fellow
People
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Christine
Brown
Email
cvbrown@edc.org
People
K.C. Busch is a PhD candidate in science education at Stanford University. Currently, K.C. is researching how teachers and students communicate about climate change in the classroom to improve science education. She…
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant
People
Brian O’Connell is a mechanical engineering PhD student at Tufts University and a research assistant at Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach on the “Integrating Engineering and Literacy” project. His…
Doctoral Student
People
Educator
BSCS
Science
Classroom Practice
Curriculum
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Pedagogy…
People
Other
Doctoral Candidate
University of Michigan (UM)
Mathematics
Ander
Erickson…
Doctoral Candidate
People
Joel Alejandro Mejia (Alex) is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education interested in research regarding underrepresentation of minority groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), especially…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
Communications Consultant
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Sarah
Rand
Email
srand@air.org…
Communications Consultant
People
BSCS
Jody
Bintz
Roth, K.J., Bintz, J., Wickler, N. W., Hvidsten, C., Taylor, J., Beardsley, P. M., Caine, J. A., & Wilson, C. D. (2017). Behind…
People
Project Coordinator / Research Associate
Center for Applied Special Technology, Inc. (CAST)
Graham
Gardner
Email
ggardner@…
Project Coordinator / Research Associate
People
I received my PhD from Indiana University in 2004, then worked at the University of Missouri, where I held a joint appointment in the Department of Physics & Astronomy and in Learning Teaching, & Curriculum. I…
Assistant Professor
People
My research focuses on cognitive sciences of learning and teaching with a special interest in examining the impact of small-group collaborative discussions on children’s cognitive and social development. My current research…
Associate Professor
People
Doug Lombardi is a Professor, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, and Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Education, University of Maryland. As the head of the Science Learning Research Group (…
Associate Professor
People
I am a graduate research assistant for the project “Mathematics Instruction for English Language Learners (MIELL)”. This project is investigating what teacher characteristics related to knowledge and skills contribute to…
BS in Mathematics, MBA
People
James Minogue is Associate Professor of Elementary Education Science Education at North Carolina State University. Prior to joining NCSU in the fall of 2007, James held a tenure-track position at The College of New Jersey (…
Associate Professor Elementary Science Education
People
Chad Dorsey, President and CEO, has experience ranging across the fields of science, education and technology. He has conducted experimental fluid mechanics research, written software to analyze the dynamics of Antarctic…
President
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Dr. Nancy Romance is Professor of Science Education at Florida Atlantic University. She has initiatied a focused research agenda that applies principles of cognitive science and learning theory to argue for new approaches…
Professor
People
Assistant Professor in STEM Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Engineering
Christopher
Wright…
Assistant Professor in STEM Education
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Research and Evaluation Program Manager
Jonathan
Hertel
Email
jhertel@mos.org
Research and Evaluation Program Manager
People
Educator
Professor
University of South Florida (USF)
Allan
Feldman
Email
afeldman@usf.edu
Professor
People
I primarily teach introductory physics courses for undergraduates at the University of Missouri. My research and service interests are in K-12 education and teacher preparation. I lead the recruiting program, Tomorrow'…
Assistant Teaching Professor
People
Assistant Research Professor
Amber
Rowland
Email
amber.rowland@ku.edu
Assistant Research Professor
People
Former Elementary teacher. Corrent Doctoral student in Elementary Ed with an emphasis in STEM Education.
Other
University of Missouri
Science…
People
Cathy Newman Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Missouri. She began her tenure at the University of Missouri in 2009 having earned her doctorate in Special…
Assistant Professor
People
Educator
Project Director
University of Denver (DU)
Mathematics
Measurement
Learning Progression…
Project Director
People
Other
Illinois State University (ISU)
Measurement
Pamela
Beck
Email
psbeck@ilstu.edu…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Assistant
Illinois State University (ISU)
Mathematics
Cheryl…
Research Assistant
People
Educator
Assistant Project Director
Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF)
Professional Development
Melissa…
Assistant Project Director
People
I have extensive experience in program development to enhance academic support and research opportunities for underrepresented minorities and have participated on previous research projects examining strategies that support…
Chair, Division of Program Development and Assessment
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professional Researcher
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Biology
Julia…
Professional Researcher
People
Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
Equity
Professional Development
Special…
Project Director
People
Rockland Community College (RCC)
Kristopher
Baker
Email
kbaker@sunyrockland.edu
People
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Richard
Halverson
Email
halverson@education.wisc.edu
People
Jeff Greene received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Maryland in August 2007. He holds a Master of Arts degree in measurement, statistics and evaluation, and a Master of Education degree in…
Associate Professor
People
Educator
Assistant Professor
Illinois State University (ISU)
Learning Progression
Craig
Cullen…
Assistant Professor
People
Administrator
Dev-TE@M Project Manager
Aileen
Kennison
Dev-TE@M Project Manager
People
DERMOT F. DONNELLY is a Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests are in the use of technology to support inquiry based practices, in…
Postdoctoral Scholar
People
Sara Heredia’s research focuses on teacher learning of science education reform in high-stakes accountability contexts. Specifically, she wants to understand how organizational processes at the school and district level…
Doctoral Candidate
People
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow, MIST; Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. In the fall I will be an Assistant Professor at the College of Education, University of Washington (in Leadership, Policy, and…
Postdoctoral Fellow
People
Jennifer Lin Russell is an assistant professor of Learning Sciences and Policy in the School of Education and a research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh. Her…
Associate Professor/Research Scientist
People
Other
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Western Washington University (WWU)
Classroom Practice
Mathematics
Science…
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
People
Erin Marie Furtak is Associate Professor of Education specializing in Science Education.
Dr. Furtak's research grew out of her own experiences as a public high school teacher, in which she struggled to enact science…
Associate Professor
People
Ph.D. from Florida State University: Educational Research, Instructional Psychology; Post Doctoral Study: North Texas State University: Computer Science
Experience includes Assist. Professor, Educational Psychology,…
Associate Professor
People
Matt D. Silberglitt, Senior Research Associate at WestEd, manages activities for simulation-based science curriculum, instruction, and assessment research projects. Prior to his current position, Silberglitt developed…
Senior Research Associate
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Purdue University
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Lynn…
Professor
People
Heather Leary is a Research Associate in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. She earned her doctoral degree in the Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah…
Research Associate
People
Blake Peterson is a professor of mathematics education at Brigham Young University. His research centers on how preservice teachers learn to teach mathematics. More specifically, he has studied student teaching in the…
People
Research Analyst
Amanda
Strawhacker
Email
astraw01@gmail.com
Research Analyst
People
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Central Florida (UCF)
Achievement
Biology
Science
Equity
Professional…
Postdoctoral Fellow
People
Associate Professor
New York University (NYU)
Assessment
Lorena
Llosa
Email
lorena.…
Associate Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Mathematics
Ana…
Research Scientist
People
Since 2001, I have been studying how to improve the quality of classroom technology use to support K-12 teaching and learning. My current work primarily focuses on how emerging technologies can be used in conjunction with…
Research Scientist
People
Steve Gano is Director for Education in the Digital Media department of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He led the technical and interactive design strategy for Museum web sites such as OLogy, the…
Director for Education
People
Senior Researcher/Developer
It's About Time, A Division of Herff-Jones Inc.
Ruta
Demery
Senior Researcher/Developer
People
University of Miami (UM)
Daryl
Greenfield
Bustamante, A. S., Greenfield, D. B., & Nayfeld, I. (2018). Early childhood science and engineering:…
People
Cora B. Marrett is Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation. She was confirmed in May 2011.
She has served as NSF's acting director (June - October 2010 and March 2013 - March 2014), acting deputy director…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Prof.
New York University (NYU)
Mathematics
Orit
Zaslavsky…
Prof.
People
Cathy is currently working as a consultant for research, evaluation, and development of STEM curriculum and professional development projects. Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded…
Founder and Partner, STEM Education Insights, LLC
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WestEd
Algebra
Computer Science
Mathematics
Cognitive Science
Educational Technology…
People
Educator
Professor
Illinois State University (ISU)
Mathematics
Statistics
Cynthia…
Professor
People
Other
Director of Education Initiatives
Cyberlearning
Madlyn
Runburg
Email
mrunburg@nhmu.utah.edu…
Director of Education Initiatives
People
American Geological Institute (AGI)
Edward
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University of Miami (UM)
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I am a member of the faculty in the mathematics department at San Diego State University. My research, teaching, and service activities all focus on how we can improve mathematics learning for all students, especially…
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West Virginia University (WVU)
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Northwestern University (NU)
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University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF)
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American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
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University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst)
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Carlos A. LópezLeiva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, whose research concerns how the social dimension of learning mediates Latina…
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I am a professor of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. My wildlife research focuses on birds in human dominated landscapes. My education focus is on using citizen science in the classroom.…
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Michigan State University (MSU)
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University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
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Michigan State University (MSU)
Elizabeth
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June
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University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth)
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Heidi Schweingruber, Ph.D., is the director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. In that role, she oversees a portfolio of work that includes K-12 science…
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Vanderbilt University
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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San Diego State University (SDSU)
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University of Cincinnati (UC)
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David Rose capitalizes on his background in classroom teaching, clinical neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems in education and learning.
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Yael Wyner is Assistant Professor of Secondary Education in the School of Education in the City College of New York. She is the PI of Ecology Disrupted: Using scientific data about daily life to link environmental issues…
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Saint Louis University (SLU)
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University of Delaware (UD)
Hartmut
Hohensee
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Boston University (BU)
Leslie
Dietiker
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University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth)
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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University of Missouri-Columbia
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Florida State University (FSU)
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University of Missouri-Columbia
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Baltimore City Public Schools
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George Washington University (GW)
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Southern Methodist University (SMU)
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Southern Methodist University (SMU)
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Purdue University
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Seattle Public Schools
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The University of Texas at Austin
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University of New Hampshire (UNH)
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University of Miami (UM)
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University of Toledo (UT)
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Chris Hulleman is principal investigator of the Motivate Lab and an associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. He is also a fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of…
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Purdue University
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Joel completed his doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His specialization is in mathematics education and the improvement of pedagogy to address issues of equity and diversity. Simply put, his aim is to…
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Kimberly
Carroll Steward
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Springfield Technical Community College (STCC)
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McGinnis-Cavanaugh
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Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Brian
Magerko
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St. Catherine University
Elizabeth
Ring-Whalen
Dare, E. A., Ring-Whalen, E. A., Roehrig, G. H. (2019). Creating a continuum of STEM models: Exploring…
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Louisiana State University (LSU)
Emily
Dare
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Gillian
Roehrig
Dare, E. A., Ring-Whalen, E. A., & Roehrig, G. H. (2019). Creating a continuum of STEM…
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Ohio Northern University
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California State University, East Bay
Kathryn
Hayes
Hayes, K. N. Preminger, L. Bae, C. L., Toven-Lindsey, B., O'Connor, D., & Seitz, J. (2020,…
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University of Utah (U of U)
Kirsten
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University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Minjung
Ryu
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The Learning Partnership
Steven
McGee
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Montclair State University
Steven
Greenstein
Greenstein, S., Fernández, E. & Davidson, J. (2019). Revealing Teacher Knowledge Through Making: A…
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Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Brian
Riordan
Riordan, B., Wiley, K., Chen, J. K., Bradford, A., Mulholland, M., & Gerard, L. (2020). Automated…
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Dean Gerdeman, Ph.D., is a senior director at AIR. Gerdeman leads and advises research studies, supports research partnerships, and provides technical assistance in research and data use in education. Gerdeman’s experience…
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)
Leigh
Peake
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University of Southern California (USC)
Yasemin
Copur-Gencturk
Copur-Gencturk, Y., & Plowman, D., & Bai, H. (2019). Mathematics Teachers’…
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Boston University (BU)
Eve
Manz
Manz, E. (2018). Designing for and Analyzing Productive Uncertainty in Science Investigations. In Kay, J. and Luckin…
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Melissa A. Rasberry, Ed.D., is a Principal Education Consultant at American Institutes for Research (AIR). Her primary responsibilities include serving as the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI for multiple National…
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Florida International University (FIU)
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American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Sonica
Dhillon
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I am a professor of Educational Psychology at Michigan State University. My research focuses on the development of achievement motivation in school settings and the interplay among motivation, emotions, and learning,…
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Before coming to the Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, Kelly served as the Director of Research and Evaluation for a STEM education consulting firm where she oversaw the full range of evaluation projects and…
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Theresa Summer is an Astronomy Educator for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. She has worked in science education since 1998, in planetariums, museums, classrooms, and star parties. She has a B.A. in Astronomy from…
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University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
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University of Missouri
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Zhao
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University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst)
Marialuisa
Di Stefano
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Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Scott
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Michigan State University (MSU)
Pedagogy
Christa
Haverly…
Doctoral Candidate
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Patricia M. Buenrostro is a postdoctoral fellow with Project SIGMa (Supporting Instructional Growth in Mathematics) at Vanderbilt University. Through this project, Patricia uses video-based formative feedback to support…
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Carlson H. Coogler is a doctoral student in The University of Alabama’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction where she studies science and literature education. Currently, she is a research assistant under Dr. Jonathan…
Research Assistant
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Korah Wiley is a doctoral student in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME) program at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she earned a BS in Biochemistry, an…
Researcher Assistant
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Mavreen Rose S. Tuvilla is a doctoral candidate in Purdue University’s Department of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry Education. Mavreen received her BS in Chemistry from University of San Carlos (Philippines) and MS in…
Research Assistant
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Florida State University (FSU)
Lama
Jaber
Email
ljaber@fsu.edu
Jaber, L. Z., Southerland, S., & Dake, F. (2018…
People
University of Michigan (UM)
Maisie
Gholson
Gholson, M. L., & Wilkes, C. E. (2017). (Mis)taken identities: Reclaiming identities of the “…
People
Hosun Kang is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Her work is centrally concerned with reducing opportunity gap at public schools located in historically underserved…
Associate Professor
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University of Colorado Boulder
Ricarose
Roque
Roque, R. & Stamatis, K. (2019, Accepted). It’s about relationships: Examining facilitation as a…
People
Megan Silander conducts research that generates new insights into effective preK–12 education policies and programs. Her research interests include school and instructional improvement, accountability and data use in…
People
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Erin
Krupa
2020
Krupa, E.E., Carney, M., Bostic, J. (2019). Argument-Based…
People
Senior Research Scientist
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Jessica Mercer
Young
Reed, K. E., & Young, J. M. (2019,…
Senior Research Scientist
People
Fordham University
Ralph
Vacca
Vacca, R. (2017, June). Bicultural: Examining teenage latinas' perspectives on technologies for emotional support. In…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
DePaul University
David
Jabon
Email
djabon@depaul.edu
People
I have taught high school and undergraduate mathematics and secondary mathematics methods, been trained as a mathematics teacher educator and engaged in research in several areas directly related to the preparation and…
Assistant Professor
People
Texas State University
Cody
Patterson
McGraw, R., & Patterson, C. L. (2019). Establishing Problem Spaces and Boundaries During Small Group Work…
People
Randy Kochevar brings expertise in STEM education, instructional design, interactive media, data literacy, and science communications to his leadership of EDC’s Oceans of Data Institute (ODI). Trained as a marine…
People
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Hollylynne
Lee
Hollebrands, K. F., Lee, H. S. (2020). Effective design of massive open online courses for…
People
Fort Hays State University
Brooke
Moore
Moore, B. A. (2018). Developing special educator cultural awareness through critically reflective…
People
I am a biologist who uses principles derived from biological systems to improve the design of human technology and processes, aka biologically-inspired design. I have developed teaching methods to refine this practice,…
Professor of Biology, Brook Byers Institute of Sustainability Professor, Co-Director of the Center for Biologically-Inspired Design
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Nicole
Rigelman
Rigelman, N. M. (2017). Learning in and from practice with others. In L. West & M. Boston (Eds.), Annual perspectives in mathematics education: Reflective and…
People
Senior Research Associate
RMC Research Corporation
Mathematics
Achievement
Chandra
Lewis…
Senior Research Associate
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North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Hiller
Spires
Kerkhoff, S. N., Spires, H., & Wright, S. J. (In Press). A world of difference: Teaching…
People
Northern Arizona University
Angelina
Castagno
Email
angelinacastagno@nau.edu
Castagno, A. E., Tracy, T., Denny, D.,…
People
Old Dominion University (ODU)
Jennifer
Kidd
Pazos-Lago, M., Ringleb, S., Kidd, J. & Jones, R. (2019). Scaffolding project-based learning in an…
People
Steve Zuiker is an assistant professor of educational technology and the learning sciences in the division of educational innovation and leadership. His research is broadly based on the notion that ideas are only as…
Assistant Professor
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Educator
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University (ASU)
Environmental Science
Eileen
Merritt…
Assistant Professor
People
Victoria J. VanUitert is a PhD student in Special Education in the Curry School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. She is a research assistant on the Scientific Explorers project in which she…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Senior Education Researcher
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Montclair State University…
Senior Education Researcher
People
Kent State University
Karl
Kosko
Kosko, K. W., Ferdig, R. E., & Zolfaghari, M. (2019) Preservice teachers’ noticing in the context of 360 video.…
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
Boston College (BC)
Mathematics
Number Sense
Sara…
Associate Professor
People
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Chemistry
Ryan
Stowe
Stowe, R. L., Herrington, D. G., McKay, R. L.,…
People
Yemimah A. King is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) at Purdue University, where she studies early language and math development. She is a research assistant who works under…
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David McKinney is a postdoctoral scholar with the Motivation -Planning Lessons to Activate eNgagement in Science (M-PLANS)project at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On this project he works with a multi-disciplinary…
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Emily Reigh is a doctoral candidate at Stanford University with dual specializations in Science Education and Race, Inequality and Language in Education (RILE). She is a research assistant on the Improving Practice Together…
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Jennifer Schellinger is postdoctoral researcher for an NSF-funded program called Learning Through Collaborative Design –Professional Development at Florida State University (FSU). The focus of this project is to identify…
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James E. Smith is a doctoral student at the University of Arizona in the Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies: Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Education and Cognitive Science Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (…
People
Georgia State University (GSU)
Computer Science
Lauren
Margulieux
Email
lmargulieux@gsu.edu
People
Educator
Assistant Professor of Science Education
University of Mississippi
Brooke
Whitworth
Email…
Assistant Professor of Science Education
People
Seth studies ways of supporting students to use mathematics and science to construct and revise knowledge. He has conducted research that focuses on measuring the extent to which whole class discussions in middle grades…
Assistant Professor
People
University of New Hampshire (UNH)
Orly
Buchbinder
Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2018). Students’ understanding of the role of examples in…
People
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
KellyLynn
Mulvey
Mulvey, K. L., & Irvin, M. J. (2018). Judgments and reasoning about exclusion from…
People
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
Janet
Walkoe
Walkoe, J. & Luna, M. (in Press). What We Are Missing in Studies of Teacher Learning: A…
People
Iowa State University
JiYeong
I
Email
jiyeongi@iastate.edu
I, J. & Son, J. (2019). Preservice teachers’ lesson…
People
University of Oregon (UO)
Benjamin
Clarke
Email
clarkeb@uoregon.edu
Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Firestone, A. R.,…
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Curriculum Designer and Training Specialist
Engineering
Broadening Participation
Curriculum
Equity
Isabel…
Curriculum Designer and Training Specialist
People
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)
Troy
Sadler
Email
tsadler@email.unc.edu
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
University of Missouri
Biology
Earth Science
Curriculum
Learning Progression…
People
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Anthony
Albano
Email
adalbano@ucdavis.edu
People
Sara is an experienced professor of education with a demonstrated history of working in primary, secondary, and higher education settings as well as informal learning environments. She has collaborated on several funded…
Associate Professor
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Dr. Brain Williams has over 20 years of experience working in schools and other educational communities. His work is situated at the intersection of science education, urban education, and education for social justice. More…
Clinical Professor
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Catherine Riegle-Crumb, PhD, is Professor of STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago.
Her research focuses on gender and racial systems of…
Professor
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D’Anna Pynes is a postdoctoral research fellow with the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on mathematics teacher learning, teacher noticing of children’s mathematical thinking, professional…
People
I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan on the Organizing to Learn Practice research team. My personal research interests include how to support pre-service teachers in understanding and supporting…
People
Rachel J. Pinnow
Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
321 L Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-8465 pinnowr@missouri.edu
Professional Preparation
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Associate Professor
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University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
Beatriz
Quintos Alonso
Email
bquintos@umd.edu
People
Sean Justice is Assistant Professor of Art Education at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. His teaching and research addresses teacher education in the age of computing and digital networks. As an artist, he has…
Assistant Professor, Art Education
People
My scholarship is rooted in the science of broadening participation in STEM in secondary and higher education contexts. My research team and I work to advance equitable STEM learning environments by preparing culturally…
Associate Professor, Science Education
People
Educator
Florida State University (FSU)
Teacher Practice
Miray
Tekkumru-Kisa
Email…
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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Pramod
Abichandani
Email
pva23@njit.edu
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Michigan State University (MSU)
Science
Social Science…
Postdoctoral Research Associate
People
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Jose-Felipe
Martinez-Fernandez
Email
jfmtz@ucla.edu
People
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy
Stelzer
Email
tstelzer@illinois.edu
People
Teachers College, Columbia University
Erica
Walker
Email
ewalker@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Texas State University
Equity
Lori
Assaf…
Professor
People
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Lynn
Kim-John
Email
lkim@gseis.ucla.edu
People
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Rose
Rocchio
Email
rrocchio@oit.ucla.edu
People
National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI)
Richard
Brown
Email
partnerships@nms.org
People
Teachers College, Columbia University
Paulo
Blikstein
Email
paulob@tc.columbia.edu
People
University of Southern California (USC)
Morgan
Polikoff
Email
polikoff@usc.edu
People
University of Southern California (USC)
Shira
Haderlein
Email
shira.korn@usc.edu
People
Oregon State University (OSU)
Sue Ann
Bottoms
Email
SueAnn.Bottoms@oregonstate.edu
People
Oregon State University (OSU)
Francisca
Belart
Email
Francisca.Belart@oregonstate.edu
People
Karl G. Jung, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Science Education K-8 in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning at the University of South Florida. He received his doctoral degree from the University of…
Assistant Professor, Science Education K-8
People
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Sarah
Carrier
Email
sarah_carrier@ncsu.edu
People
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Christine
Goforth
Email
chris.goforth@naturalsciences.org
People
Michael J. Berson is a Professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida (USF) and a Senior Fellow in The Florida Joint Center for Citizenship. He coordinates the USF College of Education Ph.D.…
Professor
People
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Beth
Chance
Email
bchance@calpoly.edu
People
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Rebecca
Passonneau
Email
rjp49@cse.psu.edu
People
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael
Tissenbaum
Email
miketiss@illinois.edu
People
Teachers College, Columbia University
Tamar
Fuhrmann
Email
tf2464@tc.columbia.edu
People
Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)
Christine
Voyer
Email
christine@gmri.org
People
University of North Dakota
Bethany
Klemetsrud
Email
bethany.klemetsrud@und.edu
People
Other
NESC Director of Professional Learning & Operations
Northeast Education Services Cooperative (NESC)
Erin
Lacina…
NESC Director of Professional Learning & Operations
People
Amy Lannin directs the Campus Writing Program at the University of Missouri, a program to support writing in the disciplines. In addition, Lannin is an Associate Professor of English education in the College of Education…
Associate Professor; Director of Campus Writing Program
People
Other
Managing Editor
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Kerry
Ouellet
Email
kouellet@edc.org…
Managing Editor
People
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)
Dionne
Francis
People
Dr. Carol O’Donnell is Senior Executive and Director of Smithsonian Science Education Center, dedicated to transforming K-12 Education through Science™ in collaboration with communities across the globe. As a first-born…
Director
People
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
Jacqueline
Rodriguez
Email
JRODRIGUEZ@AACTE.ORG
People
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)
Li
Ke
Email
lke@unc.edu…
Postdoctoral Research Associate
People
Dr. Kari Kokka (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leading. She uses qualitative methods to study teachers’ use of social issues in mathematics…
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
People
F. Chris Curran is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy and Director of the Education Policy Research Center at the University of Florida’s College of Education. Prior to joining the University of…
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
People
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida (UF)
University of Florida (UF)
Lelydeyvis
Boza
Email…
Graduate Research Assistant
People
Assistant Professor of Science Education
Washington State University
Environmental Science
Science
Classroom Practice…
Assistant Professor of Science Education
People
Dr. Erica Litke is an assistant professor specializing in mathematics education in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on understanding and improving instructional quality in…
Assistant Professor
People
Other
Florida International University (FIU)
Broadening Participation
Pooneh
Sabouri
Email…
People
Senior Researcher
Horizon Research, Inc.
Kristen
Malzahn
Email
kmalzahn@horizon-research.com
Senior Researcher
People
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Jessica
Andrews-Todd
Email
jandrewstodd@ets.org
People
Discipline Specialist (Other)
Computer Science
Science
Educational Technology
Adelmo
Eloy
People
Katy Easley is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Learning Partnership. Her primary research interests center around curriculum development and instructional support. She began her career as an elementary Montessori…
Dr.
People
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)
Lucia
Mendez
Email
limendez@uncg.edu
People
University of Rochester (U of R)
April
Luehmann
Email
april.luehmann@rochester.edu
People
Dr. Rebecca Sansom is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Prior to her tenure at BYU, she served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator…
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
People
Rutgers University (RU)
Ravit
Golan Duncan
Email
ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu
People
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte)
Allison
McCulloch
Email
amccul11@uncc.edu
People
Appalachian State University
Katherine
Mawhinney
Email
mawhinneykj@appstate.edu
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)
Holt
Wilson
Email
phwilson@…
People
Educator
SOS & SOSx Education Specialist, CIRES at NOAA
Educational Technology
Hilary
Peddicord
Email…
SOS & SOSx Education Specialist, CIRES at NOAA
People
Rachel Hogan Carr is the Executive Director of the Nurture Nature Center. She holds a master’s degree in environmental policy design from Lehigh University, where she focused her research on improving flood risk…
Executive Director
People
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Frank
Niepold
Email
frank.niepold@noaa.gov
People
Other
Senior Research Associate
University of Oregon (UO)
Number Sense
Jessica
Turtura…
Senior Research Associate
People
Keri Maxfield has over 30 years of experience in art, design, visual communication, and public outreach to a broad range of audiences. As a graphic artist in a variety of media, she has focused her work on the conveyance of…
Art Director
People
I am a research and evaluator who helps organizations know what works and why in their educational efforts through my firm J. Sickler Consulting, LLC. For over 15 years, I have led studies that enable educators to clearly…
Principal
People
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Jessica
Gale
Email
jessica.gale@ceismc.gatech.edu
People
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Roxanne
Moore
Email
roxanne.moore@gatech.edu
People
Educator
Digital Curriculum Developer
University of Chicago (U of C)
Carla
Strickland
Email…
Digital Curriculum Developer
People
Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Sania
Zaidi
Email
sania@uic.edu
Research Assistant Professor
People
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Danielle
Ferguson
Email
dferguson@air.org
People
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Brandon
Sorge
Email
bsorge@iupui.edu
People
TERC, Inc.
Audrey
Martinez-Gudapakkam
Email
Audrey_martinez-gudapakkam@terc.edu
People
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sarah
Roberts
Email
sroberts@education.ucsb.edu
People
San Jose State University
Tammie
Visintainer
Email
tammie.visintainer@sjsu.edu
People
My career in education began with teaching high school mathematics in the mountains of Western North Carolina. During that time, I began working on a master's degree, which I ended up taking graduate courses in…
Assistant Professor
People
University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
Sherice
Clarke
Email
snclarke@ucsd.edu
People
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Nicole
Louie
Email
nlouie@wisc.edu
Assistant Professor
People
Brittany N. Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Urban Education in Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education (MDSK) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Brittany is a former Texas elementary educator, who…
Assistant Professor, Urban Education
People
Dr. Ryan Summers is Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, & Professional Practice at the University of North Dakota. Dr. Summers completed his Ph.D. at University…
Associate Professor of Science Education
People
Florida International University (FIU)
Darryl
Dickerson
Email
darryl.dickerson@fiu.edu
People
Dr. Bree Jimenez is a Professor of Special Education at the Baylor University and an Honorary Research Associate in Special Education with the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. She has worked…
Associate Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
Corey
Schimpf…
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
People
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
Ashley
Iveland
Email
aivelan@wested.org
Senior Research Associate
People
Associate Professor
University of Idaho (UI)
Vanessa
Anthony-Stevens
Email
vstevens@uidaho.edu
Associate Professor
People
Yuanlin Zhang is on the faculty of Computer Science at Texas Tech University. He is mainly interested in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computing education research. His recent…
Associate Professor
People
As a learning analytics and AI researcher in education, Dr. Wanli Xing is a tenure-track assistant professor in College of Education and Chair of Education Programs at Warren B. Nelms Institute in the Herbert Wertheim…
People
Peng He is an assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. His research focuses on developing and testing science learning systems consisting of curriculum, assessment,…
Assistant Professor
People
District of Columbia Public Schools
Madison
Kantzer
Email
madison.kantzer@k12.dc.gov
People
Educator
Brigham Young University (BYU)
Curriculum
Assessment
Dawn
Teuscher
Email…
People
University of Texas at Arlington
Silvia Jessica
Mostacedo Marasovic
Email
sjm3161@mavs.uta.edu
People
Educator
University of Louisville (U of L)
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (ULRF)
Ginevra
Courtade…
People
Shannon's background is in museum work, including coordinating and collaborating with schools and youth organizations. She managed cultural and natural history collections at a museum in Jackson Hole, WY, before…
Associate Project Director
People
Educator
Associate Professor
San Diego State University (SDSU)
Mathematics
Classroom Practice…
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Martínez Hinestroza is an assistant professor in elementary mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He earned his PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education from Michigan State…
Assistant professor in elementary mathematics education
People
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joshua
Rosenberg
Email
jmrosenberg@utk.edu
People
Dr. Marshall is an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences (TELS) at North Carolina State University. A first-generation college graduate, she received her B.S.E. in mathematics from…
Assistant Professor
People
Associate Professor
University of Houston (UH)
Jie
Zhang
Email
jzhang64@uh.edu
Associate Professor
People
Dr. Gena Nelson is an Assistant Research Professor at the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, where she conducts research focused on mathematics interventions, special education, and collaborating…
Assistant Research Professor
People
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
Jennifer
Albert
Email
jalbert@citadel.edu
People
Educator
University of Texas at Arlington
Robin
Jocius
Email
robin.jocius@uta.edu
People
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
Utah State University (USU)
Jessica
Shumway
Email
jessica.shumway@usu.edu…
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
RG Research Group
Sarah
Krowka
Email
sarah.krowka@inresg.org
People
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Hala
Ghousseini
Email
ghousseini@wisc.edu
People
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christina
Krist
Email
ckrist@illinois.edu
People
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)
Andres
Bustamante
Email
asbustam@uci.edu
People
Melissa received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Ohio University, and her doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology from Kent State University. While at Kent State University she worked with Daniel T. Levin…
Professor
People
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
University of Georgia (UGA)
Susan
Cannon
Email
cannonso@uga.edu
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
People
Dr. Thomas joined the STEM Education faculty in 2015 and currently serves as chair of the department. He is committed to a vision of STEM Education that is inclusive, engaging, and fosters a sense of relentless curiosity…
People
Educator
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
Crystal
Kalinec-Craig
Email
crystal.kalinec-craig@utsa.edu
People
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Jessica
Bean
Email
jrbean@berkeley.edu
People
Associate Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Soo-Young
Hong
Email
shong5@unl.edu
Associate Professor
People
University of Denver (DU)
Shannon
Stark Guss
Email
Shannon.StarkGuss@du.edu
People
Educator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Saad
Shehab
Email
shehab2@illinois.edu
People
Melissa A. Navarro Martell, Ph.D. (ella/she/her(s)), is an award-winning researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education at San Diego State University. Her research and…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Distinguished Professor in Education
University of Houston (UH)
Professional Development…
Distinguished Professor in Education
People
Dr. Fracchiolla is a Venezuelan native and the American Physical Society Head of Public Engagement. She has over ten years of experience in physics education research focused on informal learning spaces for fostering…
People
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Beth
Cunningham
Email
bcunningham@aapt.org
People
Rossella Santagata is a Professor at the UC Irvine School of Education, Director of the Center for Research on Teacher Development and Professional Practice, and a member of the Orange County Education Advancement Network (…
People
Anna Amato Shao is a PhD student at NYU in Educational Communication and Technology. She received her M.A. at Teachers College, Columbia University, in Cognitive Studies in Education. Her current research interests include…
PhD Candidate
People
Dr. Viano is a faculty member in the School of Education in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. She joined the Mason faculty after completing her doctoral studies at Peabody College,…
Assistant Professor of Education
People
Principal Research Scientist
RG Research Group
Robin
Schumacher
Email
robin.schumacher@inresg.org
Principal Research Scientist
People
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Emma
Anderson
Email
eanderso@mit.edu
People
Greses Pérez is the McDonnell Family Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts University. She also holds secondary appointments in Mechanical Engineering…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Research Scholar
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Emily
Thrasher
Email…
Research Scholar
People
Dr. Jennifer Cross is a Research Assistant Professor at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach where her primary research interests include human-robot interaction with a focus on the educational…
Research Assistant Professor
People
Educator
Assistant Professor
Montclair State University
Jesse
Ha
Email
haj@montclair.edu…
Assistant Professor
People
Dawn M. Woods is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Oakland University. Her research, teaching, and service centers on supporting undergraduate students…
Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education
People
I am an Assistant Professor of STEM Education and the Academic Program Coordinator of the Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning (ASTL) program at George Mason University. My research interests include STEM teaching and…
Assistant Professor of STEM Education
People
Sean Kelly (PhD, Sociology; University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy. He studies the social organization of schools, student engagement, and…
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
Boise State University
Hannah
Carter
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Janice researches the intersection of computer science education, policy, and systems change. She has experience as a researcher, K-12 teacher, assistant principal, and curriculum specialist. She is the recipient of an NSF…
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North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Florence
Martin
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fmartin3@ncsu.edu
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University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Jedda
Foreman
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jforeman@berkeley.edu
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Dr. Uretsky is an applied social scientist specializing in quantitative research methods and linked administrative data systems. With over a decade of practical experience working with youth and families in both school and…
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Medha Dalal, Ph.D., is an Assistant Research Professor of Engineering Education Systems & Design and Associate Director of Scholarly Initiatives within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State…
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephanie
Smith
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Associate Research Scientist
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Marisol
Kevelson
Email
mkevelson@ets.org
Associate Research Scientist
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Associate Professor
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Rodolfo
Rincones
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rrincones@utep.edu
Associate Professor
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Katherine
Wade-Jaimes
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Katie.wade-jaimes@unlv.edu
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Dr. Lin Lin Lipsmeyer is Professor and Department Chair of Teaching and Learning in the SMU’s Simmons School of Education & Human Development. Lin received her doctorate in Instructional Technology and Media from…
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A. R. Ruis is Associate Director of the Center for Research on Complex Thinking, a research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and a fellow in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the…
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Dr. Mellom holds a Ph.D. in linguistics specializing in second language acquisition and educational linguistics. She has more than 30-years experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse learners in the…
Senior Research Scientist
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University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Daniel
Alcazar-Roman
Email
alcazar@berkeley.edu
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Administrator
Director, Science Math Resource Center
Montana State University
Suzi
Taylor
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Director, Science Math Resource Center
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Associate Professor of Secondary Science
University of Hawaii
Kirsten
Mawyer
Email
kmawyer@hawaii.edu
Associate Professor of Secondary Science
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Lydia Ross (she/her) is an assistant professor for the Division of Educational Leadership in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her research broadly centers on issues of equity, access, and…
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Dr. Renae D. Mayes is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. She is a licensed school counselor, licensed associate counselor, and national certified counselor with experience in K-12 schools along with…
Professor of Educational Psychology
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Arizona State University (ASU)
Michelle
Jordan
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Michelle.E.Jordan@asu.edu
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Director, Center for K-12 Science
Vanessa
Lujan
Email
vlujan@berkeley.edu
Director, Center for K-12 Science
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Over the last 37 years, Dr. Pinner has taught Earth & Space science to 8th grade Hilo Intermediate School students on the Big Island of Hawaii. Pascale has also taught math, writing in the content areas, health, and…
Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner
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Methodologist
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Joshua
Polanin
Email
jpolanin@air.org
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Associate Professor
California State University, East Bay
Kathryn
Strom
Email
kathryn.strom2@csueastbay.edu
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
University of North Texas
Lauren
Eutsler
Email
lauren.eutsler@unt.edu
Associate Professor
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University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan
Griffith
Email
jonathan.griffith@colorado.edu
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University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)
Jenny
Quintana Cifuentes
Email
quintanacifuentes@ulm.edu
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Practitioner
STEM Education Specialist
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA)
Stefany
Burrell
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STEM Education Specialist
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Chief Technology Officer
Concord Consortium
Educational Technology
Leslie
Bondaryk…
Chief Technology Officer
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North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Grace
Carroll
Email
glpowel2@ncsu.edu
Carroll, G., & Park, S. (2023).…
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As a Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Jessica Hall is involved in the research and evaluation of CAST projects focused on improving outcomes for all learners, from well-being and cognitive skills to engagement and academic…
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Northwestern University (NU)
Jennifer
Richards
Email
jrichards@northwestern.edu
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My program of research focuses on the role of metacognition in early childhood science learning while simultaneously attending to teachers’ professional development. My laboratory-based research aims to investigate young…
Associate Professor
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
University of Alabama (UA)
Susan
Auslander
Email
susan.auslander@ua.edu
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I am a passionate researcher conducting transdisciplinary studies at the intersection of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and emerging technologies at Northern Illinois University. Under my…
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Motoko Akiba is an Associate Professor of Education Policy in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at Florida State University. Her areas of research expertise are teacher policy and reform,…
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Heather Almquist, Ph.D is an associate researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences and a faculty affiliate in the Department of Geography at The University of Montana. She is a Quaternary geologist with over 25 years of…
Research Associate
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Jodi is the director of the Educational Gaming Environments group (EdGE) at TERC. EdGE is a team of educational researchers and developers working to understand the unique opportunities offered by various digital…
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Over the past 30 years, Jacqueline Barber has been involved in K-12 science and mathematics education, involved in promoting teaching and learning among children, teachers, families and parents. She currently serves as…
Associate Director
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Discipline Specialist (Other)
TERC, Inc.
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Erin
Bardar
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Administrator
Assoc. Executive Director for Research, Learning and Development
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
David…
Assoc. Executive Director for Research, Learning and Development
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Senior Research Associate
WestEd
Curriculum
Carne
Barnett-Clarke
Email
cbarnet@WestEd.…
Senior Research Associate
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Jeffrey E. Barrett is a Professor of Mathematics Education and also serves as an Associate Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology at Illinois State University. His primary research interests include…
Professor
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Educator
Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor
University of Texas, Austin
Science
James
Barufaldi…
Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor
Ohio State University (OSU)
Mathematics
Michael…
Professor
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Professor of Cognitive Science
University of Arizona (U of A)
Carole
Beal
Email
crbeal@email.arizona.edu
Professor of Cognitive Science
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Kurt Becker is a Professor and the Department Head of Engineering and Technology Education (ETE) at Utah State University. Under his direction, the PhD in Engineering Education program in his department was started. His…
ETE Department Head
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Gary Benenson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the City College of
New York. Prior to becoming an educator, he was a technician at Yale-New Haven Hospital and an Electronic Design Engineer at Picker…
Professor
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I have been Head of Education at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY since 1985. I received my Bachelors of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from Antioch College in 1976, and a doctorate in Plant…
Head of Education
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Director, Geophysical Institute Education Outreach
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Professional Development
Kathy…
Director, Geophysical Institute Education Outreach
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Other
Senior Scientist
TERC, Inc.
Learning Progression
Maria
Blanton
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Senior Scientist
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Researcher
University of Michigan (UM)
Mathematics
Merrie…
Researcher
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I have spent the last 37 years as a science educator in higher education. Recieved my PhD from the University of New Mexico. I have taught at the University of North Texas, Fayetteville State University, and currently at…
Professor
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Stacey Lowery Bretz biography
• Professor of Chemistry at Miami University in Oxford, OH (2005 – present)
• B.A. in chemistry at Cornell University (1989)
• M.S. in chemistry, Penn State University (1991)
• Ph.D. in…
Professor of Chemistry
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Assistant Director, Assessment
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT)
Debra…
Assistant Director, Assessment
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Michigan State University (MSU)
Gail
Burrill
Burrill, G., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2019). Topics and trends in current statistics education research:…
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I am a professor of mathematics education and director of the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development at the University of Louisville. The Center focuses on developing teacher assessments in…
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Educator
Professor
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Biology
Roy
Caldwell…
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Formerly Executive Director at BSCS.
Stanford University
Janet
Carlson
Email
janet.carlson@stanford.edu
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Dr. Tutita M. Casa is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. She currently is Director of a National…
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
University of Michigan (UM)
Classroom Practice
Science
Curriculum
Discourse
Other…
Assistant Professor
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Barbara Chamberlin is the Extension Instructional Design and Educational Media Specialist. Dr. Chamberlin directs the NMSU Learning Games Lab, where she researches games preferences and use, as well as new trends in…
Associate Professor, and Director of the Learning Games Lab
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Associate Professor, Center for Mathematics Education
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
Mathematics
Daniel…
Associate Professor, Center for Mathematics Education
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Education Researcher
SRI International
Science
Britte
Cheng…
Education Researcher
People
Jeffrey Choppin has been a principal investigator on multiple research and conference grants from NSF, Spencer, and the CPM Educational Program; in addition, he has been a PI or co-PI on several Noyce teacher preparation…
Professor of Mathematics Education
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Kathryn B. Chval is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education at the University of Missouri. In addition, she is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Co-Director of the Missouri…
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
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Douglas Clark is an associate professor of science education at Vanderbilt University. Clark completed his doctoral and postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and his master’s at Stanford. His research analyzes students’ science…
Associate Professor
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Educator
Associate Professor
Mississippi State University (MSU)
Teacher Practice
Linda
Coats…
Associate Professor
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Paul Cobb is Professor of Mathematics Education at Vanderbilt University, where he holds the Peabody Chair in Teaching and Learning. His research interests focus on instructional design, issues of equity in mathematics…
Professor
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I conduct research on the relationship between standards and assessments. I am building diagnostic assessments for rational number and I am designing an assessment system to promote classroom interactions…
Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor
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Founder and Director of the Research Center for Education Technology and the AT&T Classroom at Kent State University.
Educator
Summit Professor for Learning Technology…
Summit Professor for Learning Technology
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I am a sociologist who studies technology usage across the life course and the educational, career, social, and health impacts of this usage.
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Professor
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Educator
Professor of Mathematics
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mathematics
Thomas
Craven…
Professor of Mathematics
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I recently moved from Cornall University to The University of Georgia in Jan 2012; I am full professor of science education; I was recently elected a Fellow of AAAS. My research interests center on teacher and student…
Professor
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Distinguished Scholar and Advisor
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Albert
Cuoco
Email
acuoco@edc.org
Distinguished Scholar and Advisor
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Professor of Science Education and Biology. Coordinator of Secondary Biology Teacher Education Program.
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Professor…
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My current research focus is Chaos Theory and its impact on teaching and learning with regard to diversity, multiple intelligence theory and critical thinking.
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Associate Professor
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Principal Investigator
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
University of Hawaii at Manoa…
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Associate Professor
Adelphi University
Elizabeth
de Freitas
Email
defreitas@adelphi.edu
Associate Professor
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My research interests are in the design and validation of innovative assessments. My current work focuses on using principles of evidence-centered design to develop technology-supported diagnostic classroom assessments…
Senior Research Scientist
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Professor, Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Sharon
Derry
Email
sjderry@education.wisc.…
Professor, Educational Psychology
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Sue Doubler is Co-Director of the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at TERC (an educational research and development center for K-12 mathematics and science learning) and former Associate Professor of Science…
Co-Director, Center for Science Teaching and Learning
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Educator
Associate Professor
Michigan State University (MSU)
Teacher Practice
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Drake…
Associate Professor
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Other
Co-Director, Center for School Reform
TERC, Inc.
Climate Change
Brian
Drayton…
Co-Director, Center for School Reform
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Mark Driscoll, Managing Project Director at EDC, has directed a range of teacher enhancement, leadership, and materials development projects at EDC. Recent examples of materials are the MathFINDER CD-ROM, the MathPartners…
Managing Project Director
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As a textbook author, software developer and educational researcher, Danny Edelson has dedicated his career to improving young people’s understanding of the world they live in and their role in determining its future. In…
Vice President, Education
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Arthur Eisenkraft, Ph.D.
Arthur Eisenkraft is the Distinguished Professor of Science Education, an adjunct Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) at the University of…
Distinguished Professor of Science Education
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
University of Maryland (UMD)
Physics
Andrew…
Associate Professor
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Noel
Enyedy
DeLiema, D., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. A. (2019). Roles, rules, and keys: How different…
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Educator
Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Mathematics
Reuben
Farley…
Professor
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Bill is PI of the DRK-12 CODAP project. Prior to that he led the Data Games project and the Fathom Software development team at KCP Technologies. His experience includes software development, curriculum development,…
Senior Scientist
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
University of Michigan (UM)
21st Century Skills
Technology
Cognitive Science…
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Senior Research Scientist
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Universal Design…
Senior Research Scientist
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Other
Director, Reinventing Schools for the 21st Century
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF)
Teacher Practice…
Director, Reinventing Schools for the 21st Century
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I am interested in teacher education, large scale assessment, and in mathematics concepts learning in computer-based environments. I have worked in the systematic development of educational multimedia products and directed…
Associate Professor
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Adam Gamoran is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies and director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on…
Professor
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Consortium For Mathematics and Its Applications, Inc. (COMAP)
Solomon
Garfunkel
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James Lynn, of the Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, is the principal investigator for the NSF-funded Algebra Intensification Project. Lynn has also worked as a co-director and author…
Executive Director of High School Development
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Director of IUBS
Tennessee State University (TSU)
Todd
Gary
Email
Todd.gary@mtsu.edu
Director of IUBS
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut (UConn)
Curriculum
Katherine…
Associate Professor
People
Janice Gobert is an Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Psychology in the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies and the Department of Computer Science. She is the Co-director of the Learning Sciences and…
Associate Professor
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I have been involved in science (physics) education research, curriculum development and professional development for 38 years.
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Professor
San…
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Senior Research Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Educational Technology…
Senior Research Associate
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Distinguished Scholar
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Mathematics
E. Paul
Goldenberg
Email…
Distinguished Scholar
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Other
Researcher
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Educational Technology
Roy
Gould…
Researcher
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Fred Gross is a Managing Project Director at Education Development Center. He was the Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded Addressing Accessibility in Mathematics project, the Principal Investigator for the NSF-…
Principal Investigator and Managing Project Director
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Tina A. Grotzer is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Principal Investigator at Harvard Project Zero, and a faculty member at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard…
Associate Professor
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Michael Hacker is Co-director of the Center for STEM Education Research at Hofstra University and serves as the PI of the NSF DR K-12 Project…
Co-Director, Center for Technological Literacy
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Methodologist
Director of Assessment Research and Design
SRI International
Geneva
Haertel
Email
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Director of Assessment Research and Design
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David Hammer's research has focused on the learning and teaching of science (mainly physics) from elementary school through university, with particular emphases on students’ intuitive epistemologies, how instructors…
Professor
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James K.L. Hammerman, (Jim) is a Senior Researcher/ Developer/ Evaluator who Co-Directs the STEM Education Evaluation Center (SEEC) at TERC. Dr. Hammerman has been a mathematics educator, researcher and evaluator for over…
Director, STEM Education Evaluation Center (SEEC)
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Senior Research Associate
Horizon Research, Inc.
Daniel
Heck
Email
dheck@horizon-research.com
Senior Research Associate
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Education Director
Botanical Society of America (BSA)
Biology
Claire…
Education Director
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Dr. Bruce Herbert is Professor of Geology and currently serves as the Director of the Office of Scholarly Communications in the Sterling C. Evans library At Texas A&M University. As Director of OSC, Dr. Herbert is…
Director, Office of Scholarly Communications
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Pat Herbst is a mathematics educator interested in classroom mathematical work, instructional practices, the justifications of teachers’ actions, and the development of teacher capabilities. With project ThEMaT (funded by…
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
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Educator
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Integrated Science
Grand Valley State University (GVSU)
Chemistry
Professional…
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Integrated Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Cari
Herrmann Abell
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Sr. Research & Development Associate
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
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Professor
Indiana University (IU)
Cindy
Hmelo-Silver
Email
chmelosi@indiana.edu
Professor
People
Mary Hobbs is a teacher, researcher, and writer with hands-on experience directing science curriculum and instruction for Pre-K through Grade 12. She has been a classroom teacher in private pre-kindergarten and elementary…
Coordinator for Science Initiatives
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Dr. Paul Horwitz, Director of the Modeling Center at the Concord Consortium, is a theoretical physicist with broad interests in the application of technology to science and math education. Much of his research has used…
Senior Scientist
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Other
Director, Organizational Learning and Mathematics
University of Texas, Austin
Mathematics
Susan…
Director, Organizational Learning and Mathematics
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Discipline Specialist (Education)
Senior Lecturer
Cornell University
Mathematics
Mary Ann…
Senior Lecturer
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Administrator
Professor and Chair of Educational Administration
Texas A&M University
Multilingual Learners
Science…
Professor and Chair of Educational Administration
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Associate Professor
University of Georgia (UGA)
Mathematics
Andrew
Izsak
Email
izsak@…
Associate Professor
People
Kara Jackson is currently an associate professor in mathematics education at the University of Washington. Her research has most recently focused on specifying forms of teaching practice that advance equity, and,…
Assistant Professor
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Research Associate
University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Development
Jennifer
Jacobs…
Research Associate
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)
Professional Development
Vicki
Jacobs
Email…
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Zhonghong Jiang is a professor of mathematics education at Texas State University. His research interests include the use of technology, problem solving, mathematical modeling, and the impact of these aspects on student…
Professor
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Professor
Weber State University
Science
Adam
Johnston…
Professor
People
Kara Suzuka is a researcher at the University of Michigan School of Education. Her work centers on the development of resources for the study and improvement of teaching and teacher education, including the ways in which…
Assistant Research Scientist
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Associate Researcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Kimberle
Kelly
Email
akimkelly@gmail.com
Associate Researcher
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Assistant Professor
University of Arizona (U of A)
Measurement
Nicole
Kersting
Email…
Assistant Professor
People
Discipline Specialist (Education)
Associate Professor
University of Maryland (UMD)
Assessment
Science
Technology…
Associate Professor
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Associate Director for Digital Game-Based Learning, Center for Technological Literacy at Hofstra University
CEO, Course Games
Educational Game Developer/Producer
Serious Game Researcher
Project Game Producer, SMTE DR K-…
Associate Director for Digital Game-Based Learning
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Educator
Associate Professor
Western Michigan University (WMU)
Curriculum
Ok-Kyeong
Kim…
Associate Professor
People
Karen D. King is transitioning to become Program Director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings in the Education and Human Resources Directorate. She most…
Program Director
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PI for Scaling up Mathematics Achievement
Interests in ELL, assessment and systemic change.
Educator
Mathematics Educator
New Mexico State University (NMSU…
Mathematics Educator
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Discipline Specialist (STEM)
Associate Professor
New York University (NYU)
Susan
Kirch
Email
susan.…
Associate Professor
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I became a technology-using educator in 1983, teaching Logo to TAG students in a University of Oregon computer lab. As Assistant Director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Education, I've had the privilege to…
Research Associate
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Jennifer Knudsen has designed curriculum and professional development for the past 25 years. She currently leads research and design work on professional development that uses improvisational theater methods to help…
Senior Mathematics Educator
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Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Algebra
Eric
Knuth
Email
eric.knuth@austin.…
Professor
People
Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Concord Consortium
Kimberle
Koile
Email…
Research Scientist
People
Cliff Konold is Director of the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A psychologist by training, he studies how people reason and learn about chance and data and applies this…
Research Associate Professor
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Joe Krajcik serves as director of the Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education and as a faculty member in science education. A former high school chemistry and physical science teacher, Krajcik spent 21…
Director, CREATE for STEM Institute
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Senior Researcher
Arcadia University
Curriculum
Steven
Kramer
Email
skramer1958@verizon…
Senior Researcher