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 will develop an innovative learning environment called Bio-Sphere, which will foster learning of complex science issues through hands-on design and engineering.
Sharon Derry
Professional Title
Professor, Educational Psychology
Organization/Institution
Bio-Sphere: Fostering Deep Learning of Complex Biology for Building our Next Generation's Scientists
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
09/01/2014
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
09/15/2008
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 high promise of success at multiple sites. The cyber infrastructure being significantly extended through this project is supporting development and documentation of additional interventions for teacher professional development using this video collection, as well as other videos that might be added in the future.