Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2025
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2025

Articles include:
• Sound Travels: Seeking to understand how soundscapes in learning settings influence their visitors’ learning
• Introduction: Making and STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
• Discovering STEM, entrepreneurship, and careers through making
• Math and Making for Middle School Youth

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Leveling the computational playing field: Inquiring about factors predicting computational thinking in constructionist game-based learning
Leveling the computational playing field: Inquiring about factors predicting computational thinking in constructionist game-based learning

Computational thinking (CT) is key in STEM and computer science (CS) education. Recently, there has been a surge in studies inquiring about the factors that predict the CT development of young students. We extend these prior works by inquiring about the factors that predict the CT of students (n = 932) in a constructionist game-based learning (GBL) STEM curriculum.

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ReSounding Success: Celebrating 75 Years of STEM with the NSF
ReSounding Success: Celebrating 75 Years of STEM with the NSF

ReSounding Success celebrated sound and science in Chicago on May 10, 2025. The event offered Chicago residents ways to explore sound and learn about the National Science Foundation’s role in supporting citizen science and research projects on the design of out-of-school learning.

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Snapshots of Native Experiences in STEM
Snapshots of Native Experiences in STEM

Native STEM Portraits: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of the Intersectional Experiences of Native Learners and Professionals in STEM (NSP for short) with a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project which launched in September 202.

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2022 – 2023 Biennial Impact Report
2022 – 2023 Biennial Impact Report

Over the past two years, TERC’s mission to advance STEM learning for all has come to life in both formal classrooms and informal settings across the country. Our 2022–2023 Biennial Impact Report reveals the scale and impact of that work.

Interact with the Data

View the 2020 – 2021 Biennial Impact Report Here  » Read more

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This Teacher Appreciation Day, TERC Highlights the Power of Research to Support Educators
This Teacher Appreciation Day, TERC Highlights the Power of Research to Support Educators

On Teacher Appreciation Day, we honor the educators who shape our future—one student, one classroom, one lesson at a time.

A key way to support teachers is by investing in education research conducted alongside teachers and their students, focused on addressing identified needs. It delivers real, measurable outcomes. That’s why TERC’s 60+ STEM education experts are committed to bridging theory and practice, developing curricula and professional development that elevate instruction, integrating emerging technologies, and building rigorous evaluation plans that drive reform.

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NeuroVivid Team to Showcase Brain-Computer Interface Experience at NextGen STEMFest
NeuroVivid Team to Showcase Brain-Computer Interface Experience at NextGen STEMFest

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the NeuroVivid team will be at the inaugural NextGen STEMFest at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, MA. This unique, day-long event is designed to bring the community together to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in fresh, interactive ways.

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