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New TERC Tech Talks Video Podcast Evaluates AI Tools for Educators
TERC has launched TERC Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
Hands On! Spring 2025 Magazine
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
New Publication Shows What’s Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K–5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
TERC Announces Christine Reich as New President
Christine Reich, PhD will join TERC as its president on July 1, 2025. A distinguished educator, social science researcher, and former museum executive, Reich brings a deep commitment to advancing STEM education opportunities for all learners.
Project LEAP’s Maria Blanton and Angela Gardiner featured in EdWeek
Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
New Article in The Science Teacher Explores How Data-Related Reasoning Emerged During an Ecological Investigation
June 12, 2026
A new article, “Using Existing Data to Investigate Ecosystem Change,” by TERC researchers Andee Rubin and Gillian Puttick and collaborators was published in The Science Teacher. The article describes how ninth-grade students used data to investigate the rise of wildebeest and buffalo populations in Serengeti between 1960 and 1975. Students engaged in data practices, including interpreting scatterplots and evaluating evidence. Also includes strategies for teachers integrating data analysis into scientific sensemaking. Download the article here.
Andee Rubin to Present on Data and Computing in Elementary Education at JSM 2026
June 11, 2026
Andee Rubin will present at the 2026 Joint Statistical Meetings (JMS) in Boston, Massachusetts...TERC Staff to present at the END 2026 Conference
June 11, 2026
TERC researchers Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Teresa Lara-Meloy, Ken Rafanan, and Elise Levin-Güracar will present two virtual...
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