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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 publication in NCTM’s Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
July 20, 2026
This baseball-themed task developed by researcher Ken Rafanan and collaborators, allows teachers to empower students as sense makers and innovative designers while simultaneously linking to learning goals and standards. Read More
TERC’s Michael Cassidy presented “Teacher as Designers: Using Robotics to Integrate Computational Thinking and Science” at ISLS conference
July 20, 2026
In this work presented at the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) conference (June 2026), TERC researchers examine how middle school teachers designed and implemented robotics-based science units that integrated computational thinking practices, positioning teachers as curriculum designers. Read full publication.
Co-Designing With Neurodivergent Youth: Exploring How BCI Learning Materials Can Foster STEM Career Interest
July 20, 2026
Watch Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki's SAGE Research Methods interview on co-designing with neurodivergent youth through the...
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