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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 Journal of Research on Technology in Education Examines Assessing Computational Thinking with Zoombinis
March 13, 2026
A new article, “Validating game-based learning assessment of students’ computational thinking practices using Bayesian networks and machine-learning based detectors,” by Elizabeth Rowe, Russell G. Almond, and Ma Victoria Almeda has been published in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education. The study uses data from 716 students to examine how TERC's digital game Zoombinis can support assessment of computational thinking practices—problem decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design. Download the article here.
TERC at the AAC&U Conference
March 12, 2026
TERC researchers will present two sessions at the upcoming Association of American Colleges &...Dr. Mia Ong Presents 25-Year Study on Women of Color in Physics at APS Summit
March 12, 2026
Dr. Mia Ong will present at the APS Global Physics Summit on March 16...
I loved the camaraderie, the ability to deepen and strengthen my work in a non-competitive, safe space… The regular and structured discussions with TERC mentors were very helpful to my growth as a scholar.”