Our projects and research shape the STEM education field by introducing innovative curricula and improving student access to STEM.

We support more than 60 active projects every year, and our high-quality, innovative research is based on the understanding that for STEM, real-world application matters. We inspire, motivate, and create life-long learners by helping students connect what they are taught in the classroom to the world around them.


These projects and our research are designed to encompass a wide range of subjects and disciplines within STEM education and teaching methods to expand accessibility for all eager minds.

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Addressing Resiliency to Climate Related Hazards and Disasters Through Data Informed Decision Making
Addressing Resiliency to Climate Related Hazards and Disasters Through Data Informed Decision Making

The project is developing an interdisciplinary graduate program addressing issues of climate related risk and resilience planning and decision-making in the southeast US.

Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking
Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking

The ACCT project is developing, implementing, and studying a professional development model for improving chemistry teachers’ formative assessment practices to foster teaching focused on chemical thinking.

Assessment Practices of STEM Teachers
Assessment Practices of STEM Teachers

The project studies the development of the science assessment practices of teachers in high-needs districts.

AugmentedEF
AugmentedEF

Using augmented reality tools to help students with executive function issues attend to STEM related tasks.

BioInteractive Evaluation Studies
BioInteractive Evaluation Studies

SEEC is working collaboratively with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s BioInteractive team to evaluate implementation and impact of classroom resources, planning tools, and professional development designed for science educators.

Building Coherence
Building Coherence

The Building Coherence project aims to support development of pre-service elementary teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions for enacting ambitious and equitable STEM instruction, by fostering greater coherence among STEM content and pedagogical teacher preparation opportunities.

Center for Equitable Family STEM Learning
Center for Equitable Family STEM Learning

The Center for Equitable Family STEM Learning at TERC explores the intersection of equity, STEM education, and family learning. Our definitions of each of these anchoring concepts continue to evolve through our collaborations with families and community partners.and communities.

CodePlay
CodePlay

Through a Researcher Practitioner Partnership (RPP) between Braintree Public Schools and EdGE, the team is building CodePlay—a strong foundation of teachers and suite of materials for the teaching and learning of CT—in upper elementary and middle schools across Braintree MA, considering a broad audience of diverse learners with cognitive differences.

Collaborative Research: Exploring the Mathematics of Biological Ecosystems using Data Science (EMBEDS)
Collaborative Research: Exploring the Mathematics of Biological Ecosystems using Data Science (EMBEDS)

A design-based research project studying how best to integrate data practices into high school science, particularly biology.

Diálogos
Diálogos

Engaging Latinx parents as research partners, to leverage informal family engineering activities that boost preschoolers’ executive function skills.