“Life Is Your Block of Clay.” Applying a Typology for Learning in Makerspaces
“Life Is Your Block of Clay.” Applying a Typology for Learning in Makerspaces

This paper contributes to identifying the often-implicit learning that minoritized youth do in community-based making in makerspaces and afterschool programs.

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Using a Translanguaging Lens to Analyze Students’ Meaning-Making in Mathematics
Using a Translanguaging Lens to Analyze Students’ Meaning-Making in Mathematics

A new study co-authored by TERC’s Andee Rubin explores how a translanguaging lens can reveal the complex ways emergent bilingual students make meaning in mathematics. The research shows how students blend language, gestures, interactions, and technology as they work together to engage in mathematical modeling.

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TERC Researchers Featured in Center for Family Math Interview
TERC Researchers Featured in Center for Family Math Interview

The Center for Family Math interviewed TERC researchers Audrey Martínez-Gudapakkam and Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez about their work with families and paraeducators to make math more joyful and accessible. In Math Is Magical: A Conversation with TERC About Family Math, they share what they’ve learned about building families’ confidence in math and helping parents and paraeducators become active partners in children’s math learning.

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Learning from Student Thinking: Building a Dataset of Diverse Mathematical Reasoning from Additive to Multiplicative Reasoning (AMR Pilot)
Learning from Student Thinking: Building a Dataset of Diverse Mathematical Reasoning from Additive to Multiplicative Reasoning (AMR Pilot)

AMR Pilot partners with grades 3-5 educators to better understand how neurodivergent students develop and communicate mathematical reasoning in order to build a public dataset to advance research and improve support for every learner.

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Teacher Leadership: Collective Growth Through Collaboration
Teacher Leadership: Collective Growth Through Collaboration

What does it mean to be a teacher leader? In a new article published in Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives, TERC’s Annie Sussman explores how teachers can lead and influence change while remaining rooted in classroom practice.

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“You can bring yourself into your piece.” Young women’s agency in making
“You can bring yourself into your piece.” Young women’s agency in making

How can makerspaces better support young women’s agency and engagement? The AAMASE project explored how hands-on making experiences, from resin art to woodworking and laser engraving, can foster self-efficacy, personalization, connection, planning, and iteration among high-school-aged young women.

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TERC Experts Publish Groundbreaking Resource on Teaching Early Algebra to Improve Students’ Ability in Mathematics
TERC Experts Publish Groundbreaking Resource on Teaching Early Algebra to Improve Students’ Ability in Mathematics

New book by Maria Blanton, Angela Murphy Gardiner offers insight, practical guidance to help teachers empower young learners to think algebraically, leading to later mathematical prowess

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Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki to present at 2026 IMBES Conference
Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki to present at 2026 IMBES Conference

TERC researcher Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki will present findings from the NeuroVivid project at IMBES 2026, exploring how co-designed, hands-on neurotechnology experiences can support STEM interest, identity, engagement, and belonging among neurodivergent youth.

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Assessing Machine Learning understanding in High School Healthcare AI curriculum
Assessing Machine Learning understanding in High School Healthcare AI curriculum

TERC researchers examine how a healthcare-focused AI curriculum helps high school students build foundational machine learning knowledge and skills.

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Vote for TERC’s SXSW EDU Panel!
Vote for TERC’s SXSW EDU Panel!

We’re excited to be part of the proposed SXSW EDU session, “Beyond Co-design: Building Partnerships for Better Media.” The panel will explore how co-design can evolve into meaningful, lasting partnerships that lead to more inclusive and effective educational media.

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