Supporting teachers’ engagement with student thinking in teacher-captured video-based professional development environments: factors and implications
Supporting teachers’ engagement with student thinking in teacher-captured video-based professional development environments: factors and implications

This article covers a study that investigated teachers’ engagement with student thinking during video clubs, which were part of a professional development model in which teachers captured and analysed their classroom videos and identified clips and questions to discuss in video clubs.

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Supporting Postsecondary Educators to Develop Assessments for Student Learning Based on Backward Design
Supporting Postsecondary Educators to Develop Assessments for Student Learning Based on Backward Design

This article looks at how two postsecondary educators changed their courses after attending an assessment workshop that emphasized the use of “backward design” for course planning and alignment. It also discusses next research steps needed to support educators in designing fair undergraduate assessments and courses.

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ExIST
ExIST

The ExIST Project is a teacher professional development model that supports middle school biology teachers to adapt curriculum by integrating game design to enhance biological systems learning and skills in systems thinking from constructionist and participatory perspectives.

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MPACT
MPACT

MPACT provides opportunities for students to engage in computational thinking, spatial reasoning, and mathematical concepts through design and hands-on making projects.

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Exploring Students’ Data Science Learning and Participation through Engagement with Authentic, Messy Data at DataFest
Exploring Students’ Data Science Learning and Participation through Engagement with Authentic, Messy Data at DataFest

This project explores how students engage with messy, authentic data in interdisciplinary ways and what influences their choices to participate at DataFest.

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Photograph Collection Showcases the Experiences of Native Students and Professionals in STEM 
Photograph Collection Showcases the Experiences of Native Students and Professionals in STEM 

A collection of photographs created by Native students and professionals features supports and barriers they experience in STEM. The exhibition is part of an NSF-funded study that also includes quotes by participants to contextualize the images.

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AugmentedEF
AugmentedEF

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

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The Cesar Chavez Foundation and TERC Announce their New Program, AMPD4Math, that draws on students’ desire to help others.
The Cesar Chavez Foundation and TERC Announce their New Program, AMPD4Math, that draws on students’ desire to help others.

The Cesar Chavez Foundation and TERC organizations will work with youth and afterschool leaders in partnership with Riverside County Office of Education and Merced City School District in California, to co-design afterschool projects that draw on students’ desire to help others while growing positive identities as mathematics learners — with the ultimate goal of reaching 100,000 students across the Southwestern U.S.

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