The Role of Balance Scales in Supporting Productive Thinking about Equations among Diverse Learners
This study explores how balance scales support K–2 students’ relational understanding of the equal sign in early algebra.
Some Lessons From Elementary School Teachers’ Experiences of 3-D Science in the Time of COVID
Report on a small-scale mixed-methods study of how COVID-19 affected three-dimensional science learning in elementary school classrooms, and how the situation changed when school resumed, in modified form, in fall 2020.
Women of Color Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth to Persist in Computing and Tech Graduate Education: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
This paper synthesizes 20 years (1999–2019) of empirical research on women of color (WOC) in computing and tech graduate education.
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum
The Designing Biomimetic Robots (BioRobots) project uses a design-based research (DBR) approach and emphasizes problem-based learning in an interdisciplinary integration of engineering, science, and computational thinking (CT).
Telling the Energy Story: Design and Results of a New Curriculum for Energy in Upper Elementary School
A description of the development, design, implementation, and preliminary classroom results of an innovative curriculum, Focus on Energy, that supports learning about energy in grades 4–5.