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SYNTHESES OF RESEARCH IN STEM EDUCATION
Over the past decade, NSF has supported various syntheses of STEM education research findings to be read and used by scholars and practitioners. Included are several seminal reports by committees of the National Research Council, which synthesize research on STEM teaching and learning and have been published through the National Research Council's National Academy Press. These materials are listed because they generally provide interested STEM educators with the rationale that undergirds many recent NSF products.
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SCALE-UP: Classroom Design for Student Centered Learning
SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) shares state-of-the-art learning studios, teaching methods, and instructional materials that are based on more than a decade of discipline-based education research.
North Carolina State University
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SCALE: System-wide Change for All Learners and Educators
The SCALE partnership brings together mathematicians, scientists, social scientists, engineers, technologists, and education practitioners to build a whole new approach to reforming K-12 math and science education. The goal of SCALE is to improve the math and science achievement of all students by engagin them in deep and authentic instructional experiences.
University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Pittsburgh
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PROM/SE Research into Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics/Science Education
PROM/SE provides information, models, and analysis for large-scale innovation directed at producing significant and positive gains in the educational opportunities and learning in mathematics and science education.
Michigan State University
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Improving Evaluation of Professional Development
This work of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) assists states in improving evaluations of the quality of professional development for teachers…
Council of Chief State School Officers
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Gender & Science Digital Library
The Gender & Science Digital Library is a part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) providing high-quality digital resources…
Education Development Center
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Effective Access
This report of the Effective Access research project is drawn from a multi-level investigation of high school STEM educators and their use of digital objects…
Katherine Hanson, Bethany Carlson
Education Development Center
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The MSP Knowledge Management and Dissemination Project (KMD)
The MSP Knowledge Management and Dissemination Project (KMD) website is based on findings from research and insights from practice…
Horizon Reseach, Inc.; Education Development Center
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Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms
What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators, teachers, teacher leaders,…
Sarah Michaels, Andrew W. Shouse, Heidi A. Schweingruber
National Research Council
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Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
What is science for a child? How do children learn about science and how to do science? Drawing on a vast array of work from neuroscience to…
Richard A. Duschl, Heidi A. Schweingruber, Andrew W. Shouse
Committee on Science Learning; Kindergarten through Eighth Grade; National Research Council
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How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom
How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are…
Committee on How People Learn; A Targeted Report for Teachers, Center for Studies on Behavior and Development; National Research Council
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Adding it up: Helping children learn mathematics
Adding it Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher…
Jeremy Kilpatrick, Jane Swafford, Bradford Findell
Mathematics Learning Study Committee; National Research Council
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How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do--with curricula,
John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, Rodney R. Cocking
Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning; National Research Council
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