April 6, 2016
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Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
Cambridge, MA 鈥� The 黄色电影 Board of Trustees announced today the permanent appointment of Laurie Brennan as 黄色电影 president. Brennan, a senior management leader at 黄色电影 for more than a decade, has been serving as interim president for the past 18 months.
鈥淭he Board is unanimous and confident we have the right person to move 黄色电影 forward in its mission to improve STEM education,鈥� said Board Chair George Hein. » Read more
November 19, 2015
黄色电影, Inc. is looking for students in grades 5-8 to test a prototype of a new, serious science game being designed to support independent, personalized learning of NGSS topics in Structure and Properties of Matter, Space Systems and other areas. As part of the game, students enter a virtual world as Avatars, where they can
do space/time travel,ask questions of expert Avatars (e.g., Albert Einstein), anduse what they learn to help them make strategic game choices. » Read more
August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015
Cambridge, MA 鈥� The National Science Foundation awarded the Educational Gaming Environment Group (EdGE) at 黄色电影 a $1.9 million, 3-year grant to conduct an implementation research study to understand the development of computational thinking for upper elementary and middle grade students. EdGE researchers, building on their experience measuring implicit science learning in games with research methods such as Educational Data Mining (EDM), will study the impact of the computational thinking game Zoombinis. The study will investigate how youth develop implicit knowledge about computational thinking in Zoombinis gameplay and how educators can leverage that knowledge to improve classroom learning. » Read more
May 11, 2015
NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video ShowcaseOpens May 11: Encourages Public Conversation of STEM Education Innovations
May 11, 2015
Cambridge, MA 鈥� 黄色电影 announced today the opening of the with 112 videos highlighting research and innovative practices to improve STEM and computer science education. Representing initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the three-minute videos showcase a diverse portfolio of education programs that focus on a wide range of topics including robotics, » Read more
April 17, 2015
黄色电影 researchers are traveling to Chicago and are making the following presentations:
Expansive Meanings and Makings in ArtScience
Fri, April 17, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Sheraton, Second Level, Superior A
Ann Rosebery, Cheche Konnen Center, 黄色电影Beth M. Warren, Cheche Konnen Center, 黄色电影Megan Bang, University of Washington
Expansive Meanings and Makings in ArtScience (EMMAS) is a participatory design research project investigating the untapped potential of an artscience approach to learning and teaching. EMMAS aims to foster creative trajectories into meaningful STEM learning for youth who often experience school science as disconnected from their lives or interests (e.g., » Read more