Mathematics

Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA)

ALMA’s mission is to help adults gain basic reading, writing, and math skills. ALMA creates innovative, educationally sound, and entertaining television-based teaching materials and cultivates community networks to support ALMA learners. TV411, ALMA’s magazine-format television series (with ancillary print materials and an instructional Web site) is aired on more than 100 stations nationwide.

Project RISE (Role of Informal Science Education) Pilot Study: Addressing Methodological Challenges in Longitudinal Studies of Informal Science Education Outcomes

EDC is conducting a two-year pilot study to address critical methodological challenges inherent in doing longitudinal research linking informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences and school achievement: first, addressing selection bias through careful selection of a comparison group that is comparable to the intervention group, and second, developing a qualitative design that both complements and extends the quantitative data collected.

The Coaching Cycle: An Interactive Online Course for Mathematics Coaches

This project is developing an online course for K-8 mathematics instructional coaches in rural areas and small schools who do not have access to regular district-wide professional development. The course builds participants’ coaching skills through the use of classroom artifacts—including student work, videotapes, and transcripts drawn from the classroom. Additionally, the project exams how online learning and instructional coaching change teachers’ instructional practices and increase student achievement.

EDC Comments on New Mathematics Guidelines

EDC’s Al Cuoco comments on new guidelines for high school mathematics education, calling them a “breath of fresh air”.

Students Shape Urban Planning (ITEST Massachusetts)

Urban Ecology is a project developed by the Urban Ecology Institute and Boston College to provide 7-12th grade teachers and students with scientific, instructional, and technological training in urban ecology field studies. This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.

Publishing Genome Research (ITEST New Jersey)

Bioinformatics: the Rutgers Initiative in Teacher Enhancement (BRITE) is a project engaging thousands of New Jersey high school students and their teachers in cutting edge molecular biology investigations. This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.

Gaining Catfish Aquaculture Skills (ITEST Mississippi)

Catfish Environmental Monitoring (CEMO), a collaboration between Mississippi Valley State University and Scotland Fisheries, is a program designed to integrate experientially-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning into the high school curriculum of 13 rural Mississippi Delta schools. This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.

Girls Explore IT Careers (ITEST California)

Build IT is an afterschool and summer program for underserved middle school girls that capitalizes on its participants interest in design and communication technologies by engaging them in hands-on, collaborative, real-world experiences. This project, a collaboration between SRI International and Girls Inc of Alameda County (GAIC). This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.

Becoming Green Energy Experts (ITEST Michigan)

Green Energy Technologies in the City (GET City), a collaboration between Michigan State University and Lansing Boys and Girls Club, is a program designed to empower inner-city youth to become community science experts in energy sustainability and environmental health topics. This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.

Bridging Culture, Community, and Science (ITEST Maine)

Community for Rural Education Stewardship and Technology (CREST) a project for students and teachers, uses Web design, ethnography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to address community challenges in rural areas of Maine. This Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project is funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Learning Resource Center at EDC.