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Light Just Right
13 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This 4th grade design activity focuses on electrical current and resistance. Students design a way to make a bulb light with differing brightnesses.
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Online Learning Systems for Science: From Grant-Funded Project to Widespread
12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): William Vining, Lisa Lockwood
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session E1This presentation will describe the genesis, testing, modification, and eventual commercial distribution of a web-based homework/learning system for chemistry. This project relates to the design and implementation of...
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Project Kaleidoscope: Leadership for Implementing Change in Undergraduate STEM Education
12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Susan Elrod, Judith Dilts, J Lynn Zimmerman
Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session D1 Transforming undergraduate STEM education requires vision, leadership and action. Since 1996, Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), a national organization, has been offering leadershipinstitutes for STEM faculty members to...
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Research Activities 2013-14 PowerPoint Slides
16 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides detailing SLED research activities during the 2013-14 and 2014-14 years.
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SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Expectations PowerPoint
19 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 3-4.
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SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Powerpoint (grades 5-6)
19 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 5-6.
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SLED Design Team Lesson Plans
28 Nov 2011 | Series
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SLED Lesson Plan Template
05 Apr 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
A template for creating design-oriented lesson plans for the SLED project.
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SLED Unit Implementation Plan Rubric 2013-14 2014-15
12 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This rubric will be used to assess teachers' unit implementation plans for the SLED project.
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SLED Unit Plan Template 2015-16
08 Jun 2015 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This is the SLED unit implementation plan template for the 2015-16 academic year.
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Slow Boat
11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Tahira Reid, Kari Clase, Nancy Irene Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman
This 4th grade design task lesson focuses on the concept of drag by asking students to develop ways to slow down a boat.
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Spring 2012 EDCI Preservice Lesson Plans
28 Mar 2012 | Series | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco
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STEM Strategies in K-15 Education in Colombia
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Maria Figueroa
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session F3 The Center for Research and Development in Education (CIFE) at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) has launched a STEM program as a part of its mission to produce research based knowledge for the...
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Summer 2012 long version SLED Unit Plan Template
13 Jun 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
Long version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for Summer 2012.
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Summer 2012 short version SLED Unit Plan Template
13 Jun 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The short version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for Summer 2012.
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Summer 2013 SLED Unit Plan Template
12 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This is the template teachers should use during the 2013 SLED Summer Institute to prepare their lesson implementation plans.
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Theories of Action for STEM Education The Role of the National Science Foundation Investments in STEM Learning and Higher Education
11 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Joan Ferrini-Mundy
What is the most stategic approach for a federal funding agency in shaping investment programs to improve STEM teaching and learning? NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources is focused increasingly on its role within the Foundation and in coordination with other agencies in supporting...
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Think-aloud Protocol Analysis as a Measure of Students' Science Learning through Design Assessment
28 Mar 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Todd Richard Kelley, Brenda Capobianco
Research has indicated that authentic engineering design tasks hold the attention andinterest of students and can lead to deeper levels of science engagement (Fortus, Dershimer, Krajcik, Marx, & Mamlok-Naaman, 2004; Roth, 1996; 1997; 1998). However, there is a need for student assessments...
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University Governance and its Role in Transforming Societies in the Middle East
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Adriana Jaramillo
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session D3I will present the results of a regional study on university governance conducted in four countries: Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. We have surveyed 50 Universities, using aquestionnaire addressing 4 dimensions...
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Video - Theories of Action for STEM Education: The Role of the National Science Foundation Investments in STEM Learning and Higher Education
02 Nov 2011 | Conference Videos | Contributor(s): Joan Ferrini-Mundy
What is the most strategic approach for a federal funding agency in shaping investment programs to improve STEM teaching and learning? NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources is focused increasingly on its role within the Foundation and in coordination with other agencies in...