Our Legacy of Impactful Projects
At ³ÉÈ˿첥, we take pride in our ongoing commitment to shaping the STEM education landscape through innovative projects and groundbreaking research. Delve into our archives to discover the stories, methodologies, and outcomes of these impactful projects. Even though they may no longer be actively running, the knowledge and insights gained from these initiatives continue to shape the future of STEM education.
A national model for rigorous, engaging Earth and environmental lab science courses.
The eMapper was a web-based application that served K-12 students with HFA/AS participating in general-education settings.
Embodied Physics built resources for science learning environments where Black and Latino students could develop identities as people who practice and are engaged in scientific inquiry.
The project studied learning gains and attitudinal changes among students. ³ÉÈ˿첥’s evaluation worked with faculty to explore implementation, usability, and the potential for sustainability and spread.
Innovate to Mitigate challenged 8th–12th grade students to submit ideas that mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.
Extracting Salient Scenarios from Interaction Logs helped students understand the principles of complex systems by developing a new type of education technology to support their learning and participation in the multi-person immersive simulation.
Focus on Energy is an innovative approach for teaching and learning about energy in grades 4-5.
FRAME investigated strategies to enhance the mathematics in museum-based making and tinkering activities and laid the foundation for a full research study on broadening family participation in mathematics through making.
FUN brought together learning-game research teams from Finland and the USA to conduct cross-team studies looking for similarities and differences arising in different cultures and different gaming environments.
Developed and evaluated a video game that empowers student learning through collaboration and exploration to solve problems.