…to use discoveries from this research to create learning environments using body motion to help students build better mental models of difficult concepts? The GRASP (Gesture Augmented Simulations for Supporting…
…Figure 1. Connecting a story to a graph. (Click for a larger version.) Figure 2. Labels help students understand the meaning of a graph. (Click for larger a version.) Figure…
…scientific principles that define its natural constraints. Actively using models and simulations can help students build understanding and convey ideas. Molecular Workbench addresses this need by permitting students to design…
…Design for Learning (UDL) Science project. We are developing free, open source software designed to help secondary math and science students become comfortable with graph interpretation. SmartGraphs help students to…
…images. Digital texts can contain highly interactive, model-based simulations that allow students to engage in deep and powerful inquiry. They can help students visualize the unseen and conduct experiments that…
…feel as if their previous knowledge about molecules doesn’t apply in biology class. One way to help students understand the chemistry happening in their biology class is to present molecules…
…evolving process. With our partners at National Geographic Education, we’ve developed computer-based investigations around compelling unanswered questions in Earth and space science to help students learn science like scientists. Six…
…Science Standards (NGSS) designed to teach high school biology as a coherent set of interlinked and powerful reasoning scenarios. Our goal is to help students explore biological mechanisms, as opposed…
…perspectives. They also practice skills of listening, communicating, and contributing. With Michigan State University, we’re developing and researching a digital curriculum platform to help middle school students deepen and make…
…help biology classes reap the benefits of Next Generation Science Standards instruction with big payoffs. The 3D Teacher Moves Table, developed for a groundbreaking webinar that brought together our Common…