The use of sound to communicate nonverbally predates written records and is deeply embedded in human history. The simple rhythmic sounds from early drums, bells, whistles, and horns evolved to…
The Concord Consortium and Michigan State University are developing the Collaborative Learning User Environment (CLUE), a multi-featured digital platform designed to support groups of students working together to solve mathematical…
Una gota rompe la piedra mural by Layqa Nuna Yawar. Photo by Kristen Rae Miranda. Used with permission. Importance Equity remains an elusive goal in science education despite decades of…
Reform efforts in science education frequently focus on increasing diversity and promoting access to canonical science understandings and practices. However, central to the need for these equity efforts is the…
Data science and artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to upend the way healthcare is delivered. But what happens when AI is trained on medical data that doesn’t reflect the population?…
Climate change, and the rise of the natural hazards that climate change brings, has been at the top of news feeds every week over the past year. Extreme events such…
Shelley Olds is an Instructional Designer at the EarthScope Consortium. Many middle and high school students learn about earthquakes by studying California since it is the most seismically active state…
In 2013, Bill Finzer, lead developer of CODAP, declared there was a “data science education dilemma”1 and described a pressing need for more people to become fluent with data. That…
Imagine that you’re visiting a new city and want to know the best place to get ice cream. You might open your favorite search engine and check out reviews. Or…
Current Projects Principal Investigator, Computing with R for Mathematical Modeling (CodeR4MATH), NSF DRL-1742083, $1,850,959, 2017-2020 (proposal) Researcher, Change Makers: Crowdsolving the Energy Challenge through Cyber-Enabled Out-of-School Citizen Science Programs, NSF…