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Research Update
An examination of the agenda and abstracts for the
Center’s 2006 Research Forum, shows increasing clustering of
research around particular topics and research strategies.
Examples of the topics that have attracted significant numbers
of Fellows and faculty researchers include:
- creating effective professional development communities for teachers of high need middle
and high school students, including in settings (rural or urban), in which teachers are
geographically dispersed;
- adapting models for standards-based curriculum design, instruction or assessment
(for example, science inquiry, or performance assessment) to be relevant within a
particular culture or community (for example, a Hispanic community in Milwaukee,
or a Native American community in Montana);
- performing meta-analyses regarding the effect of particular teaching/learning
approaches on the engagement and success of students from different cultures
(CSU has spearheaded several important meta-analyses, for example, one now submitted
for publication on the effects of small group collaboration on underrepresented students’
performance in mathematics;
- the impact of the design of large-scale mathematics or science assessments
(content, format, and “grading” of responses) on the perform of diverse
students -- dissertations related to this theme are underway in Washington, Wyoming and Montana;
- improving access to quality online learning experiences in science,
mathematics, and science/math education – this has been a highly attractive
theme for Montana and Colorado participants, perhaps because equal access to STEM
learning rests on distance learning opportunities for many teachers and students in these states.
Bibliography
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National Science Foundation
CLT Center for Learning and Teaching ESIE Award #0119786
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