Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM)

Instruments

The Upper Elementary (4-5th) and the Middle and High School (6-12th) Student Attitudes toward STEM Surveys (S-STEM) each contain four scales (sets of surveys items that most confidently describe a single characteristic of the survey-taker when the responses to these items are calculated as a single result). The first five scales consists of Likert-scale questions[1] which ask the respondent about their confidence and attitudes toward math, science, engineering and technology, and 21st century learning respectively. Final items in the surveys ask students about their attitudes toward 12

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STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: Making Connections to Broaden Participation in STEM

Event

The STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit was held on Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3, 2016, at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, VA. The Summit was an opportunity for ITEST Principal Investigators (PIs) and evaluators to come together and share successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the ITEST program. More than 150 people attended the Summit, representing 80 ITEST projects.

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National Science Foundation DCL: Supporting Research Advances in Smart and Connected Communities

Opportunities

The National Science Foundation has released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announcing their intention to support research that addresses challenges in enabling Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC). Through this DCL, NSF aims to accelerate fundamental understanding and stimulate basic research on frameworks that integrate and operate on data from multiple sources and at multiple temporal and spatial scales, new sociotechnical systems that are interconnected and interdependent, and new technologies for innovative applications and services to enable more livable, workable, sustainable, a

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Does playing Minecraft promote interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math?

News

The ITEST Research Study, Creating a Virtual Infrastructure for Engaging Rural Youth in STEM Disciplines through Computer Science, was recently featured on Maine Public Broadcasting Network's interactive radio program Maine Calling. This project will use LearnToMod for Minecraft to engage middle school students in rural Maine with computer science and math concepts. In the recorded interview, Principal Investigator Bruce Segee, Project Manager

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STELAR Webinar: Smart and Connected Communities: An ITEST Perspective

Event

In this STELAR webinar, NSF Senior Advisors provided information about funding opportunities through Supporting Research Advances in Smart and Connected Communities and two of the NSF-supported Next Generation STEM Learning for All Forum presenters expanded on their Forum presentations and considered how ITEST projects may be able to connect to the Smart and Connected Communities work.

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Association for Psychological Science 2016 Convention - Call for Submissions

Opportunities

The Association of Psychological Science’s (APS) mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.  APS has approximately 26,000 members and includes the leading psychological scientists and academics, clinicians, researchers, teachers, and administrators.

The 2016 APS Convention will take place on May 26-29, 2016, in Chicago, IL.

The deadline to submit a symposium proposal is December 2, 2015. 

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NSF and NNI Contest "Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheros!"

Opportunities

The National Science Foundation and the National Nanotechnology Initiative have recently announced "Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheroes," a competition for high school students. Students are invited to submit an original idea for a superhero who is equipped with gear inspired by modern nanotechnology research. Submissions can be made as a short written entry, a 90-second video, or a 1 page comic strip. 

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MSPnet Academy Webinar: Bootstrap - Programming Videogames with Algebra

Opportunities

Many people naively assume that "Programming is like Math", and expect magically higher grades from students who've taken a class in Java, Scratch or Python. Unfortunately, this assumption is far from accurate. In a world of high-stakes testing, we can no longer pretend the word "function" means the same thing to algebra teachers and programmers. If we truly wish to help students in algebra, we need to re-think the foundations of what programming we teach.

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