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STELAR recently connected with members of the Middle School Pathways in Computer Science ITEST project, Principal Investigator Dr. Fred Martin and Akira Kamiya, Teacher Learning Center Director. CS Pathways is a partnership between UMass Lowell (UML), the Tri-City Technology Education Collaborative (TRITEC), and the urban school districts of Medford and Everett, Massachusetts. The project brings a computing curriculum based on creating socially

EDC’s Joyce Malyn-Smith discusses how technology can help all students extend their own thinking and solve complex problems.

The Management Information System (MIS) survey is distributed to ITEST projects annually every fall. This blog post was written about the 2015-2016 MIS, our eighth running of the MIS. In fall of 2019 we will collect information from projects on their 2018-2019 activities - our 11th year of ITEST project data collected!What is the MIS, and why does STELAR ask projects to complete it? In the early years of the ITEST program, NSF would request

STELAR is excited to announce the publication of four syntheses that describe results of the ITEST program since its beginning in 2003. ITEST projects have designed experiences for youth that contribute to their STEM interests, they have contributed to the field of STEM professional development for teachers, and they have designed projects that broaden the reach of in-school and out-of-school projects to youth who don’t otherwise have access to

This is a reposting of a blog originally published on Education Development Center, Inc.'s Learning and Teaching website.Leslie Goodyear, PhD, brings more than 16 years of experience evaluating educational projects and programs at local, regional, national, and international levels. Goodyear, the Associate Editor of the American Journal of Evaluation and a former Board member of the American Evaluation Association, has conducted evaluations and

Joyce Malyn-Smith is a national expert on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce development. She has a deep knowledge of how learners develop skills to prepare for productive and rewarding work life. And, she has a special interest in the innovation economy and how technology and informal learning can spark creativity and cultivate and sustain students' interest in STEM careers. From 2003 to 2013, she served as the PI

What can Smart and Connected Communities be, and what can they do? The Collaboratory NYC, with funding from NSF's ITEST program, is putting its vision of Smart and Connected Communities into practice through the Billion Oyster Project. The project has brought together multiple stakeholders around a unifying challenge: repopulating oysters in New York Harbor. Why does this matter, and what is being done?

STELAR recently connected with Priya Mohabir, Director of the Alan J. Friedman Center For the Development of Young Scientists at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) and her colleague, David Wells, Director of Maker Programming. Priya is the Principal Investigator of the Innovation Institute project. The Innovation Institute (I2) takes high school students through the entire process of inventing a device, software or other technology. I2 stresses

This is a reposting of a blog originally published on Education Development Center, Inc.'s Learning and Teaching website.Sarita Pillai leads initiatives to improve the quality and equity of STEM education, including managing national research and technical assistance centers, building and sustaining communities of practice, and engaging youth in developing STEM-focused, technology-based resources for their peers. She is the PI of the National

STELAR recently caught up with Dr. Kimberly A. Scott, Associate Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department and Founder/Executive Director of the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST) at Arizona State University. Dr. Scott is the Principal Investigator of the CompuGirls Scale-up project. The CompuGirls Scale-Up project utilizes a culturally relevant technology (CRT) program to prepare girls ages 13-18 from the