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Resources included in these libraries were submitted by ITEST projects or STELAR and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. PDFs and/or URLs to the original resource are included in the resource description whenever possible. In some cases, full text publications are located behind publishers’ paywalls and a fee or membership to the third party site may be required for access. Permission for use must be requested through the publisher or author listed in each entry.

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Resources included in these libraries were submitted by ITEST projects or STELAR and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. PDFs and/or URLs to the original resource are included in the resource description whenever possible. In some cases, full text publications are located behind publishers’ paywalls and a fee or membership to the third party site may be required for access. Permission for use must be requested through the publisher or author listed in each entry.

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 23-115): Advancing Microelectronics Education

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The National Science Foundation published NSF 23-115, “Advancing Microelectronics Education” in May 2023 in response to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS Act). This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encourages submission of proposals for projects that will excite, motivate and prepare students for participation in the microelectronics industry, in both formal and informal settings. The DCL provides information and links for existing NSF funding opportunities in the NSF Directorate for STEM Education that can support education-related research and development to prepare a diverse workforce. On
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NSF Webinar: 2023 ITEST Solicitation Overview

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On May 25, 2023, STELAR hosted a webinar on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 22-585). During this webinar, ITEST Program Officers Alicia Santiago, Leilah Lyons, and Robert Russell reviewed the goals of the ITEST program and highlighted key aspects of the solicitation. Access the slides here. Visit our proposal development page for resources, supports, and access to our proposal development course here.
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STELAR webinar - ITEST PI Panel: Scale-up Experiences, Successes & Challenges

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The second webinar in support of encouraging Scaling, Expanding and Iterating Innovations (SEI) proposals invited back ITEST Principal Investigators to share their successes and challenges on scaling their work in the ITEST 2022 PI Meeting. The presentations was followed by a Q&A with PIs. Presentations by: Mary Dussault, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Thomas Hammond, Lehigh University, & Kate Popejoy, Popejoy STEM LLC Dayna DeFeo, University of Alaska Anchorage The ITEST proposal solicitation deadline is August 11, 2023. For resources and information about best practices in developing

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STELAR Webinar - NSF EPSCoR/ITEST

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The National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program supports applied research and development focused on increasing preK-12 students' interest in careers in information and communication technology and STEM through innovative technology-based learning experiences. As the resource center for the NSF ITEST Program, STELAR is charged with supporting prospective PIs in developing competitive proposals. In doing so, we encourage EPSCoR communities to take advantage of the technical assistance and support aimed at proposal development offered
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Adapting Curriculum and PD to Scale in New Regions | ITEST PI Meeting 2022

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With demonstrated growth in student STEM content knowledge, teacher STEM awareness, and teacher self-efficacy teaching integrated STEM, the Teachers and Researchers Advancing Integrated Lessons in STEM (TRAILS) project received an award to scale up their work to reach 10,000 students. In this clip, the presenters relate how they located partners in rural populations, and their approach adapting their curriculum and PD using place-based knowledge.
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Defining Scaling for your Project | ITEST PI Meeting 2022

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ITEST Scaling, Expanding, and Iterating Innovations (SEI) projects “broaden the implementation and research of an innovation at a significant scale of five to ten times greater than the original implementation.” The Expanding Socio-Environmental Science Investigations with Geospatial Technologies in High Schools project presents how they defined scaling on their proposal and how their program officer assisted the scale-up.
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Determining Sufficient Evidence to Scale| ITEST PI Meeting 2022

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The Youth Astronomy Network (YouthAstroNet) project shares how they knew they had sufficient evidence to apply for a Scaling, Expanding, and Iterating Innovations (SEI) award. They identified 34 different instructional experiences the students might have had ran a regression model and factor analysis to better understand which of these interventions mattered for learning, interest, and identity gains.
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Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance

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This article presents a social cognitive framework for understanding three intricately linked aspects of career development: (a) the formation and elaboration of career-relevant interests, (b) selection of academic and career choice options, and (c) performance and persistence in educational and occupational pursuits. The framework, derived primarily from Bandura′s (1986) general social cognitive theory, emphasizes the means by which individuals exercise personal agency in the career development process, as well as extra-personal factors that enhance or constrain agency. In particular, we

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