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.
SPARCS - Sparking student interest in computing careers
VideoWe present an overview of the ITEST SPARCS project being conducted at University of Nebraska at Omaha. SPARCS aims to help middle school teachers incorporate Computer Science lessons into the classes they teach, and inspire their students to consider careers in computing-related industries. We will
Innovation Institute at the New York Hall of Science
VideoInnovation Institute at the New York Hall of Science – offering teens the opportunity to be creators. Through this program participants learn how to apply the principles of design-thinking to make practical improvements in their community.Innovation Institute provides the opportunity for youth to
SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM - a role model video from the SciGirls Strategies project
VideoSciGirls Strategies: Gender Equitable Teaching Practices in Career and Technical Education Pathways for High School Girls is a three-year professional development initiative designed to help STEM and CTE educators recruit and retain more high school girls from diverse backgrounds in STEM pathways
Students on STEM: More Hands-on, Real-world experiences
PublicationA new survey of American teenagers from the Amgen Foundation and Change the Equation offers real cause for optimism about the future of high school science and biology education in the United States. Teens generally like science—and biology in particular—and they grasp the importance of the field to people’s lives. They know good biology teaching when they see it, and they would like the opportunity to do more engaging, hands-on science in school.
Educational Pathways Into College & Career (EPICC) Project Video
VideoThe Educational Pathways Into College & Career (EPICC) ITEST project is working with 30 students per year for 3 years at 3 different Oakland high schools. Students will receive school credit while participating in a school-based summer program that uses a linked learning model to integrate the
STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: NSF Town Hall
VideoNSF Town Hall featuring David Haury, Evan Heit, Arlene de Strulle, Rob Ochsendorf, and Tasha InnissPresentation slidesRecorded May 3, 2016View all of the presentation materials from the Summit.
STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: Plenary by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns
VideoPlenary by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Associate Professor, Columbia UniversityThe science of “small things”: Psychological interventions to reduce racial achievement gaps in STEM - presentation slidesRecorded May 2, 2016View all presentation materials from the Summit.
STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: Plenary by Dr. Richard Ladner
VideoPlenary session presentation by Dr. Richard Ladner, Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, University of WashingtonAccessibility in STEM - presentation slidesRecorded on May 3, 2016View all of the presentation materials from the Summit.
Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research
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This report presents important takeaways from a one-day National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported Forum, “Next Generation STEM Learning for All,” organized by Education Development Center (EDC) and SRI International through the STEM Learning and Research Center (STELAR) at EDC, the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) at EDC, and the Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), working in close collaboration with NSF and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.The Forum engaged prominent scientists in STEM learning research and school
STELAR Welcome!
VideoThis recording provides a brief overview of the key sections of the STELAR website and instructions on how to create a STELAR account.