Welcome to the ITEST Resource Library
The curricula, instruments, and publications included in this library were submitted by ITEST projects and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. Use the filters to the right to find relevant materials. A PDF and/or URL to the original resource are included within 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.
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ITEST Management Information System (MIS) 2009: Final Report Describing Active ITEST Projects
PublicationsThe first annual MIS report, a program-wide summary of ITEST projects, was released in June 2010. This report, prepared with data from the first annual ITEST Management Information System (MIS) administration in 2009, describes who ITEST projects served, how many participants they served, the structure of the project, their intended outcomes, and how those outcomes were measured.
ITEST Data Brief: Summary of Project Findings from the 2011-2012 ITEST Management Information System (MIS)
PublicationsITEST LRC Data Brief Volume 1, Issue 1 This Data Brief provides a descriptive summary of project findings submitted to the Management Information System by ITEST projects active in 2011-2012.
Developing Project Based Instructional Units Utilizing ArcGIS Online
Curricular MaterialsDeveloping Project Based Instructional Units Utilizing ArcGIS Online is an open, asynchronous, self-paced 40 hour, 5 module training course that utilizes ArcGIS Online for secondary educators (thoguh post-secondary educators may benefit from the course as well). This course is designed for educators who are familiar with and who have taught with ArcGIS, particularly non-GIS educators who would like to add a geospatial perspective, project based instructional techniques, and the "power of data" to their existing courses. The main focus for this course is pedagogy, or how to teach to improve
New Skills, New Experiences - The Future of Learning: Highlights of the ITEST 2005 Symposium
PublicationsThe 2005 Summit Symposium event brought together ITEST project staff and invited external thought leaders. This publication summarizes key points of the panelists for the session on "The Importance of IT & STEM Learning: Behind the ITEST Agenda," and documents dimensions of the ITEST projects' work and impact on learning & careers.
Learning to Think Spatially
PublicationsThis National Research Council publication examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum.
Insights and Innovations in STEM Learning: Learnings from ITEST Project Evaluations
PublicationsThe first issue of the Insights and Innovations in STEM Learning series synthesizes learnings from a thematic analysis of ITEST projects’ reported outcomes, challenges, and innovations.
ITEST Info Brief: Active Learning in the Information Age
PublicationsITEST LRC Info Brief Volume 1 , July 2004ITEST project staff contributed to thoughtful discussion around how specific technologies can be harnessed to enhance academic learning and creative expression.
Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing Our Nation's Human Capital
PublicationsThis report from National Science Board focuses on identifying and preparing the nation's human capital.
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
PublicationsDeveloped by the National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, this report identifies the top ten actions needed to enhance science and technology to ensure that the United States will prosper and be secure in the 21st Century.
Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America's Future
PublicationsAmerica is home to extraordinary assets in science, engineering, and mathematics that, if properly applied within the educational system, could revitalize student interest and increase proficiency in these subjects and support an American economic renewal, according to a new report from an independent council of Presidential advisors.