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.
Building a Framework for Researching Teacher Change in ITEST Projects
PublicationsThis review looks to literature on teacher change in science and technology education. We address the following question: How do science and technology teacher professional development programs define and describe changes in teaching beliefs and practices that lead to the effective implementation of sophisticated science and technology into formal classroom teaching?
ITEST Lessons Learned: Reflecting on Informal Teaching Methodologies and Innovative Uses of Technology
PublicationsThe ITEST LRC asked four ITEST projects a series of questions about technology use and teaching methods in summer program activities in order to capture insights that can inform program design and practices in other ITEST projects and beyond.
K–12 Computational Learning
PublicationsEnhancing student learning and understanding by combining theories of learning with the computer’s unique attributes.In “Computational Thinking,” Jeannette Wing struck a chord that has resonated strongly (generating positive as well as negative responses) with many computer scientists and non-computer scientists. In this article, Cooper et al. reframe the way computational thinking is conceptualized and present a new model for computational learning in K-12 education.
Analysis of Middle and High School Student Learning of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Concepts Through a Lego Underwater Robotics Design Challenge
PublicationsThe Build IT project is a university-school collaboration to increase precollege student interest and achievement in engineering, science, mathematics, and information technology through a novel underwater robotics project that utilizes LEGO Mindstorms kits, the NXT programmable brick, and related equipment. The project is being implemented in 36 socio-economically and academically diverse schools for students in Grades 7-12. Through a series of increasingly complex challenges, Build IT exposes students to science, mathematics, and engineering concepts such as buoyancy, Newton’s Laws, momentum
ITEST Project Overviews: WGBH Videos
PublicationsThe WGBH Educational Foundation and the Education Development Center, Inc. collaborated to create a series of six individual ITEST project profile videos and multiple video clips submitted by projects and edited by WGBH. The full collection is hosted on the STELAR Vimeo Channel and includes:Bioinformatics: the Rutgers Initiative in Teacher Enhancement (BRITE)Build IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through DesignCatfish Environmental Monitoring (CEMO)Community for Rural Education, Stewardship and Technology (CREST)Green Energy Technologies in the City (GET City)Urban Ecology
EcoScience Works: Teacher Professional Development Through a Collaborative Curriculum Project – an Example of TPACK in Maine
PublicationsEcoScienceWorks (ESW) is an ecology curriculum that includes targeted simulations and a code block programming challenge developed through an NSF-ITEST grant.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Occupations: A Visual Essay
PublicationsUsing May 2009 data from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, this visual essay takes a closer look at STEM occupations.
Role Model Videos
Curricular MaterialsThrough these role model videos, professionals' real world views and application of math show high school students just how relevant math is to their futures. Filmed on location, professionals tell students about how they use math in their careers and what math meant to them in high school. The role model videos are an important aspect of the"Scaling Up STEM Learning with the VCL" model. Teacher participants in this ITEST project were required to screen videos from this resource and engage their students in discussion about real world use of math and potential interest in STEM occupations. The
ComputerScienceOnline.org: Educational Resources, Degrees, and Career Tracks
Curricular MaterialsComputerScienceOnline.org provides students and lifelong learners with educational, career and developmental information related to the world of computer science.
Underrepresented Youth See Science as Ticket Up
VideoA.J. Freeman and Chenoa Hailey, two African-American high school students from Binghamton, New York, discuss their love of astronomy and engineering and their plans to use science as a ticket up. Chenoa and A.J. describe their dreams for the future, which they hope to attain through science