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The Saint Paul Foundation - Advancing Racial Equity Grant Opportunity

Opportunities

For 75 years, The Saint Paul Foundation has worked with people and organizations to keep Saint Paul strong and vital. Today, advancing racial equity is one of the most critical challenges and biggest opportunities facing Saint Paul and East Metro communities. The Saint Paul Foundation is committed to supporting efforts to end racism and racial disparities so that everyone in the East Metro has opportunities to thrive for the next 75 years.

ITEST Projects Shine in the NSF 2015 Teaching & Learning Video Showcase

19 May, 2015 News

In May 2015, seventeen ITEST projects presented videos in the 2015 National Science Foundation Teaching and Learning Video Showcase. Organized by TERC, the showcase contained 112 videos produced by NSF-funded projects associated with one of these resource centers: ARC, CADRE, CAISE, CIRCL, CS10K, MSPNet, and STELAR.

SACNAS - Call for Session Proposals

Opportunities

SACNAS invites professionals to submit session proposals for our National Conference. Sessions at the National Conference include professional development sessions, leadership development sessions, and scientific symposia sessions to train and inspire conference attendees, from undergraduates through professionals, as they progress in their careers and attain positions of leadership in STEM.

NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase - Call for Participation

Opportunities

This online event will showcase cutting-edge NSF-funded work to improve teaching and learning and will allow colleagues affiliated with MSPnet, CADRE, CIRCL, CAISE, STELAR, CS10Kcommunity, and ARC to view, discuss, and comment on each others’ work. It will also allow each project to disseminate their work to the public at large, helping NSF achieve its goal of broad dissemination of innovative work.

New ITEST Data Brief Published

16 February, 2015 News

The ITEST program specifically targets its work toward engaging the participation of youth who have been traditionally underrepresented in post-secondary STEM education and the STEM workforce, including, but not limited to, “… women, underrepresented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders) and persons with disabilities” (2014 NSF ITEST solicitation). How do projects

Scalable Game Design: Broadening Participation by Integrating Game Design and Science Simulation Building into Middle School Curricula

Publications

In this paper we lay out our strategy of our Scalable Game Design curriculum, which has been funded through a series of NSF (ITEST Strategy, CE21 Type II, and ITEST Scale Up) grants as well as the Google CS4HS program, and list some research questions relevant to bringing Computer Science education to middle schools.

SDSU Student Dreams Big

07 May, 2014 News

SDSU graduate student Gene Rayford aspires to cure cancer and win the Nobel Prize. While developing a hospital ER medical app on his own, Rayford was recruited by the SDSU X-Team, which hopes his creativity will help them win the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE. As one of 29 teams left in the competition, the SDSU X-Team is currently developing a mobile healthcare diagnostic device inspired by the Tricorder in Star Trek, capable of measuring vitals and

Relevance of Science Education (ROSE) Questionnaire

Instruments

The Relevance of Science Education (ROSE) questionnaire was created as part of an international comparative project meant to shed light on affective factors of importance to the learning of science and technology.

STELAR Webinar: The New Face of Research and Evaluation in ITEST Projects

Event

In this webinar, PIs and evaluators described how they are meeting the challenge of incorporating rigorous research designs and evaluations that provide useful measures of project success, all while developing dynamic activities within the ITEST framework.

Restoring Water, Culture, and Relationships: Using a Community Based Participatory Research Methodology for Engineering Education

Publications

In an effort to increase the number of American Indians in technical and leadership positions, local tribal communities are pursuing opportunities for their youth to connect with STEM education that is relevant to their community and honors the Tribe's values.

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