Activating Math Talk: 11 Purposeful Techniques for Your Elementary Students

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Many mathematics teachers agree that engaging students in high-quality discourse is important for their conceptual learning, but successfully promoting such discourse in elementary classrooms—with attention to the needs of every learner—can be a challenge. Activating Math Talk tackles this challenge by bringing practical, math-specific, productive discourse techniques that are applicable to any lesson or curriculum. Framed around 11 student-centered discourse techniques, this research-based book connects purposeful instructional techniques to specific lesson goals and includes a focus on

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What Gets Measured Gets Done: Exploring ATE Evaluators’ and Principal Investigators’ Attention to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Increasingly, evaluators and principal investigators (PIs) are anchoring their work in equity-focused, culturally responsive, and social justice ideals. But we in the evaluation field have not yet established an empirical understanding of how evaluators and PIs define and measure diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this webinar, we will report an examination of how evaluators and PIs funded by NSF’s ATE program define and measure DEI within their projects.

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Massachusetts STEM Summit 2021

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Join the Massachusetts STEM Summit virtually on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for the Virtual 2021 Massachusetts STEM Summit, Inspire a STEM Start.

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ITEST Proposal Development Course Webinar

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On Thursday, February 18, 3:00PM STELAR hosted an orientation webinar on the newly launched ITEST Proposal Development course, a self- paced online course for novice proposal writers. This recording serves as an introduction, overview of the materials, and descriptions of the activities that will guide the proposal writing process. STELAR ITEST Course Orientation Slides

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2021 STEM for All Video Showcase

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The 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase: COVID, Equity & Social Justice will be held May 11-18, 2021. Registration will be open from January 13 to February 12, 2021.

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