The 2020 NSF STEM for All Video Showcase: Learning from Research and Practice, will be held online May 5 - 12, 2020. This event is created and facilitated by TERC and is funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #1922641).
The NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) is hosting an "office hours" call-in for those applying to the 2019 NSF ITEST Solicitation (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19583/nsf19583.htm).
Join NSF Program Officers on Monday, August 12, 1:30-2:30 ET
Dial in details:
Toll-free: 877-485-2180
Passcode: 6893378
Over the past year, STELAR staff have been meeting with ITEST community members to learn more about the work projects are engaged in, and uncover challenges that projects have faced. In our review of these discussions, we identified three topic areas where examples of best-practices would benefit the community; Engaging schools as research partners (held May 16), Sustaining your ITEST Project (held July 18), and Developing STEM career competencies from K-12.
Congratulations to the 31 ITEST videos selected to present during the 2019 STEM for All Video Showcase: Innovations in STEM Education, held on May 13-20. Over 800 presenters and co-presenters shared 242 short videos highlighting innovations in STEM education during this online event. We invite you to view all of these videos and to read the discussions that took place May 13th to May 20th. View most discussed videos, and see all recognized
On May 28 STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers Michael Steele, Alejandra Sorto, and Amy Wilson-Lopez for an informative webinar on the newly-released 2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program Solicitation (NSF 19-583).
During the webinar Program Officers reviewed the goals of the ITEST program, detailed the revisions made to the 2019 solicitation, and provided guidance on developing a successful submission.
High school capstone courses—culminating educational experiences for seniors as they conclude their formal high school education—have become increasingly popular across the nation, particularly in New England. The STEMStarter Capstone was designed to help Connecticut high schools meet new accreditation standards from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and graduation requirements that include a mastery-based learning project. Standard 2 of the NEASC 2020 Standards (2018) for school accreditation states: “Students are active learners and have the opportunity to lead
In December the National Science Foundation convened nearly 60 Principal Investigators from projects funded through the Dear Colleague Letter (NSF-086) “Enabling the Future of Making to Catalyze New Approaches in STEM Learning and Innovation.” The NSF EAGER Maker Summit: Charting the Future of Making in STEM Education tasked these projects with exploring topics of interest to NSF and the Maker community.
The COMPUGIRLS: Culturally relevant technology program for adolescent girls was developed to promote underrepresented girls' future possible selves and career pathways in computer-related technology fields. We hypothesized that the COMPUGIRLS would promote academic possible selves and self-regulation to achieve these possible selves. We compared the growth trajectories of academic possible selves and self-regulation between the program participants and a comparison group using latent growth modeling for two semesters. There was no significant group difference in the growth trajectories of
In December of 2018, nearly 60 NSF EAGER project PIs were invited to meet for two days and explore topics of interest to NSF and the Maker community. The event was designed to:
The League for Innovation in the Community College is pleased to announce that the 2019 Innovations Conference will be held February 24-27, in New York City. All conference events will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis. This event is hosted by Borough of Manhattan Community College, Guttman Community College, and LaGuardia Community College.