Interactive Visualizations, Simulations, and Games for Science and Math Learning: Comparing Goals, Affordances, and Challenges across Approaches

Cyberlearning
Educational Technology
Mathematics
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Science
Day
Thu

This interactive poster session brings together 12 projects using a range of interactive computer technologies to compare goals, affordances, and challenges across approaches.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Structured Poster Session
Presenters
Katherine Perkins
Noah Podolefsky
Marcia Linn
Camillia Matuk
Kelly Kihyun Ryoo
Jennifer Chiu
Douglas Clark
Mario Martinez-Garza
David Birchfield
Diane Jass Ketelhut
James Lester
Karin Wiburg
Uri Wilensky
Paul Horwitz
Laura ODwyer
Frieda Reichsman
Chad Dorsey
Carolyn Staudt
Amy Pallant
Session Materials
Pallant_Poster.jpg
Clark_Poster.jpg
Ryoo_Poster.jpg
Ketelhut_Poster.jpg

This interactive poster session brings together 12 projects using a range of interactive computer technologies to improve science and math learning. The approaches range from interactive simulations to fully-immersive, multi-player games. In addition to increasing communication and collaboration among these researchers, a key goal of this session is to discuss what drives the wide range in approaches to using interactive technologies.

Digital Curricula in Secondary Science: Developing UDL Materials, Envisioning UDL Classrooms

Curriculum
Educational Technology
Science
Universal Design
Day
Thu

Presenters will discuss the challenges and successes encountered in customizing inquiry science curricula according to the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and in then enacting those Web-delivered curricula in secondary classrooms. 

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
David Rose
Boris Goldowsky
LeeAnn Sutherland
Jacqueline Miller

Presenters will discuss the challenges and successes encountered in customizing inquiry science curricula according to the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and in then enacting those Web-delivered curricula in secondary classrooms.

Engineering SIG

Engineering
Day
Thu

Open to all grantees

This group will discuss current research and practice in K-12 engineering education and issues related to content and delivery.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Special Interest Group (SIG)

Status of Science Education Frameworks and Next Generation of Standards

Science
Standards
Day
Thu

Presenters will provide an update on the process and progress of the science conceptual frameworks and the plan for development of next generation science education standards. (Note: The formal presentation and discussion will occur from 10:00 to 11:00am.)

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Stephen Pruitt
Session Materials
Keller_PPT.pdf
Pruitt_PPT.pptx

In this session, Tom Keller from the National Research Council will update participants on the process and progress of the science conceptual framework and the plan for development of next-generation science education standards. How this effort is similar to and different from the Common Core State Standards initiative in Mathematics and English Language Arts will be made clear. Timelines for each phase of this undertaking will be described, and there will be opportunity for questions and answers.

References

Resource mentioned during the presentation:

For more information, see BOSE website http://nas.edu/BOSE or email tkellwe@nas.edu

High School Algebra Panel

Algebra
Mathematics
High School
Day
Thu

The panel will present an overview of research-grounded evidence about what is critical for students to learn about algebra in grades 6–12.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Karen King
Albert Cuoco
Christian Hirsch
Mary Ann Huntley
Daniel Chazan
Session Materials
King_PPT.pdf
Hirsch_PPT.pptx
Huntley_PPT.ppt
Cuoco PPT.pdf

One thread of the CADRE Algebra SIG discussion has focused on obstacles to student success in elementary algebra. For example, proficiency in numerical calculations with integers and rational numbers is often raised as a prerequisite for success in algebra; yet many students who have these skills still find algebra difficult. The panel will discuss other potential ingredients to success in high school algebra that are often short-changed in school mathematics and school culture.

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