TERC Board Names Interim Leader Laurie Brennan President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670 Cambridge, MA — The TERC Board of Trustees announced today the permanent appointment of Laurie Brennan as TERC president. Brennan, a senior management leader at TERC for more than a decade, has been serving as interim president for the past 18 months. “The Board is unanimous and confident we have the right person to move TERC forward in its mission to improve STEM education,” said Board Chair George Hein. » Read more
New Science Game Testers Needed
TERC, Inc. is looking for students in grades 5-8 to test a prototype of a new, serious science game being designed to support independent, personalized learning of NGSS topics in Structure and Properties of Matter, Space Systems and other areas. As part of the game, students enter a virtual world as Avatars, where they can do space/time travel,ask questions of expert Avatars (e.g., Albert Einstein), anduse what they learn to help them make strategic game choices. » Read more
McGraw-Hill Releases TERC’s EMPower Plus to Help More Adult Learners Earn High School Equivalency Certificates
November 10, 2015 TERC has revised and enhanced its groundbreaking mathematics curriculum for adult learners. Now available from McGraw-Hill EMPower Plus builds the conceptual foundation necessary for students to succeed on the mathematics portion of high school equivalency exams, and teaches the math skills needed to excel in 21st century careers. To individualize the learning experience, educators can combine EMPower Plus with ALEKS, McGraw-Hill Education’s adaptive learning platform for math, to meet each learner where he or she needs to be met in order to develop their skills efficiently and effectively. » Read more
TERC Receives National Science Foundation Research Grant to Examine the Development of Computational Thinking in Game-Based Learning
August 3, 2015 Cambridge, MA – The National Science Foundation awarded the Educational Gaming Environment Group (EdGE) at TERC a $1.9 million, 3-year grant to conduct an implementation research study to understand the development of computational thinking for upper elementary and middle grade students. EdGE researchers, building on their experience measuring implicit science learning in games with research methods such as Educational Data Mining (EDM), will study the impact of the computational thinking game Zoombinis. The study will investigate how youth develop implicit knowledge about computational thinking in Zoombinis gameplay and how educators can leverage that knowledge to improve classroom learning. » Read more
NSF Teaching and Learning Showcase Opens May 11
NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video ShowcaseOpens May 11: Encourages Public Conversation of STEM Education Innovations May 11, 2015 Cambridge, MA — TERC announced today the opening of the NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase with 112 videos highlighting research and innovative practices to improve STEM and computer science education. Representing initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the three-minute videos showcase a diverse portfolio of education programs that focus on a wide range of topics including robotics, » Read more
TERC at AERA
TERC researchers are traveling to Chicago and are making the following presentations: Expansive Meanings and Makings in ArtScience Fri, April 17, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Sheraton, Second Level, Superior A Ann Rosebery, Cheche Konnen Center, TERCBeth M. Warren, Cheche Konnen Center, TERCMegan Bang, University of Washington Expansive Meanings and Makings in ArtScience (EMMAS) is a participatory design research project investigating the untapped potential of an artscience approach to learning and teaching. EMMAS aims to foster creative trajectories into meaningful STEM learning for youth who often experience school science as disconnected from their lives or interests (e.g., » Read more
TERC at NSELA and NSTA
TERC staff are traveling to Chicago for presentations at NSELA and NSTA. Please stop by the TERC booth #890 in the NSTA exhibit hall. National Science Education Leadership Association 2015 Professional Development Institute LEADING FOR EQUITY Implementing the Vision of the NGSS Sally Crissman, Sara Lacy, Irene Lo, Andrea Graf, and Elizabeth Skydell. Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel – Chicago The Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2011) and the » Read more