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Using three designs from recent research (fully randomized experiment, post-test only quasiexperimental design with comparison condition, and post-test with independent pre-test design), we discuss challenges and trade-offs related to feasibility, participant experience, alignment with research questions, and internal and external validity.

Investigating Science Outdoors is a supplementary science curriculum, targeted for grades 7-9, that engages students in authentic explorations of a study site—a small piece of land near their school.

Resources designed to support teachers and their students in developing and maintaining equitable learning communities in their mathematics classrooms. 

A new professional development guide that invites readers to learn about a crucial component of algebraic thinking: investigating the behavior of the operations.

MPACT provides opportunities for students to engage in computational thinking, spatial reasoning, and mathematical concepts through design and hands-on making projects.

This commentary provides an introduction to some major themes of that research, in order to provide common ground for conversations between learning science researchers and those who have been studying how students learn to reason with data.

Join us for a virtual party on August 10, 2023 7PM ET to celebrate the release of the open-access MPACT curriculum — a joyful way to explore math, making, computational thinking, and spatial reasoning in the classroom.

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Staff facilitators in museums and science centers are a critical but often overlooked component of the visitor experience. Despite assertions about the important role they play in visitor learning, there continues to be almost no research to understand staff facilitation in these settings or identify effective practices.