Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2024
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2024

Articles include:
• Developing an Effective Curriculum for Early Algebra, Maria Blanton
• Reaching and Teaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM: An interview with author Dr. Jodi Asbell-Clarke
• The Institute for Meta-synthesis: Bringing meta-synthesis methods to STEM education research, IMS team
• Unifying My Identities: Reflections from an REU Student, Devon Locke
• What’s New at TERC

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Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics
Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics

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

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TERC partners on new National Science Foundation large-scale research infrastructure for education
TERC partners on new National Science Foundation large-scale research infrastructure for education

TERC received a subaward on the newly announced National Science Foundation (NSF) SafeInsights, a five-year, $90 million research and development (R&D) infrastructure for inclusive education research.

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AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH:  NEW PAPER AND BOOK HELP EDUCATORS REACH NEURODIVERGENT K-12 LEARNERS IN STEM
AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH:  NEW PAPER AND BOOK HELP EDUCATORS REACH NEURODIVERGENT K-12 LEARNERS IN STEM

To coincide with Autism Acceptance Month, TERC researchers have released the results of a four-year study on strengthening the skills and learning of neurodivergent students in mainstream classrooms. 

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Including Neurodiversity in Computational Thinking
Including Neurodiversity in Computational Thinking

Studies conducted using a computer-supported, inclusive, and highly interactive learning program named INFACT that was designed with the hypothesis that all students, including neurodivergent learners, will excel in problem solving when it is structured through a variety of CT activities.

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National Academies to Release New Report Calling for Action on Supporting Family Caregivers in Academic STEMM
National Academies to Release New Report Calling for Action on Supporting Family Caregivers in Academic STEMM

To learn more about the report, join the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine at the April 11 report release webinar.

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The Evolving Minds Project
The Evolving Minds Project

The Evolving Minds Project teaches evolution by natural selection in 3rd grade classrooms.

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Increasing undergraduate student interpreters’ fluency and accuracy in interpreting STEM content
Increasing undergraduate student interpreters’ fluency and accuracy in interpreting STEM content

Discover how improving knowledge of fingerspelling principles enhances STEM interpreters’ fluency and accuracy.

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Applying a Complex Systems Perspective to Investigate the Relationship between Choreography and Agent-based Modeling as Tools for Scientific Sense-making
Applying a Complex Systems Perspective to Investigate the Relationship between Choreography and Agent-based Modeling as Tools for Scientific Sense-making

Choreographing Science brings science researchers, youth, and choreographers together in informal community arts spaces to explore the scientists’ authentic research questions through choreographic and computational modeling.

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ExIST
ExIST

ExIST offers professional development for teachers to integrate systems thinking and game design into their existing units.

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