U!Scientist: Designing for People-Powered Research in Museums
This article presents the design and evaluation of U!Scientist, an interactive multi-person tabletop exhibit based on the online Zooniverse project, Galaxy Zoo.
Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices
Implementing new educational tools and developing students' CT practices can be challenging for teachers. Learn how these researchers made it a little easier.
iSWOOP Implementation In National Parks Perspectives from Park Leaders, Interpreters, Visitors, and Scientists
Future park leaders and interpreters can benefit from the groundwork that the five iSWOOP parks laid. This report, based on four evaluation memos by Char, includes dozens of findings, quotes, and recommendations from park leaders, interpreters, scientists, and visitors.
Learning to Reason with Data: How Did We Get Here and What Do We Know?
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.
The PIAAC Numeracy Framework: A Guide to Instruction
Adult learners come to our classes at all different levels, with misconceptions, gaps in some areas but strengths in others. There is no class that is truly homogeneous, especially if the class is based on a one-time multiple-choice test.
The Time Is Now: Systemic Changes to Increase African Americans with Bachelor’s Degrees in Physics and Astronomy
In this groundbreaking report, TEAM-UP has uncovered long-term systemic issues within the physics and astronomy communities that contribute to the underrepresentation of African Americans in these fields and makes important, actionable recommendations for community wide efforts to reverse this trend. » Read more