Our NSF-funded collaborative projects focus on multi-year incremental changes to our socially-minded educational products, processes, and services to improve teaching, learning, and research.
We design inquiry-based learning environments and artifacts that include real-world scientific materials and journals as well as rich technologies such as physical and virtual simulations and eTextbooks.
By delivering learning theory based professional development to teachers and engaging science and engineering curricula to middle school students we guide teachers and learners to think personally, locally, and globally.
With a Design-based Research approach, we use blend of empirical mixed-methods research with the theory-driven design of learning environments, to reveal the relationships between educational theory, artifacts, and practice.
21 Jan
Puntambekar expanding efforts to unlock secrets for helping middle school students better learn science. – Learning Connections |UW–Madison School of Education
24 Oct
Teachers continue experiment with new instructional method. Students learn by participating as part of the CoMPASS project. – The Herald-Independent
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