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Current Projects at the Learning Sciences Research Institute

Learning, Instruction, and Teacher Development

Project Name Project Leader(s)
 
Comprehensive Program for Struggling Algebra Students
(with Dana Center at University of Texas)
Marty Gartzman
Alison Castro-Superfine
Jim Pellegrino
Susan Goldman
 
Making the Invisible Visible: Children and Teachers Learning about Physical States and State Changes Jim Pellegrino
Jenny Wiley
Nancy Stein (Univ of Chicago)
 
Partnership READ Taffy Raphael
Susan Goldman
MariAnne George
Shelby Cosner
Kate Weber
 
Research on Student Understanding of Solution Phenomena in College Chemistry Don Wink
Jim Pellegrino
Susan Goldman
 
Teaching Teachers to Use Technology: What Works and Why Susan Goldman
Jim Pellegrino
Kim Lawless
Lise McKean
 
Story Listening Systems Susan Goldman
Justine Cassell (Northwestern University)
 
Teaching and Learning with GIS Josh Radinsky
Susan Goldman
Jim Pellegrino
 
Supporting Teachers Supporting Teachers - (ST)2 Susan R. Goldman
Lise McKean
 
The AIM system (Adaptive Instructional Materials) Jim Pellegrino
Susan R Goldman
Kim Lawless
 
Project FUTURE: Students Investigate Potential Responses of Natural Areas to Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Hormoz BassiriRad
Darrel Murray
Susan Goldman
 
National Center for Nanoscience Teaching and Learning (in collaboration with Northwestern University) Tom Moher
Jim Pellegrino
 
Bioinformatics Instruction and Tutoring (in collaboration with UIUC) Jim Pellegrino
Susan Goldman
Dan Roth (UIUC)
ChengZiang Zhai (UIUC)
Sandra Rodriguez-Zas (UIUC)
 
Digital Literacy Assessment Kimberly Lawless
Susan Goldman
Kimberley Gomez
Jim Pellegrino
Yasuhiro Ozuru
Everett Smith

Initiative in Math & Science Education

Project Name Project Leader(s)
 
All Learn Mathematics (ALM) Monica Von Plinsky
 
Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Chicago Symposium Series Bonnie Saunders
 
Teaching Integrated Mathematics and Science (TIMS) & Math Trailblazers Catherine Randall Kelso
Alison Castro-Superfine
Joan L. Bieler
 
Mathematicians and Education Reform (MER) Forum Bonnie Saunders

Informative Assessment Initiative

Project Name Project Leader(s)
 
Evaluating the Cognitive, Psychometric, and Instructional Affordances of Curriculum-Embedded Assessments: A Comprehensive Validity-Based Approach Jim Pellegrino
Susan Goldman
Lou DiBello
Kimberley Gomez
William Stout
See also: Project Archive
 
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