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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