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Online Marine Science Curriculum and Professional Development

The Teaching Science as Inquiry: Aquatic (TSI Aquatic) project, which is funded by the US Department of Education (USDOE) Institute of Education Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Services Center in partnership with the UH Sea…

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Two CRDG Studies Extend TSI Aquatic Work

CRDG evaluators who worked alongside the Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) Aquatic project staff conducted studies that went beyond the formal requirements of the project evaluation. These efforts were designed to contribute to the research and evaluation literature on methods…

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Elementary Science Program Focuses on Climate Change in the Pacific

As part of a larger effort that seeks to expand education about climate change in Micronesia, CRDG’s Carol Ann Brennan and Tom Scarlet are working to create curriculum for elementary schools that will build toward a deep understanding of climate.…

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Use of CRDG Science Programs in Russia Expands

The adaptation of CRDG’s elementary science program Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) by educators in Russia continued this year with Carol Ann Brennan’s summer visit to Moscow to teach a DASH course for teachers, administrators, and other…

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Two Projects Address Science in Elementary Education

The Science in Early Elementary (SEE) project began work this year to build an elementary science curriculum that is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The research team of Lori Fulton and Brian Lawton has begun to develop…

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X to whY: Algebra for Understanding

01. Overview: Helping students shift from arithmetic to algebra Many students experience learning difficulties in mathematics with the shift from arithmetic skills to algebraic ideas in middle and high school. Algebraic concepts and skills are the focus of instruction in…

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UHM CRDG staff member published as second author in The MIT Press Journals

Congratulations to CRDG’s Dean Lodes as second author on a paper published with the VR team in Presence, The MIT Press Journals. This highlights the Hōkūle‘a as the focus of the VR work and links it to classroom usage. Read article: Kilo Hōkū—Experiencing…

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COE CRDG Staff Member Receives $44K Research Award from UH Sea Grant College Program

UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) Assistant Specialist Joanna Philippoff was awarded $44K from the University of Hawai‛i Sea Grant College Program. As part of the two-year grant project, Philippoff and Co-Directors Heather Spalding of the Botany Department and Craig Nelson of…

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X to whY: Algebra for Understanding

01. Overview: Helping students shift from arithmetic to algebra Many students experience learning difficulties in mathematics with the shift from arithmetic skills to algebraic ideas in middle and high school. Algebraic concepts and skills are the focus of instruction in…

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UHM CRDG staff member published as second author in The MIT Press Journals

Congratulations to CRDG’s Dean Lodes as second author on a paper published with the VR team in Presence, The MIT Press Journals. This highlights the Hōkūle‘a as the focus of the VR work and links it to classroom usage. Read article: Kilo Hōkū—Experiencing…

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COE CRDG Staff Member Receives $44K Research Award from UH Sea Grant College Program

UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) Assistant Specialist Joanna Philippoff was awarded $44K from the University of Hawai‛i Sea Grant College Program. As part of the two-year grant project, Philippoff and Co-Directors Heather Spalding of the Botany Department and Craig Nelson of…

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Darrell Asato, CRDG Publications Associate, 41 years

“How lucky that this position satisfied both appetites for art and technology!” Hometown: Born in Honolulu raised in Waipahu Department: Curriculum Research & Development Group, MaPS Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts, UHM How long have you been with CRDG? I…

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CRDG Faculty Member Wins Research Award

Dr. Hugh Dunn, an education associate and principal investigator with the College of Education Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), won the 2018 Hawai‘i Educational Research Association (HERA) Distinguished Paper Award for his work, Revealing the Variation in Performance of Hawaii’s…

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