Year In Review – Page 29 – Curriculum Research & Development Group

A Decade of International Collaboration: Russia

In 1993, education leaders in the Russian Academy of Sciences began a collaboration with CRDG to reform science education by translating CRDG’s Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) program into Russian. CRDG provided training for pilot teachers and teacher trainers,…

Professional Development

CRDG was ahead of its time when, nearly forty years ago, it required professional development for teachers who used its innovative and unique science curricula. CRDG’s wealth of experience in teacher in-service serves it well as it provides ongoing professional…

Romance Between Curriculum Developers and Assessment Developers

CRDG’s long history of leadership and innovation in science education was recognized in a series of publications in 2008. Richard Shavelson of Stanford University was the guest editor for a special issue of Applied Measurement in Education that reported the…

ULS: A Crucible for Invention

The University Laboratory School (ULS) is operated by CRDG as a K–12 laboratory for researching, designing, testing, and evaluating effective approaches to improving learning, teaching, and assessment. In its forty years as a research laboratory, the school has served as…

CRDG Organization

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Donald B. Young, Dean CURRICULUM RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT GROUP Kathleen F. Berg, DirectorHelen O. Au, Assistant Director UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL Keoni Jeremiah, PrincipalTracy Teixeira, Dean of StudentsMiki Tomita, Dean of Curriculum and Instruction Three CRDG faculty members…

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…

CRDG Organization

X to whY: Algebra for Understanding

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…

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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