CRDG has worked with a number of partners over the past three years to increase science proficiency of middle school students on Hawai‘i island. Through a series of No Child Left Behind grants from the U.S. Department of Education, CRDG…
Training Teachers to Use a Makery to Increase Student Interest and Proficiency in STEM
Researchers with the Invention Factory project put one of their major findings to work in 2008 in a new initiative called the Makery. The Invention Factory is a National Science Foundation-funded program that used invention as the catalyst for teaching…
Strength in Collaboration
Effective collaboration has always been a hallmark of CRDG’s work. CRDG excels at building alliances that further high quality education for all children. Its partners include schools, collegial research entities, community and education organizations, and government agencies. Curriculum research, data…
First Place in Excellent Publications Competition
Morris Lai, Hugh Dunn, and Mark Yap received first place in the School Evaluation and Program Development Outstanding Publications Competition at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting in Chicago for their DVD, A Mo‘olelo Evaluation of Pihana Nā…
From Vision to Print: A CRDG Collaboration
A constant feature of CRDG’s work has been collaboration among its researchers, teachers, writers, designers, marketers, and publication staff. CRDG models its philosophy as a learning community and collegial partner. Case in point: The Ka Wana series of books. In…