While CRDG and the University Laboratory School’s roots go back more than a hundred years, the research partnership in its current form dates to 1966 when CRDG’s founding director, Arthur R. King, Jr., was given the charge of creating a…
University Laboratory School: A Unique Partnership
The long-standing partnership between CRDG and the University Laboratory School (ULS) is unique in its ability to marry cutting edge research with a living laboratory on the same campus. In its forty-plus years as a research site, the school has…
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
CRDG continues to focus on P–20 learning progressions and associated curriculum development, professional development, evaluation, and implementation support in STEM. CRDG STEM programs are recognized nationally and internationally as being among the best inquirybased programs available.
Community Comes Together to Teach Teachers About Island Energy
CRDG’s Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) program partnered with the Maui Economic Development Board to present their Island Energy inquiry workshop statewide this year. Piloted in 2009 on Maui, the workshops were geared toward science standards for grades 5–12 and…
New Curriculum Products in Development
Curriculum developers in the STEM fields were busy this year with two new textbook projects. Mathematics faculty are collaborating with the Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education at Iowa State University to create a new algebra text…