Creating resources focused on algebra I topics that teachers or students find challenging to teach or learn is the focus of the Developing Algebra Resources for Teaching (DART) project. The degree of interest in this area was highlighted when the…
Building Twenty-first Century Manufacturing Skills
The Makery project has as its primary goal to help students understand that they can make things. The project has its roots in the Invention Factory, a previous project where students learned about the internal workings of things by modifying…
Research on Teacher Training for Marine Science
A major grant from the US Department of Education is bringing CRDG’s science, learning technology, and evaluation teams together to investigate how instruction in inquiry-based teaching enhances marine science education. Part of CRDG’s Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) program, the…
Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific
CRDG programs focus on our unique place in the world. Programs in social studies, humanities, the arts, and STEM reflect the cultural and environmental influences of Hawai‘i , Asia, and the Pacific. A particular emphasis is on providing access and…
Hawaii Nature Study Program Updated
The Hawai‘i Nature Study program, originally conceived and developed by Sister Edna Demanche in the 1970s, was always popular with Hawai‘i teachers because, unlike the science textbooks available to them, it provided inquiry-based activities focused on Hawai‘i’s local plants and…