One of the hallmarks of all CRDG developed curricula is a design based in part on empirical data and research. As part of the process of developing the computer literacy curriculum, the Learning Technology Section conducted a study wherein students…
New Curriculum Materials on Modern East Asia
The latest project in the Social Studies Section, begun in 2005, continues their ongoing work in the development of historically accurate and pedagogically sound instructional materials on Asia. The thematically based text for high school students focuses on Modern East…
Cross Currents Continues Japan/U.S. Connection
www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu Work continued in 2006 on Cross Currents, a bilingual multimedia educational Web site that contains extensive content about Japan and the United States and their interactions over the past fifty years. Partially funded by the Japan United States Friendship…
Studying the Role of Gender and Language for Mathematical Tasks
The National Science Foundation awarded researchers in CRDG’s Mathematics Section $450,000 to fund a three-year study of gender and mathematics. The research involves investigating genderrelated differences in language and actions used by parents and children when working on number, algebra,…
Measure Up Reaches Milestone
The Measure Up elementary mathematics research project continues to investigate the development of children’s algebraic thinking through the teaching of mathematics concepts using a measurement context. The project is based on the work of Russian psychologists, mathematicians, and educators with…