Year In Review 2006 – Page 6 – Curriculum Research & Development Group

Teaching Science as Inquiry–FAST

Research has shown that learning through inquiry enhances students’ capacity to understand the concepts and skills of science. While CRDG has always supported teachers with professional development within the context of the CRDG curriculum programs, in the past two years,…

University Laboratory School

The University Laboratory School 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 nearly forty years as a research laboratory, the school has served as…

Fiber Art Piece Chosen for Publication in Spark, Young Visions and Voices

In addition to its great success in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program in 2006, the Laboratory School had another first when eighth-grader Brittany Caron’s fiber art piece was chosen for publication in Spark, Young Visions and Voices of…

Measure Up Brings Elementary Students into the Research Process

Brows furrow in concentration as second graders at the University Laboratory School work in groups to come up with equations based on diagrams of 8 and two of its addends (e.g., 7 + 1 = 8, 2 + 6 =…

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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