Year In Review 2007 – Page 3 – Curriculum Research & Development Group

STEM at CRDG

Strong STEM Focus Continues Curriculum Development Measure Up Elementary Mathematics, grade 5 The Effects of Formative Assessment in a Networked Classroom on Student Learning of Algebraic Concepts, grade 7 Using Technology to Improve Mathematics Learning, grade 12 The Role of…

Measure Up

Strong STEM Focus Continues Counting discrete objects is a common basis for introducing children to mathematical ideas. A different approach in teaching mathematics to first graders is to have students begin with generalized notions without using number. R esearch in…

Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K–12 Education

Strong STEM Focus Continues CRDG continued its collaboration with the University of Hawai‘i’s Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EECB) program to bring National Science Foundation-funded doctoral candidates into K–12 schools. The program allows students and teachers to experience cutting-edge science…

Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI)

Strong STEM Focus Continues Five I’s (Initiation, Invention, Investigation, Interpretation, Instruction) form the basis of all CRDG TSI professional development workshops, where teachers see modeled the instructional methods they will use with their students and the communication that occurs in…

Physics, Physiology & Technology

Strong STEM Focus Continues The Physics, Physiology & Technology (PP&T) program, developed at CRDG in partnership with the Universit y of Hawai‘i’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and College of Education, is an innovative curriculum for ninth and tenth grades…

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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