Volume 3, Issue 1

January 2024

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TERC 

Publications

“So, we kind of started from scratch, no pun intended”: What can students learn from designing games?

Author: Gillian Puttick, Michael Cassidy, Eli Tucker-Raymond, G.M. Triano, C. Harteveld

Content Areas: Computational Thinking, Computer Science, Out of School, Research/Evaluation, Science, Technology

Blog Posts

Emerging Lines of Work with Dr. Michael Cassidy

Dr. Michael Cassidy's work draws on his experiences as a teacher and teacher educator. He is currently focusing on computational thinking, engineering education, robotics, and evaluation of mathematics and science intervention programs.

Authors: Michael Cassidy

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Out of School, Professional Development, Computational Thinking, Engineering

Sound Travels: Greetings from Detroit

Author Contributors: Martha Merson, Nickolay Hristov, Billy Mark, Justin Meyer, Laura Weiss

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Science, Out of School

Advancing STEM Education: TERC's 7 Most Downloaded Publications in 2023

Author: TERC

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Science, Out of School, Computational Thinking, Engineering, Technology, Math

New Projects

Diálogos 

Engaging Latinx parents as research partners, to leverage informal family engineering activities that boost preschoolers' executive function skills.

Lead Staff: Smirla Ramos Montañez, Scott Pattison

Content Areas: Engineering, Out of School, Research/Evaulation

Opportunities