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title: STEM Education Enthusiast! October's 🍂 Moving STEM Forward newsletter
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with new excursions from The Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics, a press release on early algebra findings and more!

| View in browser Volume 3, Issue 10 October 2024 Dear TERC friend,   Have you had a chance to check out our newsletter, TERC Talks, curated exclusively for educators! Get insights, resources, and professional development opportunities to enhance teaching strategies and empower students for success. Update your preferences to receive TERC Talks along with your Moving STEM Forward content.   Cheers, TERC  Publications Adapting the values engaged, educative evaluation framework to the evaluation of a community-based program Author: Nuria Jaumot-Pascual  Content Areas: Research/Evaluation Learn more Cultivating a Culture of Belonging in Science, NSTA blog Author: Maria Ong, Ph.D. Content Areas: Science, Research/Evaluation     Educators ‘Lack Confidence’ to Teach Climate Change—What’s Being Done at the Policy Level?, Nonprofit Quarterly Author: Beth Rush Gillian Puttick, Ph.D., and Laurie Brennan, TERC president quoted Content Areas: Science, Research/Evaluation   New Project Alternative Systems for Human Waste Management Content Areas: Engineering, Out of School/Informal Education, Science, Technology Learn more Excursions activities from the Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics An Excursion is a sequence of related classroom activities that encourages students to apply the mathematics they are learning to the contexts of their own and others’ lives and communities. Each Excursion has been field tested, and is designed to provide every student the opportunity to:   uncover their own unique mathematical strengths, experience, ideas, and interests  apply the mathematics they are learning to a new context  generate and pursue mathematical questions that interest them   engage in new learning about aspects of mathematics in the world  learn about people of diverse backgrounds and identities who use mathematics within a variety of fields  Learn more News & Opportunities TERC Studies Find Starting Algebra by Grade 3 Promises Lifelong Success; New NSF-funded Study Seeks to Prove Even Earlier is Better TERC researchers to further explore effectiveness of teaching algebra in K-2 in diverse classroom settings Read press release here. AItypical AItypical aims to co-design AI learning experiences with a new generation of neurodivergent youth to empower them with the skills necessary to address their own needs by adapting emerging AI technologies. Learn more here.   Teaching Word Problems to Beginning Math Learners (Online Facilitated) This two-part online workshop will break down different language, math, and cognitive skills involved when students tackle word problems. This can help you more accurately diagnose what individual gaps students have when they are struggling with word problems. This workshop will also help you plan your units to make sure you are intentionally addressing the variety of skills students need to be successful when working on them. Learn more and register here. terc.edu, \| 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 Unsubscribe |
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