Developing Quantitative Knowledge-in-Use about Energy - new project!

The original Energy project team is back together! 

 

We are delighted to announce that CREATE for STEM has been awarded $1.9m from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for a study that will focus on high school physics students and building their "knowledge-in-use".  The research team of Dr's David Fortus, Joseph Krajcik, Knut Neumann and Jeff Nordine will continue building on a previous project that was centered around middle school science students concepts and understanding of energy.

Project-based learning (PBL) will anchor this work as students engage in quantitative modeling of energy transfers using real-world phenomena. The resulting products will include curriculum with student and teacher guides, as well as professional-learning materials and assessment tools. 

Congratulations to the entire research team!

Read more about the project.

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