Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be attending the 6th International Workshop on Advanced Learning Sciences, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, PA from June 6th to 8th, 2018. If you are planning to attend, feel free to get in touch! For more information, visit the IWALS website here.
REA at NIH SciEd
Kristin Bass and Ruchita Patel will be attending the annual NIH SciEd Conference at the Metro Center in Washington, D.C., from May 29th to June 1st, 2018. Kristin will facilitate the breakout session “Addressing Successes and Challenges in Implementing Rigorous Evaluation Designs” on May 31st, at 11:00am – 12:15pm, and she is a panelist in […]
JSU program helps improve science faculty members’ capacity for learner-centered pedagogy
By Nisaa Kirtman In this post, we wanted to hi-light lessons learned in our evaluation report on a large-scale professional development program, Institutional Change through Faculty Advancement in Instruction and Mentoring (ICFAIM) at Jackson State University (JSU), an NSF-funded implementation project. This program builds on two previous PD models, Mississippi Academy for Science Teaching, (Project […]
Ready to Learn Media is a ‘safe bet’ for ages 2-8
By Jennifer Borland and Camellia Sanford-Dolly Over the last decade, Rockman et al has led several studies to independently evaluate Ready to Learn (RTL) programming, both formatively and summatively. We were pleased to learn that some of our evaluation work contributed to a comprehensive meta-analysis of research on Ready to Learn programming recently published in […]
How MAST helps K-12 science teachers to implement “hands-on” science learning activities with Mississippi students
By Nisaa Kirtman “MAST is like the gift that keeps on giving for science teachers. It’s been 5 years since I graduated, and I still use the techniques I learned and the materials provided” (Program Alum, 2012) REA would like to congratulate Mehri Fadavi and Jackson State University (JSU) program staff for eight successful years […]