Curriculum

Our earliest work as education evaluators was 1999 in support of the UMass Amherst On Line homework system (OWL) in chemistry, physics, math, computer science and art history. Since then we have supported almost 50 innovative curricula projects across STEM disciplines at 20 higher education institutions and corporations (non-profit and private). Our approach is to look at both the efficacy of the innovation on the students, and also to understand and document associated changes in pedagogy and institutional impact.

RELEVANT PROJECTS

PROJECT	INSTITUTION	START YEAR	FUNDING	PROJECT STATUS
BPC-DP: Developing Shared Measures Among the BPC Community	Computing Research Association	2021	National Science Foundation	ACTIVE
HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Western MA Engineering Pathways Program	Holyoke Community College	2021	National Science Foundation	ACTIVE
Catalyzing Transformative Change in STEM Education through an Institute for Inclusive Pedagogy	Massachusetts Bay Community College	2021	National Science Foundation	ACTIVE
PCCC Takes Flight	Passaic County Community College	2018	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	ENDED
GP: IMPACT: Interactive Simulations and Systems Thinking to Broaden Pathways into the Geosciences	UMass Lowell	2017	NSF	ENDED
Authentic STEAM-based Computer Science Education for Non-Majors	Georgia Institute of Technology	2015	NSF	ENDED
DNA IS ELEMENTARY: PROMOTING GENETICS LITERACY	Georgia Sate University	2015	NIH	ENDED
Collaborative Research: Creating High-Completion CS Online Learning Using Educational Psychology Principles	Georgia Institute of Technology	2014	NSF	ENDED
Targeted Infusion Project: Expanding Educational Cyber-Infrastructure at Delaware State University	Delaware State University	2014	NSF	ENDED
Designing and Studying Maker Oriented Learning to Transform Advanced Computer Science	Georgia Institute of Technology	2014	NSF	ENDED
Understanding Climate change Through Simulations and Systems	UMass Lowell	2013	NSF	ENDED
Connecticut Pathways to Innovation & Design 21	Education Connection	2013	NSF	ENDED
Collaborative Research: Transforming the Understanding, Assessment and Prediction of Teamwork Effectiveness in Software Engineering using Machine Learning	San Francisco State University	2012	NSF	ENDED
San Francisco State University's Supplemental Instruction Project	San Francisco State University	2012	SFSU	ENDED
Discovering the Art of Mathematics (DAoM): Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) in Mathematics for Liberal Arts	Westfield State Univeristy	2012	NSF	ENDED
RDE-RAD: Collaborative Research: Ohio's STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA)	Wright State University	2012	NSF	ENDED
iExams	UMass Amherst	2012	UMass Amherst Chemistry Department	ENDED
Collaborative Research: Transforming Computer Science Education with Microlabs	Appalachian State University	2011	NSF	ENDED
The Western Massachusetts Mathematics Partnership (WMMP)	Five Colleges	2011	NSF	ENDED
GEOPATH: Geoscience Educational Opportunities Promoting Advancement to Higher Education	Yale University	2011	NSF	ENDED
STEP Center: EHR-ENG Innovation Center	Stanford University	2011	NSF	ENDED
Earsketch; Engaging African Americans in Computing through the Collaborative Creation of Musical Remixes	Georgia Institute of Technology	2011	NSF	ENDED
Solar Cycle Investigations	Yale University	2011	NASA	ENDED
Seeing the Forest and the Trees	UMass Amherst	2010	NSF	ENDED
Climate Change Education: Science, Solutions, and Education in an Age of Media	UMass Lowell	2010	NASA	ENDED
STEM Digital Images in Geoscience Investigations: Teaching Analysis with Light (STEM DIGITAL)	UMass Amherst	2010	NSF	ENDED
Collaborative Research: Electronic Delivery and Criterion Referencing of Assessment Materials for Chemistry	Iowa State University	2009	NSF	ENDED
Biodiversity Certification Models: A Partnership Approach to Strengthening U.S. Competitiveness, Internationalization of Curricula, and Sustaining Biodiversity	University of Rhode Island	2009	USDA	ENDED
OWL Study Summary	Cengage Publishing	2009	Cengage	ENDED
Integrating Nanotechnology and Technician Education into the Curriculum	Middlesex Community College	2008	NSF	ENDED
Evaluation of the OWL System in Chemistry	UMass Amherst	2008	UMass Amherst Chemistry Department	ENDED
Curricula Modeled on Biodiversity & Vector-Borne Disease	Yale University	2007	NIH	ENDED
MolySym	MolySym Corporation	2007	DOEd	ENDED
Evaluation of the OWL System in Chemistry	UMass Amherst	2007	Cengage	ENDED
Building a Java Instructor Community: An Online Plan for Improving Introductory Computer Science Teaching and Learning	UMass Amherst	2006	DoEd	ENDED
Pathways to Careers in Sciences: Academic Roadmaps	University of Rhode Island	2005	NSF	ENDED
Duke University Hart Leadership Program	Duke University	2005		ENDED
Assessing and Commercialization Opportunities for an Enhanced OWL System	UMass Amherst	2005	Mass. Technology Transfer Center	ENDED
Engaging Undergraduates in On-line Inquiry Learning: A Case-Based CyberLibrary in Human Biology	Hampshire College	2004	NSF	ENDED
New Internet Exhibits to Bridge Science, Art, and Increase Cultural Literacy	Brandeis University	2004	DOEd	ENDED
The National Aeolian Detritus Project	University of Rhode Island	2004	NSF	ENDED
On-line Inquiry Learning in Geology: Prototype Development of a Case-Based Cyber Library	University of Rhode Island	2004	NSF	ENDED
Reading the Forest Floor: Online Case-Based Inquiry Learning in Forestry	UMass Amherst	2004	NSF	ENDED
On-Line Support for Object-Oriented Programming Language Instruction	UMass Amherst	2003	NSF	ENDED
Scholarship with a Civic Mission	Duke University	2003	DOEd	ENDED
ChemPrep	UMass Amherst	2003	UMass Amherst Chemistry Department	ENDED
Development and Evaluation of a Multimedia Instructional Package for Astronomy	Amherst College	2002	NSF	ENDED
Interactive Organic Chemistry Learning on the World Wide Web	UMass Amherst	2001	NSF	ENDED
Expanding a General Framework for Inquiry Learning	UMass Amherst	2001	DOEd	ENDED
Increasing Access Opportunity: A New Approach to General Chemistry	San Francisco State University	2000	DOEd	ENDED
Guided Discovery and Intelligent Tutoring Materials for Calculus and their Electronic Delivery on the World Wide Web	UMass Amherst	2000	NSF	ENDED
A History of Art for the 21st Century	UMass Amherst	2000	DOEd	ENDED
An Internet-based Intelligent Tutor for General Chemistry	UMass Amherst	1999	DOEd	ENDED
A Powerful Model for Controlling Costs in Large-Enrollment Courses	UMass Amherst	1999	DOEd	ENDED

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