Our projects and research shape the STEM education field by introducing innovative curricula and improving student access to STEM.
We support more than 60 active projects every year, and our high-quality, innovative research is based on the understanding that for STEM, real-world application matters. We inspire, motivate, and create life-long learners by helping students connect what they are taught in the classroom to the world around them.
These projects and our research are designed to encompass a wide range of subjects and disciplines within STEM education and teaching methods to expand accessibility for all eager minds.
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![Investigations Professional Development](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/InvPD.jpg)
Professional Development that has supported more than 35,000 educators around the globe, with in-person workshops, online courses, and implementation support.
![Literature Analysis and Synthesis of Women of Color in Technology and Computing (LASOW)](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/аÄÃÅÁùºÏ¸ßÊÖÂÛ̳_Es-e1572285706189.jpg)
Conducting a systematic synthesis of the empirical literature on women of color in computing and technology.
![Meaningful Math: News Media for Increasing Adult Statistical Literacy](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/meaningful_math_featuredimage.jpg)
The Meaningful Math project studies and aims to improve the data, statistics, and numeracy supports for consumers of news media.
![Milwaukee Master Teacher Partnership Evaluation](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Milwaukee-Master-Teacher-Partnership-Evaluation_projects_featuredimage.jpg)
MMTP supports the improvement of STEM teaching and learning in a large, urban district, by providing experienced teachers with opportunities to earn micro-credentials as they acquire additional content knowledge for teaching, engage in classroom-based action research, and assume instructional leadership roles.
![MPACT](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MPACT_Project_аÄÃÅÁùºÏ¸ßÊÖÂÛ̳.jpg)
MPACT provides opportunities for students to engage in computational thinking, spatial reasoning, and mathematical concepts through design and hands-on making projects.
![Native STEM Portraits (NSP)](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Native_STEM_Portraits_featuredimage.jpg)
NSP is a longitudinal study on the experiences of Native STEM students, faculty, and professionals and the barriers and supports they encounter in STEM.
![Neurodiversity in STEM at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ¸ßÊÖÂÛ̳](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NDinSTEMlogo.png)
Neurodiversity in STEM is a network of educators, researchers, and designers studying new methods to reveal, nurture, and support STEM problem-solving talents in neurodivergent learners.
![NeuroVivid](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NeuroVivid-Project_BCI-Brain-Waves.jpg)
The NeuroVivid project is developing a BCI maker experience for neurodiverse multi-cultural learners to broaden interest in STEM.
![Project LEAP](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/project_ProjectLEAP.jpg)
Project LEAP researchers are developing a Grades K–5 Early Algebra Learning Progression (EALP) to foster young children’s algebraic thinking and are testing its potential to improve children’s algebra-readiness for middle grades.
![Reaching Across the Hallway](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/projects_reaching_across_hallway.jpg)
Broadening rural middle school history students’ participation in meaningful and culturally relevant CS instruction.