The 21st Century Center for Research and Development in Cognition and Science Instruction

Funded by: through Grant R305C080009 to The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the U.S. Department of Education

University of Pennsylvania

The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education

http://ies.ed.gov/

Chris Schunn, Co-PI Assoc. Professor of Psychology, Intelligent Sys Program, Learning Sciences and Policy Research Scientist, LRDC

Kalyani Raghavan LRDC Research Associate, and Director of Model Assisted Reasoning in Science project

Tim Nokes Asst. Professor, Department of Psychology Director, Cognitive Science Learning LaboratoryNora Newcombe, Co-PI Professor of

Psychology and PI of the NSF Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center

Jennifer Cromley, Co-PI Asst Professor of Educational Psychology, 2010 recipient Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

Chris Massey, Co-PI Director for Research and Education, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science Senior Team Members

Textbook Kit based

The Design Challenge

Curriculum

Holt Full Option Science System (FOSS)

Biological Sciences

Cells, Heredity, & Classification Diversity of Life

Earth SciencesInside the Restless

Earth Earth History Weather and Water

Physical Sciences Introduction to Matter NA

1. Recruit schools for study, 180+

4. Design Prof Development for Cognitive Science Treatment Arm

3. Create 6 Cognitive Science Modified Units, 3 + 3

2. Randomize schools into 3 groups, T1, T2 and Control

6. Deliver Prof Development to teachers + facilitate PLCs

5. Design Prof Development for Content Treatment Arm

7. Develop six end-of-unit assessments

8. Print, deliver and collect student end-of-unit assessments

9. Develop teacher content tests, SEC surveys

10. Administer teacher content tests, SEC surveys

12. Analyze data

Process to Test Cognitive Scientist’s Modificatons

11. Collect 8th grade student level state test data + previous years

Revise and repeat for 2nd cohort

6. Deliver Prof Development to teachers + facilitate PLCs

“Cog Sci Arm”

6. Deliver Prof Development to teachers + facilitate PLCs

“Content Arm”

8. Print, deliver and collect student end-of-unit assessments

Role: The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education

PI F. Joseph Merlino Lead project by practicing “Servant Leadership” : Keeping focus on the big purpose of the study and maintain integrity of original proposal intent .

Keeping roles of partners within the lines, setting decision boundaries , helping to define issues and facilitate consensus , maintaining communication bridges between partners

Interact with IES, oversee budget

Project Director: Gary Cooper and 5 staff (Donna, Bates, Nancy, John, Deanna, Lisa) Manage/facilitate all 12 elements of process as it related to school sites .

Business team as Fiscal agent (Elysa, Giselle, Neil)

Manpower = 7.O FTE