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May 2017 updates for Mr. Palmer

Published: May 15, 2017

Mr. Palmer is now a full time graduate student at the University of Minnesota. He writes:

I am currently working on several fronts:
1) Impacts of Informal Astronomy Programs on Participants STEM Voice, Motivation, and Interest in pursuing careers in STEM fields.
2) As part of the MN STeLLA project, which focuses on a videocase-based, analysis-of-practice model of STEM teacher professional development (PD), I am investigating its impacts on pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), teacher learning, and student learning.
3) I am also part of the STEM integration project, Engr TEAMS, with the goal of increasing grade 4-8 student learning of science concepts, as well as mathematical concepts related to data analysis and measurement, by using an engineering design-based approach to teacher professional development and curricular development.       

 

The application period is now closed for NITARP 2025. We will release our selection for the 2025 class at the 2025 January AAS.