Interdisciplinary Project Team Roles

ITS Center interdisciplinary project teams offer an opportunity to work with people from multiple disciplines and specialties to do research in and develop an understanding of how science and mathematics are done, taught and learned.

Research Scientist/Mathematician:

As mentor to science graduate student, provides content knowledge as well as expertise in leading-edge research and project selection

Science Education Researcher:

As mentor to science education graduate student, contributes research-based curriculum knowledge and expertise in research design to help determine ways to effect change in the education process

Science Graduate Student:

As an ITS Center degree candidate, models science research process and its potential uses of information technology

Science Education Graduate Student:

As an ITS Center degree candidate, identifies and investigates key research questions related to use of information technology in learning and teaching science

Master Teacher:

As an ITS Center certificate candidate, brings reality from the actual classroom and acts as catalyst for change by sharing professional growth experiences with peers

What are the current project teams working on?

Project teams are involved in research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Click to read more about our research efforts and professional growth experiences.

 

Chemistry team participants in Cohort I used information technology involving animations and molecular visualizations to describe fundamental biological processes and to develop connections between four levels of understanding of chemical concepts: macroscopic; particle; symbolic; and mathematical. For example, hypothetical "mechanical cells" were designed, simulated and animated at the molecular level. In the second year of the project, participants extended the exploration of the use of information technology for further development of these connections.