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2014-2015 Report

This report provides details about the CSU STEM Center’s activities for the period of October 2013 to September 2015. Since the founding of the Center in 2011, Center staff has been highly productive in achieving the three goals laid out by the original subcommittee. COVER PHOTO: “Blue Flower Sun” by Devin Brown Credit: Devin K....

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2011-2013 Report

In January of 2011, CSU created a new center to facilitate activities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education This CSU STEM report provides details about the CSU STEM Center’s activities for the period of January 2011 through October 2013. COVER PHOTO:Tiny Pores in Nanoporous Gold Credit: Erkin Şeker, UC Davis...

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Evaluating long-term complex professional development: using a variation of the cohort control design

Abstract: This paper introduces a variation on the post-test only cohort control design and addresses questions concerning both the methodological credibility and the practical utility of employing this design variation in evaluations of large-scale complex professional development programmes in mathematics education. The original design and design variation, which adds a pre-test measure and gain scores...

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