State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
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Grant
PDConnect: A Scalable Community Approach to Improving Instruction in AP Chemistry Nationwide
In this project, researchers propose to develop an online teacher-professional development community (PDConnect) that leverages social processes hypothesized to be central to the diffusion of teaching reform. Students need to be better prepared to participate in a workforce which evolves as rapidly as the technological advances that drive the U.S. economy. Consequently, educators are faced with the task of both fostering student proficiency on the current state of knowledge, and preparing th...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180509
External Person
Christine O'Connell
Dr. Christine O’Connell is the Associate Director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and a faculty member in the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University. She teaches and develops curriculum for graduate and undergraduate courses in science communication, and speaks at national and international workshops for the Alda Center. She has organized collaborations across academia, government, and the community, including a collaborative initiative between the humanities...