STEM

May 28, 2018

Ruijie He Shared His Experience as a Visiting Doctoral Student from China

The HI-RiSE team was excited to welcome Ruijie He on to the team in August 2017. Ruijie is a doctoral student in mathematics education of East China Normal University, and…

May 11, 2018

Science Teachers Sacrifice to Provide Lab Materials for Students

Whatever salary the science teacher at your local public school makes per year, subtract $450. That’s how much money the typical middle and high school science teacher spends out of…

May 8, 2018

HIRiSE Team at NCTM 2018 Research and Annual Conference

All members of the HIRiSE team were able to attend the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference in Washington D.C. this April. NCTM has two back to back…

Apr 17, 2018

HIRiSE Students Participate in STEM ED Graduate Research Symposium

On Friday, April 6, 2018, several students from the HIRiSE Team participated in a poster presentation at the annual STEM Education Graduate Research Symposium at NC State. This is an…

Mar 12, 2018

Mutlu and Barker participate in 2018 NCMATYC Conference

Asli Mutlu and Heather Barker participated in the 30th annual North Carolina Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (NCMATYC) Conference which was held March 8-9, 2018 at Carteret Community College…

Feb 28, 2018

HIRiSE Team Presents at AMTE 2018

The 22nd annual Association of Mathematics Teachers Educators (AMTE) Conference was held February 8 – 10, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Members of the HIRiSE team had the chance to present…

Feb 9, 2018

Lee Presents on Statistics and Data Science at the Teaching Contemporary Mathematics Conference

In January, Hollylynne Lee shared information about how to teach statistics and data science concepts in high school using large data sets. The NC School of Science and Mathematics faculty…

Jan 18, 2018

Free online course to promote inferential reasoning in Spring 2018

We all know that many countries have increased the expectations for learning statistical ideas, and AP Statistics enrollment in the US is on the rise! One of the key ideas…

Jan 12, 2018

New MOOC-Ed Courses Open for Spring 2018

Free high-quality online courses for educators are now open for the Spring 2018 session, which starts on February 5. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is offering six Massive Open…

Jan 10, 2018

Data Science Education Webinars

In February 2017 over 100 thoughtful leaders from organizations around the U.S. and four continents generated innovations in technology, and teaching and learning at the Concord Consortium’s first Data Science…