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Thanksgiving Edition, STEM features, faculty funds available
Nov. 22, 2013 – Faculty, Staff, and Students, have a Very Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!!!!!!!!!
VT-STEM K-12 outreach initiative
activity
What is STEM? Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are four disciplines that merged
together to become a mantra for economic development, teacher preparation, curriculum reform, career
pipeline initiatives, and community action. (description by Sue Magliaro)
We continue to have numerous impressive STEM research-supported projects going on in our
School at this time ~ these cover an array of educative topics in the areas of teaching and
learning.
Congratulations to Our Externally-Funded Research Grant Recipients (source of current featured
content: new OERO brochure-thanks Barb Lockee and Lori Berry!)
SCIENCE
Brenda Brand
Ron Lewis (APSC), Barbara Lockee
Mathematics and Science Partnership Competitive
Grant Program from Longwood University
Engaging the New Biology: Integrating quantitative
genetics and genomics in animal breeding
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Beate Schmittman (PHYS), George Glasson,
Brenda Brand
graduate learning from USDA NIFA Higher
Education Challenge Grants Program
The Virginia Tech Phystec Project from the
Physics Teacher Education Coalition
TECHNOLOGY
Doug Bowman (HCI), David Hicks
Stephen Eubank (VBI), Michael Evans
Peggy Meszaros (CITICYF), Elizabeth Creamer
Peggy Meszaros (CITICYF), Barbara Lockee
Francis Quek (CS), Michael Evans
Mark Sanders, John Wells, Tom Sherman
Medhi Setareh (A+D), Brett Jones
EXP: Exploring the potential of mobile augmented
reality for scaffolding historical inquiry learning
from NSF
Synthetic Information Systems for Better Informing
Public Health Policymakers from NIH
NSF/Gender in Science and
Engineering/Extension Retreat from NSF
Appalachian Information Technology Extension
Services (AITES) from NSF
II-EN: Device and Display Ecologies from NSF
Technology Education Teaching/Learning
Outcomes Research from Technical Foundation of
America
Integrating Web-based Visualization with Structural
System Understanding to Improve the Technical
Education of Architects from NSF
ENGINEERING
Michael Evans, Brett Jones
Aditya Johri (EngE), Gary Skaggs
Susan Magliaro
Kathleen Meehan (ECE), Peter Doolittle
Marie Paretti (VTECC), Brett Jones
John Wells
Chris Williams (EE), Brenda Brand
Studio STEM: Networked Engineering Projects in
Energy for Middle School Boys and Girls from NSF
ITEST
TILES: Trajectories of Informal Learning among
Engineering Students-Mapping and Evaluating
Opportunities, Participation and Outcomes from
NSF
Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and
Achievement (VISTA) - Subcontract from George
Mason University
Lab-In-A-Box: Development of Materials to Support
Independent Experimentation on Concepts from
Circuits and Electronics from NSF
Mixed-Methods Study of the Effects of First-Year
Project Pedagogies on the Retention and Career
Plans of Women in Engineering from NSF
Collaborative Research: Understanding High School
Pre-Engineering Student Design Cognition
Comparisons with Engineering Students from NSF
Research Experiences for Teachers: Innovationbased Manufacturing from NSF
MATH
Michael Evans
Gateways to Algebraic Motivation, Engagement
and Success (GAMES) from NSF DRK-12
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Michael Evans, Jay Wilkins
Anderson Norton (MATH), Jay Wilkins
Gary Skaggs, Serge Hein, Jay Wilkins
Min Sun
Catherine Ulrich, Jay Wilkins
Jay Wilkins
(10-610)
Social Organization, Learning Technologies &
Discourse: System Features for Facilitating
Mathematical Reasoning in Pre K-3 Students from
NSF
Virginia Teach: Serving Mathematics Students in
Need from NSF
Determining Algebra Readiness and Cognitive
Skills Profiles by Using a Diagnostic Cognitive
Model to Set a Performance Standard on PreAlgebra Test from NSF REESE
Mathematics Instruction in the U.S. and China from
NSF (sub from Vanderbilt University)
Virginia Teach, Phase II: A Community-Based
Approach to Serving Mathematics Students in
Need from NSF, Robert Noyce Teacher
Scholarship Program
K-8 Mathematics Specialist Program (Abingdon)
from Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
INTEGRATIVE
David Alexander, Michele Seibert
Jeremy Ernst
Virginia Career VIEW from the State of Virginia
Virginia Beach MCASP Grant Program
from National Institute of Aerospace
Transforming Teaching through
Implementing Inquiry from NSF DRK-12
DRK-12-Transforming STEM Learning
(TSL)-Challenge 1: Studying Existing
Examples of Innovative Models for STEM
Education from RTI Internatio
STEM K-12 OUTREACH INITIATIVE, PERSPECTIVE OF A "STEM CHEERLEADER"
Sue Magliaro, VT-STEM Director, has been working on the advancement of the STEM agenda for over
eight years. She serves as the director of the university's VT-STEM K-12 outreach initiative as well as a
co-PI on the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA), the state-wide $34m
science teacher professional development endeavor. Recently, she has lead the VT-STEM initiative to
join a network of 54 STEM centers located on university campuses across the nation. Together, VTSTEM, VISTA, and the National Conversation on STEM Education Centers are working hand-in-hand to
bring awareness to STEM education in Virginia and across the nation.
As part of the implementation of the university's "Plan for a New Horizon," VT-STEM is expanding its
network to become a regional catalyst for STEM education in Southwest Virginia. Over the next 4-5
years, the network will expand from the historic partnerships between the university community and local
K-12 schools to include the Science Museum of Western Virginia, the Roanoke-Blacksburg, Technology
Council, and many other advocates for STEM education. This regional focus aligns with the need to
have a collective and collaborative effort at advancing the STEM agenda. By moving the work to regional
visibility, VT-STEM has the potential to impact positively the quality of life in Southwest Virginia, and
serve as a model for our state and nation.
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While economic and community development are clear drivers for the focus on STEM, Magliaro sees her
work as a way to provide access and opportunity for all. A clear advocate for high quality, public
education, Sue notes that "In the very least, we need an informed citizenry." Noting immediately that her
areas of expertise are educational psychology and teacher professional development, and not the STEM
disciplines, Magliaro considers herself a "STEM cheerleader." She contends that the type of learning that
can come from a problem-based integrative STEM curriculum to be a very valuable pathway for student
success: "Our students need to be actively engaged in inquiry; they need to take risks and become
autonomous learners." Ultimately, an integrative design-centered pedagogy can be the perfect
opportunity to engage students in creative and critical thinking.
GOOD NEWS FOR FACULTY ~ FINANCIAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE-JUST APPLY BY DEC. 5! WE
ARE SEEKING NOMINATIONS!
Call for Proposal Submissions for Funding Consideration
The SOE Director's P. Buckley Moss Scholarship Award (supported by CLAHS)
Proposals due December 5, 2013 (by 5pm)
Funding amount: up to $1,000
Eligibility: SOE full-time faculty employment
Submit electronically to SOE Leadership Team via recipient Beth Lawton: lawton@vt.edu
Proposal: Submit a one-page, single-spaced statement about unfunded research you are doing or plan
to do that fits the scope of the foundation criteria.
On page 2 of the file include the timeline for your research, a very short budget (e.g., travel, meals,
equipment, materials) with one-to-two sentences justifying each item, and all of your contact information.
Please do not include any payroll line items such as wages since Foundation resources cannot be
directly charged for this type of expense. (The email message should include one attached Word file, no
additional files.) Scope of foundation criteria: Describe what you are doing with respect to professional
development activities in your work with ICAT or not involving ICAT regarding professional development
activities whereby, either way, the focus is on the arts/creativity, professional development, teaching, and
research.
Subject line for emailed submissions: Proposal submission for the SOE Director's P. Buckley Moss
Scholarship
The deadline for submissions for the October issue of News2Note is Wednesday, 27 November.
Submit relevant entries directly to Associate Dean Debby Stoudt: dstoudt@vt.edu.
This Call for Entries is from Debby:
Regarding faculty, staff, and departments/programs in general, the following items are being solicited:
Publications when published. Please include page numbers for article and chapters. To avoid
repetition and to provide a complete reference, pre-publications online will not be noted until the
print version of the publication appears.
Conference presentations with current Virginia Tech students
Keynote or plenary presentations only, not invited speakers in general
Awards, grants, honors, and other accomplishments of note*
Regarding students:
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Conference presentations (papers or posters) and publications, either accepted or published
Awards, grants, honors, and other accomplishments of note*
Regarding alums:
Accomplishments of note*
*"Of note" is left to the discretion of the submitter and of the N2N editorial staff.
If the item includes the names of individuals not in your department/unit, please identify them. Please
identify the status of all VT individuals named: faculty, staff, graduate students, or undergraduates.
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