ISEE R&D Projects
ISEE R&D contributes to the advancement of ISEE’s core mission by conducting educational research and evaluation to inform program implementation and practice.
Key activities include:
- Development, refinement and implementation of assessment instruments and methods
- Analysis and interpretation of data from ISEE-supported programs to show evidence-based outcomes
- Producing and circulating written reports and guidelines that support others interested in using tools and methods developed by the ISEE R&D team.
- Collecting and communicating findings to both the ISEE community and other audiences nationwide;
- Providing context for disseminated findings and suggesting implications for practice
- Producing and submitting manuscripts for peer-review.
ISEE R&D activities also serve as professional development for core ISEE staff members and collaborators who benefit as they learn about different theories of human development and learning, assessment paradigms, and how to use data as evidence of educational outcomes.
Current Projects:
- Creative EDG2: Creative Engineering Design for Global Good
- Tamara Ball, Lisa Hunter, Abigail Kaun, Dean Alexander Wolf
- Assessing STEM Practices in UCSC courses
- Rafael Palomino, Anna Lowe, Asher Wasserman, Robin Dunkin, Susanna Honig, Lisa Hunter
- UCSC STEM Persistence Study
- Lisa Hunter, Campbell Leaper, Christy Starr, Susanna Honig, Robin Dunkin, Rafael Palomino
- Synthesizing Research on Facilitation
- Tamara Ball, Lisa Hunter, Austin Barnes, Nicholas McConnell, Rafael Palomino
- Analysis of introductory biology performance assessment data measuring students’ proficiency with generating scientific explanations.
- Susanna Honig, Robin Dunkin, Lisa Hunter
- Development of evaluation methods to measure ISEE participants’ application of inclusive teaching strategies to their practice.
- Nicholas McConnell, Lisa Hunter, Tamara Ball, Rafael Palomino
- Nicholas McConnell, Lisa Hunter, Tamara Ball, Rafael Palomino
Past Projects:
- Reporting on STEM persistence outcomes from a longitudinal study of ISEE’s Akamai Internship Program.
- Austin Barnes, Kauahi Perez, Christy Starr, Tamara Ball, Lisa Hunter
- Developing a summer school in astronomy instrumentation
- Nicholas McConnell, Lisa Hunter, Jessica Lu, Nicole Mattacola, Cynthia Carrión, Rafael Palomino
- Astro 2020 Decadal Survey position paper on effective professional development
- Nicholas McConnell, Lisa Hunter
- Development of TMT’s International Training Program
- Austin Barnes, Nicholas McConnell, Lisa Hunter
- Supporting student projects in STEM
- Jerome Shaw, Austin Barnes, Lisa Hunter
- Inquiry Framework and Indicators
- Anne Metevier, Lisa Hunter, Scott Seagroves, Barry Kluger-Bell, Tiffani Quan
- STEM Workforce Skills and Framework
- Scott Seagroves and Lisa Hunter
- Evaluating Inclusive Teaching Strategies
- Anne Metevier and Lisa Hunter
- ISEE’s Equity & Inclusion Theme
- Development of UH Maui College Engineering Technology Degree Programs
- Mark Hoffman, Lisa Hunter, Jeff Kuhn, Scott Seagroves, David Harrington, Lynne Raschke, John Pye, Elisabeth Dubuit, JD Armstrong, Claire Max, Joe Janni
- Development of a new international training program for the Thirty Meter Telescope
- Lisa Hunter, Austin Barnes
- Mentoring Productive Student Projects
- Jerome Shaw, Lisa Hunter, Andrew Norton, Anne Metevier