Projects Directed by Faculty Associated with SFSU's Center For Science And Mathematics Education

Numerous faculty in the College of Education and in the College of Science & Engineering are involved in science or mathematics education projects. Some projects are focused on research into science and mathematics education; some involve the development of new curriculum materials; some support in-service or pre-service K-12 teachers; others are fostering the development of in-person or on-line communities of science or mathematics educators.

Each project listed below provides opportunities for people to help alleviate the problem of insufficient number of high quality scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematics professionals. Only brief descriptions are provided below; please read the full description of projects that you find interesting by navigating to the project's home page.

Title	Project Website	Overview
SEPAL	http://www.sfsu.edu/~sepal/	The Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation, partners SFSU science graduate students with K-12 teachers in the SFUSD to improve science teaching and learning for students in grades K through 16.
SF-ROCKS	http://sf-rocks.sfsu.edu/	The SFSU Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco project, funded by the National Science Foundation, partners SFSU science graduate students with K-12 teachers in the SFUSD to improve science teaching and learning for students in grades K through 16.
REvitalizing ALgebra	http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/msp/	The REAL partnership, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a model for a professional development system that brings together three groups: algebra teachers in grades 8-10, university mathematics majors, and mathematics graduate students who are teaching remedial courses at the university level.
Online Communities	http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/career/	The Online and Live Communities of Teachers project, funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER award to Prof. Eric Hsu, is searching for appropriate ways to use the Internet for teacher professional development. A combined online and live course and support structure is being developed for graduate algebra instructors at SFSU, and will then be adapted for graduate instructors of the PDP Treisman workshops at UC Berkeley.

  The first CSME mini-grant program RFP was held in Spring 2007. The projects funded for Summer and Fall 2007 are:

Investigators	Department	Project
Jamie Chan, Amber Johnson, Robert Patterson, and Kimberly Tanner	Department of Biology	Moving Towards Inquiry in a Biology Laboratory
Deborah Curtis	Department of Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies	A Hierarchical Linear Model Analysis of the Mathematics Pathways and Pitfalls Lessons
Eric Hsu	Department of Mathematics	Early Field Experiences for Math Majors
Kimberly Tanner	Department of Biology	Exploring Undergraduate Student Conceptions of Environmental Science: What Role Does Biological Knowledge Play in Environmental Literacy?
Maika Watanabe	Department of Secondary Education	DVDs of Successful Teaching Practices in Detracked Math and Science Classrooms