Cynthia Char (PI), Char Associates
ClearLab is a
project at Muzzy Lane Software to create innovative games that will
support science learning at the middle school level. The project
will develop a series of immersive 3D games that can be played in
the browser – at school, the library, at home – anywhere with access
to the internet. During the project’s first year, Char Associates is
conducting a series of formative evaluation studies to inform the
product’s design. (Funder: DARPA)
Cynthia Char (PI), Char Associates
TERC, a not-for-profit educational
research and development corporation in Cambridge MA, is
collaborating with national public library leaders to make
mathematics a visible and fun part of library programming
for elementary grades children and their families. They
are developing materials for story times and crafts that
integrate literacy and math; supporting children's librarians
in outreach to local after-school programs; and conducting
research on program impact. As a result of this project,
librarians and after-school educators will increase capacity
to incorporate math into programming for peers, children,
and parents, and children and their families will gain
understanding of and appreciation for math. Char Associates
will lead the external summative evaluation on program
impact throughout the four-year project. (Funder: National
Science Foundation)
Cynthia Char (PI), Char Associates
The Science Associates
Program at Swarthmore College has established peer-facilitated
study groups designed to improve retention of prospective science,
mathematics and engineering majors and to facilitate mentoring
relationships between older and younger college students
interested in the sciences. Char Associates is conducting
formative, process and summative evaluations for the 3-year
project. (Funder: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Swarthmore
College)