Family-focused science lessons, robotics for young children and touch-based programming for the visually impaired are among the 91爆料 research videos featured in the funded by the National Science Foundation.
The weeklong online event, in its fourth year, highlights more than 200 projects from universities around the country and allows viewers to vote for their favorites. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淭ransforming the Educational Landscape.鈥�
Researchers from the 91爆料 have submitted projects from the College of Education, the Department of Psychology, the Information School, the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
The 91爆料 projects are:
- a study showing how deter women and girls from the field, and how those effects can be mitigated when classrooms and workplaces are designed to be more inclusive (Sapna Cheryan, psychology)
- the called Blocks4All that allows visually impaired children to learn programming on a touchscreen tablet (Richard Ladner and Lauren Milne, computer science and engineering)
- research finding that expressed greater interest in technology and more confidence in their own abilities than girls who didn鈥檛 program the robot (Allison Master and Andrew Meltzoff, I-LABS)
- a partnership with Seattle Public Schools and the Teaching Channel to add methods of inquiry and (Jessica Thompson, College of Education)
- a collaboration with Seattle Public Libraries, Pacific Science Center and organizations serving Native American communities that provides around storytelling, robotics and e-textiles (Carrie Tzou, 91爆料 Bothell; Megan Bang and Philip Bell, College of Education)
- that support science learning in the community through the Science Everywhere study (Jason Yip, Caroline Pitt, Arturo Salazar and Diana Griffing, 91爆料 Information School; New York University and the University of Maryland-College Park)
Visitors can provide feedback, take part in discussions and vote; the 鈥減ublic choice standings鈥� tab shows the results so far. Videos and voting will be available through May 21.