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Quantum Teaching and Learning in Elementary Classrooms is an NSF EAGER DRK12 funded project focused on elementary teacher and student learning related to quantum science, quantum thinking, and careers. We are working in collaboration with elementary teachers from Virginia and Maryland to identify the knowledge and skills elementary teachers need to incorporate quantum in their STEM instruction, and what their students need to understand to learn quantum concepts. This study serves as a first effort to understand how elementary teachers and students develop their knowledge and conceptualization of quantum ideas and pedagogy for the elementary classroom.
Project Updates:
During year 1 of the project (2023-24), eleven elementary teachers participated in teacher professional learning and curriculum development.
After learning about quantum and mapping to elementary content standards, Quantum is Elementary teachers developed resources around probability, quantum-based literacy activities, social-emotional learning, and cryptography.
In year 2 our team will continue to refine elementary curricular resources and collect data in elementary classrooms
Quantum is Elementary project faculty & research assistants
Dr. Nancy Holincheck
Dr. Jessica Rosenberg
Dr. Stephanie Dodman
Dr. Ben
Dreyfus
Xiaolu
Zhang
Jennifer
Simons
Michele Colandene
Quantum is Elementary teacher team
and their 2023-24 academic year school
Bianca
Tellis
Chesapeake Math & IT North ES
Chanelle
Carter Chesapeake Math & IT North ES
Cindy
Hamblen
J.W. Alvey
Elementary
Ellie
Ellison
Carlin Springs
Elementary
Emily
Zarybnisky Brookfield
Elementary
Louise
Nelson
Timber Lane Elementary
Jenny
Collins
Timber Lane
Elementary
Marin
Moore
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary
Maya
Butler-Hall
Monarch Academy Annapolis
Vicky Reidenbaugh
Bull Run Elementary
Wendy Neidermeyer Ferdinand T. Day Elementary
For more information or to collaborate with us on this or future projects,
contact Dr. Holincheck at nholinch@gmu.edu and Dr. Jessica Rosenberg at jrosenb4@gmu.edu.
EAGER: Quantum Teaching and Learning in Elementary Classrooms is funded by the National Science Foundation’s DRK12 program under Award #2329874.
Many thanks to the National Q-12 Education Partnership, especially Dr. Emily Edwards, Dr. Diana Franklin, and Dr. Chandralekha Singh, who also serve on the Advisory Board for this project.
Many thanks, as well, to Dr. Corey Stambaugh and Dr. W. Brian Lane for their service on our Advisory Board.
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