UAESP: A New and Improved Program for Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities

The University of Arkansas Science and Engineering Partnership (UAESP) was developed in 2009 to enhance the professional growth of 6 th and 7 th grade science teachers in northwest Arkansas through summer workshops, mini-workshops and follow-up activities.Major features of the program, which impacts the teaching of more than 3,800 students, include: Design-based, teacher-developed, hands-on activities that directly align with science frameworks mandated by the

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2025-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2-1153-51529
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UAESP: A New and Improved Program for Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities

Carol Gattis, Christa N. Hestekin, Nick Tschepikow
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
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UAESP: A New and Improved Program for Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities

Carol Gattis, Christa N. Hestekin, Nick Tschepikow
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The University of Arkansas Science and Engineering Partnership (UAESP) was developed in 2009 to enhance the professional growth of 6 th and 7 th grade science teachers in northwest Arkansas through summer workshops, mini-workshops and follow-up activities.Major features of the program, which impacts the teaching of more than 3,800 students, include: Design-based, teacher-developed, hands-on activities that directly align with science frameworks mandated by the

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UAESP: A New and Improved Program for Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities — Carol Gattis, Christa N. Hestekin, et al. · (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS