New Initiative to Harvest and Disseminate Pearls of Practice from the SENCER Community
Posted: May 2 2013
Over the next three years, a team of SENCER practitioners will identify and refine such "Pearls of Practice," which will be published electronically in "strings" by civic themes.

Stony Brook University Hosts SCI-Midatlantic Spring Conference
Posted: Apr 17 2013
More than 80 educators and administrators from New York and New Jersey gathered at Stony Brook University on March 28 to discuss methods of improving STEM education.

Science, Human Rights, and Your Involvement
Posted: Apr 3 2013
It is my hope that this series will serve as a prelude to an ongoing and engaged discussion about our role in overcoming the barriers, creating the applications, testing the value, articulating the benefits and educating the next generation in how to further human rights through science and technology.

Science, Human Rights and the Expanding Role of the Private Sector
Posted: Mar 20 2013
What are the implications of this for the significant and increasing role of private companies and institutions in research and development?

New Issue of Journal Now Available
Posted: Mar 20 2013
We are pleased to announce the Winter 2013 issue of Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal. This issue continues our mission of publishing articles that share innovations, insights, and assessment results with an international community of educators.

Washington Symposium Highlights Campus Achievements, Student Leadership, and New Initiatives
Posted: Mar 20 2013
The overarching Symposium theme of reaching 'a tipping point' in the transformation of STEM education was addressed by Dr. Martin Storksdieck, director of the Board on Science Education, Dr. Mel Schiavelli, executive vice president of Northern Virginia Community College, David Burns, executive director of NCSCE, and presenters across sessions during the program.

Washington Symposium Speakers to Address Communication, the New Standards, Science and Human Rights: Deadline to Register is March 6
Posted: Mar 6 2013
The annual National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session brings together educators, students, community members, and policy leaders to discuss the connection of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics course content to civic issues and implications of public policy on curricula; as well as to recognize campus work and consider new initiatives.

Stage One of SENCER SALG Web Site Nears Completion
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 Sue Daffinrud, a member of the evaluation/assessment team for SENCER, reports that she has nearly completed the first stage of the SENCER SALG website. In this ...

SENCER Selects Seven Courses and Programs for 2008 Model Series
Posted: Jul 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, July/August 2008, Volume 7, Issue 9 SENCER is pleased to announce the selection of seven courses and programs as additions to the 2008 SENCER Model Series. SENCER Featured and Emerging Model ...

SALG Launches New Format
Posted: Jun 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2008, Volume 7, Issue 8 This summer will be an eventful one for the SALG site, and several changes will directly affect people using the SENCER SALG. The new SALG site has been up since ...

Centers for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Launches
Posted: Apr 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, April 2008, Volume 7, Issue 6 SENCER formally announced the launch of five Centers for Innovation on April 15th during a meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. The new ...

SALG Launches New Format with Important Changes for All Users: Criticial Instructions for New and Existing Users of the SENCER-SALG
Posted: Jan 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, January 2008, Volume 7, Issue 3 In the December e-Newsletter, we featured an article by Stephen Carroll about the redesign of the Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) online assessment ...

SENCER Launches Digital Library Program
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Chuck Gahun - Program Manager, SENCER Digital Library The SENCER national office is undertaking a major initiative to identify, categorize and deliver digital ...

SALG Debuts New Format
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Stephen Carroll - Santa Clara University The National Science Foundation is supporting a redesign of the Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) online ...

Science is the Foundation for Careers
Posted: Jan 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, January 2007, Volume 6, Issue 4 Dr. Melvyn D. Schiavelli One of the main roles of U.S. higher education today is to educate the next generation of citizens who will help the nation maintain ...

Computation Science: Learning to Apply Mathematics and Computer Science to Important Scientific and Public Programs
Posted: Nov 1 2006
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2006, Volume 6, Issue 3 Angela B. Shiflet, Wofford College Talk about "civic engagement"! Consider the following research projects performed at laboratories across the ...

Significant Gains Noted in STEM Learning in Woodbury SENCER Courses
Posted: Nov 1 2006
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2006, Volume 6, Issue 3 Rao Chekuri, Chair of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Six faculty members from Woodbury University in Burbank, California attended the SENCER Summer Institute ...

SENCER Model of the Month: Computer Ethics
Posted: Sep 1 2006
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2006, Volume 6, Issue 1 Terrell Ward Bynum, Southern Connecticut State University Computer Ethics, taught by Professor Terrell Ward Bynum at Southern Connecticut State University, is ...

Mercer Education and Science Majors Connect During National Chemistry Week
Posted: Dec 1 2005
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2005, Volume 5, Issue 4 Laura Blinderman and Helen Tanzini, Mercer County Community College, New Jersey A group of 8 faculty from Mercer County Community College attended the 2005 ...

About the SENCER SALG
Posted: Oct 1 2005
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2005, Volume 5, Issue 2 The SENCER-SALG is a new version of the Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG), an online survey designed by University of Colorado researcher Elaine ...