Research Practice Partnership with School District 129

This project will establish a new partnership between the West Aurora School District and Northern Illinois University to co-construct strategies that enhance support and effectiveness in teaching scientific argumentation with technology. Meet our team and explore the partnership timeline.

Research Objectives

The goals for this partnership are to:

• Co-construct a research and development plan focusing on ways to enhance support and effectiveness in the teaching practice of scientific argumentation through technology.
• Develop a model for building a design research partnership between a school district and a mid-size public university.

Meet the Team

• Principal investigator (PI) Pi-Sui Hsu, Ph.D., oversees and manages the entire project, including personnel, timeline, budget and reporting. Hsu is a presidential engagement and partnerships professor in the Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology at Northern Illinois University.
• Co-principal investigator (Co-PI) Thomas J. Smith, Ph.D., co-leads activities and assists in data analysis and reporting. Smith is a distinguished teaching professor in the Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology at Northern Illinois University.
• Co-principal investigator (Co-PI) Reva Freedman, Ph.D., co-leads activities and assists in data analysis and reporting. Freedman is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northern Illinois University.
• Co-principal investigator (Co-PI) Mariana Ricklefs, Ph.D., co-leads activities and assists in data analysis and reporting. Ricklefs is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Illinois University.

Timeline

More information is available on Principal Investigator Hsu's website.