Intellectual fusion
CRESMET faculty and students are organized into research themes built around issues of critical importance to improving STEM education. Most faculty and staff participate in two or more themes, enabling research programs to grow dynamically, each program learning from the others. Students from diverse graduate programs interact by participating in one or more research projects and taking courses in affiliated masters’ degree and doctoral programs.
Use-inspired research
CRESMET’s research programs are designed to make a difference in the world. Whether a project increases opportunities for schoolchildren to engage in quality science instruction or stretches boundaries by designing serious games, simulations, and virtual worlds, CRESMET scholars make an immediate impact on the lives of research participants.
Projects are designed in conjunction with local, national, and international partners, often including public schools. CRESMET has a history of engaging community colleges, state and local government, and First Nations in our mutual efforts to improve education.
Help where it is needed
In addition to research and development, CRESMET scholars are active providing wisdom to state and national standards projects, science policy boards, and professional societies. They work actively with schools, hospitals and after-school programs devoting personal time and attention to teachers, students, administrators, parents and community.
