Joshua Danish, an associate professor in the Learning Sciences Program within the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, will lead a project to help teachers recognize how best to engage students during science lessons and improve the effectiveness of K-12 science instruction. The project, called Teacher Cognition and Learning About Incorporating Science Representations in Elementary Classrooms. The project is a joint effort between IU and researchers from UCLA and is funded with a $2.49 million foundation grant.

Read more about the project here.