Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

LSI houses The Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR–STEM), a multidisciplinary research center created by the Florida Legislature and competitively awarded to Florida State University in 2007. The FCR-STEM's mission is to help the State of Florida improve STEM teaching and learning in grades K- 12 and prepare students for higher education and STEM careers in the 21st century. These broad goals are addressed primarily through high-quality research, teacher professional development, and the development of innovative resources and tools to support instruction aligned with curriculum standards.

Among FCR-STEM's significant accomplishments are (1) research studies investigating teaching and learning in varied contexts and the impacts of professional development on teacher and student outcomes; (2) the design and delivery of intensive professional development for over 2,500 K-12 math and science teachers in Florida; and (3) the development of CPALMS (www.cpalms.org), a web-based system of over 10,000 free lessons and other instructional resources vetted by content and teacher experts, and online tools to support teachers' planning and instruction.

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CPALMS.org

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CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, free vetted resources, and interactive tools to help educators effectively implement teaching standards.
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IMPACT Driven

  • More than 800,000,000 resource downloads on CPALMS.org
  • Over 260,000 Florida educators have an active CPALMS account
  • Approximately 3M FLorida students actively use CPALMS
  • 12,000+ free resources
  • More than 40,000 Florida teachers have received training from CPALMS.

FCR-STEM Projects

Project Funding Agency Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator
Examining Teacher Math Anxiety As A Malleable Factor Related To Student Outcomes U. S. Department of Education / IES Colleen Ganley, Ph.D.  
GP-IN: Bridging the Gap into Geosciences for Underrepresented Pre-college Populations through Experiential Learning Opportunities National Science Foundation Amanda Tazaz Ph.D.  
Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools Program (ARP EANS) Florida Department of Education Melissa Dyehouse  
The Successful Start: Cognitively Guided Instruction Project Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Amanda Tazaz Ph.D.  
Atlanta Problem Based Learning Time2Give.org Carrie Meyers  

GP-IN: Bridging the Gap into Geosciences for Underrepresented Pre-college Populations through Experiential Learning Opportunities

National Science Foundation Amanda Tazaz Ph.D.  
CRRSA ESSER II - Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative: Florida Civic Seal of Excellence Endorsement Modules Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
CRRSA ESSER II - Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative - Integrated Civic Literacy Curriculum Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring - Pre-K through Grade 2 Mathematics Test Item Development Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
CRSSA ESSER II - Integration of CTE Standards and Math Pathways Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative: CPALMS Content Creation Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
HOPE Scholarship Program Survey 2021 Florida Department of Education Melissa Dyehouse  
Foundations for Success: Developing Effective Mathematics Educators Through Cognitively Guided Instruction U.S. Department of Education

Children's Board of Hillsborough County

Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D  
Improvement of Elementary Fractions Instruction: RCT of Lesson Study with Fractions Resource Kit and Local Curriculum Mills College Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D  
Examining Teacher Math Anxiety as A Malleable Factor Related to Student Outcomes U. S. Department of Education / IES Colleen Ganley, Ph.D.  
Facilitating Teacher Learning with Video Clips of Instruction in Science National Science Foundation Miray Tekkumru-Kisa, Ph.D  
Follow-up to the Replicating the CGI Experiment in Diverse Environments Study
U. S. Department of Education / IES Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D  
Florida Inclusion Network,  Administration Florida Department of Education
Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Ph.D.
 
CPALMS and Student Tutorials Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  
Evaluation of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Florida Department of Education Carolyn Herrington, Ph.D.  
CPALMS: Alliance for Arts Education Florida Alliance for Arts Education
Rabieh Razzouk, MBA
 

Foundations for Success: Developing Effective Mathematics Educators through Cognitively Guided Instruction (2018-2023)

U.S. Department of Education Robert C. Schoen Linda Levi and Walter G. Secada

CPALMS: A Portal for Standards-Based Instruction

National Science Foundation Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  

FCR–STEMLearn

Florida Department of Education

Rabieh Razzouk, MBA,

Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D.

 

FCR–STEMLearn: Foundations for Success in STEM

Florida Department of Education Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D.  

FCR–STEMLearn for Grades 6-12 Math and Science Teachers

Florida Department of Education Rabieh Razzouk, MBA  

Mathematics Formative Assessment System

U.S. Department of Education Laura Lang, Ph.D. Maureen Oberlin

Future Physicists of Florida

Learning Systems Institute Paul D. Cottle, Ph.D.  

Replicating the CGI Experiment in Diverse Environments

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D.  

Improvement of Elementary Fractions Instruction: Randomized Controlled Trial Using Lesson Study with a Fractions Resource Kit

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Robert C. Schoen, Ph.D.  

Shape of Educational Data

National Science Foundation Colleen Ganley, Ph.D.  

Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Evaluation

Florida Legislature Carolyn Herrington, Ph.D.  

Florida Inclusion Network

Florida Department of Education Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Ph.D.  

Institute For Charter School Research

Florida Legislature Carolyn D. Herrington, Ph.D.