Since 2009, The Spreadsheet Lab Manual (SLM) has equipped teachers across the USA with a standardized approach for students to program and study computational spreadsheet models in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Math (years before NGSS)
Spreadsheet Modeling Pedagogy = Enhanced Content + Data Fluency for Teachers and Students
Everybody needs spreadsheets, they are standardized: Excel, Sheets, Apple. SLM is built to be compatible with all spreadsheet types.
ATTENTION STEM TEACHERS: Click to learn how to participate in our NSF Research
Current Research Participation Enrollment: 118 STEM Educators
Awarded Phase 1 Funding in June, 2019 by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (NSF SBIR) program, Spreadsheet Lab Manual LLC has built and implemented a standardized computational spreadsheet modeling pedagogy. With NSF support we have formed a new Professional Learning Community (PLC) exclusively for engaging professional educators. Proposed and designed based on a theoretical "knowledge engine" concept, we will use teacher incentives to recruit, train and equip members to develop content and share successes. Schools can invest Title II funds to pay their own teachers to access to this diverse learning community, which they will improve by sharing their own unique perspectives.
Project Abstract for Congress: "Computer Science for All with Spreadsheet Modeling: Researching How Low-Cost Video Training for Teachers Leads to High Value Programming Skills for Students"
This game-changing, computational modeling professional learning community for STEM Teachers is powered by SLM instructional resources. Shown to enhance data fluency and make math more meaningful and relevant to students, SLM leverages the computational power of the modern microprocessor with a standardized pedagogy across all STEM disciplines. This enables teachers and students to multiply the benefits and divide the costs across the community of experts. STEM educators are the only ones qualifies to build and grow this body of original content in the budding computational modeling movement. The diversity, expertise and inspiration needed to innovate, develop and share limitless new spreadsheet modeling instructional applications exists in our schools and among us with our overworked teachers. By compensating them to define a host of new applications, this PLC will leave a legacy for all future generations as long as the spreadsheet remains a fundamental need in society.
Low cost and high value added is our promise to taxpayers in working to benefit all students, regardless of background or ability level.
Everybody needs spreadsheets, they are standardized: Excel, Sheets, Apple. SLM is built to be compatible with all spreadsheet types.
ATTENTION STEM TEACHERS: Click to learn how to participate in our NSF Research
Current Research Participation Enrollment: 118 STEM Educators
Awarded Phase 1 Funding in June, 2019 by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (NSF SBIR) program, Spreadsheet Lab Manual LLC has built and implemented a standardized computational spreadsheet modeling pedagogy. With NSF support we have formed a new Professional Learning Community (PLC) exclusively for engaging professional educators. Proposed and designed based on a theoretical "knowledge engine" concept, we will use teacher incentives to recruit, train and equip members to develop content and share successes. Schools can invest Title II funds to pay their own teachers to access to this diverse learning community, which they will improve by sharing their own unique perspectives.
Project Abstract for Congress: "Computer Science for All with Spreadsheet Modeling: Researching How Low-Cost Video Training for Teachers Leads to High Value Programming Skills for Students"
This game-changing, computational modeling professional learning community for STEM Teachers is powered by SLM instructional resources. Shown to enhance data fluency and make math more meaningful and relevant to students, SLM leverages the computational power of the modern microprocessor with a standardized pedagogy across all STEM disciplines. This enables teachers and students to multiply the benefits and divide the costs across the community of experts. STEM educators are the only ones qualifies to build and grow this body of original content in the budding computational modeling movement. The diversity, expertise and inspiration needed to innovate, develop and share limitless new spreadsheet modeling instructional applications exists in our schools and among us with our overworked teachers. By compensating them to define a host of new applications, this PLC will leave a legacy for all future generations as long as the spreadsheet remains a fundamental need in society.
Low cost and high value added is our promise to taxpayers in working to benefit all students, regardless of background or ability level.
2 Student Engagement Tasks:
Task 1: Model Development Task 2: Experimentation, Analysis
Task 1: Model Development Task 2: Experimentation, Analysis
Multiple Points of Assessment: (1) Every student succeeds at programming the spreadsheet model using the steps that precisely guide them (starting from a blank spreadsheet or blank template file). (2) After verifying the model is programmed correctly experimentation is done by altering variables. This enables students to interact with graphs and directly observe model predictions. Interacting with the model in this way helps students learn about the mathematical nature of Science through investigation and discovery while gaining skills on spreadsheets simultaneously.
SLM lessons are truly multidisciplinary, NGSS aligned and engage students in all 8 Science and Engineering Practices despite being written years ahead their adoption.
SLM lessons are truly multidisciplinary, NGSS aligned and engage students in all 8 Science and Engineering Practices despite being written years ahead their adoption.
3 Fundamental Priorities in Pioneering SLM:
- Grow Student Data Fluency: Enhance productivity with spreadsheets (both for future applications and productivity in learning)
- Innovative Computational Models with Sound Science: Aligned to NGSS high school STEM curriculum content
- Easy to Implement: Across all disciplines, all starting skill levels for students and teachers, many ways to differentiate instruction, highly engaging and self guiding so students learn at their own pace with a minimal teacher time investment.