Research Groups and Current Projects
Research Groups and Current Projects
These are the following projects that faculty have open for graduate and undergraduate researchers participation. The projects are listed by faculty. Current Penn State students who want to work with these faculty should send a brief cover letter outlining their interests and related experiences as well as a resume or C.V.

Dr. Ali Carr-Chellman
Associate Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- Bring back the boys
- Unheard voices
- Design Test

Dr. Simon Hooper
Associate Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- TaToo (Test Analysis Tools)
- Avenue (AVE: Audio Visual Environments)
- Tablet computing

Dr. Susan Land
Associate Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- Patterns of interaction and everyday knowledge sharing in social network environments
- Mobile and digital technologies to support science learning in and out of school

Dr. Priya Sharma
Associate Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- Patterns of interaction and everyday knowledge sharing in social network environments

Dr. Heather Toomey Zimmerman
Assistant Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- Mobile and digital technologies to support science learning in and out of school
- Families learning about ecology
- Learning across science settings

Dr. Roy B. Clariana
Professor of Education
Current Projects:
- Analysis of structural knowledge in network graphs (ASK)
- Structural knowledge in mind maps (MASK)
- Structural knowledge in texts (TASK)
- Structural knowledge in biology (BASK)

