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April 22, 2015 | Amy Gullickson

What’s Wrong with Problem Based Learning?

The Formative Assessment Systems for ATE project (FAS4ATE) focuses on assessment practices that serve the ongoing evaluation needs of projects and centers....

April 15, 2015 | Steven Budd

Finding Opportunity in Unintended Outcomes

Working with underage students bears an increased responsibility for their supervision. Concerns may arise during the implementation of activities that were never...

April 8, 2015 | Jacqueline Rearick

Evaluation Procurement: Regulations, Rules and Red Tape… Oh My!

I’m Jacqueline Rearick, and I am a Grants Specialist at Virginia Western Community College where I support our NSF/ATE projects and sub-awards,...

March 18, 2015 | Jane Ostrander

Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned, Part I – Working with Your Evaluator

When I assumed the PI-ship of the Scenario-Based Learning Project in 2006, I had worked closely with the prior PI as the...

January 28, 2015 | Emma Binder

Air Travel: Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty

Have you ever been surprised when you get home from a work trip and realize how much it cost? There are a...

January 7, 2015 | Michael Lesiecki

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

I am a PI for an ATE national resource center and an ATE project. Over the past 15 years, I have dealt...

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