WPI’s Learning Sciences & Technologies Master's and Ph.D. program gives students and their teachers in K-12 schools the tools and techniques to make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and English teaching more effective.
Our world-renowned faculty work collaboratively with WPI students to use a scientific and social approach that blends technology, psychology, cognition, and education practices to reach K-12 students in real classrooms and have them think about subjects in a new way. Our research identifies techniques that measure and reflect individual learning styles and help us understand how students learn, given various social, emotional, cultural, and scientific influences.
The revolution we seek is global—elevating U.S. students’ competitive edge in a connected world. Getting there requires applying what we understand about learning to transform the current U.S. educational system, classroom by classroom.
LST is excited to announce two new faculty members beginning July 1, 2020. Join us in welcoming these excellent folks to campus:
I am a recent Ph.D. graduate of the psychology program at UCLA where I worked with Gerardo Ramirez and Jim Stigler. I am an NSF GRFP recipient, an Ambassador for the Center for Open Science, Catalyst for the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, and past President of Psychology In Action. I am also a part of the Better Book research team for the Coursekata project. Before arriving at UCLA, I worked as a professional educational evaluator and worked behind the scenes on large-scale surveys for the National Center for Education Statistics.
Stacy will be Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences & Policy Studies Department along with the Learning Sciences and Technologies program. Stacy's personal website is here.
Dr. Adam Sales is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has worked as a Research Associate at University of Texas, Austin. He is also the Director of Statistics, Measurement, and Research design Techniques in Education Research (SMARTER) consulting office, College of Education, and Biostatistician, School of Nursing.
Adam will also be joining WPI as an Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department along with the Learning Sciences and Technologies program. More about Adam here.
Programmatic courses we recommend for the 2020-21 academic year:
- Fall, 2020:
- SS 590 ST: Writing Learning Science Wednesday 4-6:50 (Ottmar)
- CS 565 User Modeling Tues/Fri 4-5:20 (Heffernan) see here for a version of a prior year's syllabus
- Spring, 2021:
- CS534 Artificial Intelligence Mon/Wed 11-12:20 (Beck)
- CS541 Deep Learning Monday / Thursday 4-5:20 (Whitehill)
- CS567 Empirical Methods For Human-Centered Computing Tuesday 6-8:50 (Beck)
- SS590 Learning & Creativity Wednesday 4-6:50 (Shaw)
