Nitasha Mathayas, Ph.D
@NitashaMathayas
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Postdoc fellow at @iubcrlt | PhD from @edillinois | Researcher of body-based learning, science curricula, and mixed reality technologies | Dog mom | Human mom
Indiana University
Joined February 2012
So excited to share my dissertation research about how gesturing supports students in constructing scientific explanations. https://t.co/iYRKtJamJ3 Shout out to my advisors for all the illuminating conversations that led to this publication @JRSTpub
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Apparently, lots of online form does not recognize the last name with only two letters. (you can't submit it because it would say it's invalid.) But it does exist. Now I am very used to write my last name with a space: (
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After years of development, we are thrilled to finally announce the launch of https://t.co/2Dxxl0gS47 !! Consider us your own curated, open-access knowledge base for the everyday educator featuring jargon-less articles translating ed research and curricular resource databases 📚
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In light of some distressing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, take a look at our 🏳️🌈 10 Ways to Support LGBTQIA+ Students in your Classroom🏳️⚧️ https://t.co/xiWGBv86Te Thanks to @DrSurajUttam & @EctopicEyeQueer for their contributions! #ProtectTransKids #YoureSafeWithMe #LGBTQYouth
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Congrats @BahHumburg for winning best student (by like a week) paper at #ISLS2023! So well deserved ~ once again you continue to inspire us We may or may not have screamed in our airport Uber in celebration 🍾
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Last week, my friend Sarah (@MrsBonner301) “involuntarily resigned” from her classroom teaching position. I am so disappointed with the ways our schooling systems are failing our best teachers. With her permission, I'm going to share Sarah’s statement of resignation. 🧵
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Searching for a post-doc to join our NSF-funded Modest Supports project @UND_education. Meet the team and learn more about our research and STEM STRONG PL on the project website:
education.und.edu
STEM S.T.R.O.N.G. is Supporting Teachers in Rural cOmmunities for the Next Generation.
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Happy to share this first paper about GEM-STEP's design and iterative process. I work with an amazing team! #mixed_reality #elementary_science_education
We are excited to share the first paper that features GEM-STEP, exploring how we designed for sequences of embodied activity.
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Graduation day! 🎉🎉 My mom drove up for the ceremony, and @EctopicEyeQueer went hard with the A+ photography skills
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Shout out to @jdanish for being the best advisor ever (& for agreeing to every silly photo op 😂)
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Attending the #ENGAGEAInstitute today and loving the diverse group of practitioners, industry experts, and researchers in the room @EngageAIEdu
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So excited for this!!
So excited about today's launch of the Great First Eight Curriculum. Interdisciplinary, project-based, fully research- and standards-aligned. Infant, Toddler, and kindergarten are available as of today.
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✅🥳 Passed my dissertation defense!! Feeling very heart-full today 🥰
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**Last-minute prospective PhD student opportunity!!** If you are currently applying to PhD programs in science education, please consider applying to work with us! Contact me or @ImpactSciEd for more information, and apply by Dec 1 here: https://t.co/g5LDoBwefh
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Are you joining us in Salt Lake City for @the_aste annual conference in January 2023? Are you a graduate student? Do you work with graduate students who might be interested in meeting with a mentor? Sign up to be a mentee using the link: https://t.co/yPbRwH0uqb
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The purpose of this form is to collect information about the areas you'd like mentorship. In the form you will be asked to indicate up to three areas of interest. Please note that we may not be able...
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Thanks to everyone for sharing this and to those who have reached out! 🤩I'm hosting a Zoom Q&A next Thursday 11/10 at 9am MT for anyone interested in learning more about my work and the PhD program @utahstateITLS. Please reach out if you aren't on the invite and would like to be
✨Are you interested in the learning sciences, co-design, collaborative learning, or ed tech?? ✨ I’m recruiting PhD students to start next Fall at @utahstateITLS! 🧵#learningsciences #codesign #designjustice #collaboration #HCI #design #edtech 1/8
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Our team has had many conversations about how to support students revising their model through both movement and code. This little scaffold prompting students to list a model revision via action and script was a big success! @step_prjct #gemstep
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So excited to be working with kids in a classroom again! First week in and 5th graders are very into being fish and programming their movement. Looking forward to sharing more about hybrid embodied computational models! @step_prjct #embodied_learning #science_modeling
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I learned so much from this conference. It's a great place to meet peers and talk about your interests!
Not that I’m biased or anything, but y’all should ABSOLUTELY register at https://t.co/uJhlwBMHgD ✨ let’s just say there will be some familiar faces 👀
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