News & Announcements

UPA User Experience Conference, May 26, 2009

Craig Miller attended the UPA-Boston Eighth Annual User Experience Conference.

TinkerPlots 1.1 Released, May 2009

Working with Key Curriculum Press, SERG released a free upgrade to TinkerPlots, version 1.1.

NCTM, Apr 23-25, 2009

TinkerPlots demonstrations at the Key Curriculum Press booth at the NCTM national meeting in Washington, D.C.

NCTM Research Presession, Apr 20-21, 2009

Cliff Konold and Rich Lehrer present the working session “Modeling Repeated Measures as an Entrée into Data Analysis” at the NCTM Research Presession in Washington, D.C.

CHI 2009 Conference, Jan 23, 2009

Craig Miller attended the CHI 2009 Conference Profession Development Seminars in Boston.

TinkerPlots and Fathom Workshops in Bangkok, Mar 30 - Apr 4, 2009

Cliff Konold and Bill Finzer conducted weeklong workshops on TinkerPlots and Fathom at the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology in Bangk

PERG Moved from UMass to UNCG

The UMass Physics Education Research Group has moved from UMass to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

New Version of Model 1 Released

Release of new version of Model 1 (Beta 04) with redesigned device-branching and history-object interface.

Published Articles on Tinkerplots

The following articles featuring TinkerPlots have been published:

Podcast about TinkerPlots

The latest edition of Techcast at UMass features a podcast about TinkerPlots.

Tinkerplots Won ComputED’s 2008 Education Software Review (EDDIE) Award.

TinkerPlots has won another award, ComputED’s 2008 Education Software Review (EDDIE) Award.

Cliff Konold Appointed As a New Director of SRRI, Oct, 2008

Cliff Konold was appointed the new director of SRRI, taking over from Bill Gerace who has accepted a position at the Univ

Sibel Kazak Completed Her 2-year Postdoc

Sibel Kazak completed her 2-year postdoc and returned to Turkey where she is waiting for the final word on which of several university positions there she will assume.

Ernst von Glasersfeld Honored (and Published) Again

The ever-prolific Ernst von Glasersfeld had returned from three weeks in Europe, where he "signed innumerable copies of the book that just came out in Vienna".

TinkerPlots Demonstration at the Key Curriculum Press Booth

Come see us demonstrate TinkerPlots in the Key Curriculum Press booth at the NCTM national meeting in Salt Lake City.

SERG Symposium on Probability at NCTM

Cliff Konold and Sibel Kazak presented in the symposium “Contrasting Perspectives on Connecting Important Ideas in Probability” at the NCTM Research Presession at Salt Lake City, April 8, 2008.

TinkerPlots at NCTM

Cliff Konold demonstrated TinkerPlots in the Key Curriculum Press booth at the NCTM national meeting in Salt Lake City, April 9-12, 2008.

New SRRI Web Site Goes Public

Welcome to the all-new, completely-re-engineered SRRI web site. It's fast, it's pretty, it's content-rich... Enjoy!

New Book by Ernst von Glasersfeld Published

A new collection of Ernst von Glasersfeld's books, Key Works in Radical Constructivism, has recently been published.

Expected Release of New Development Version of Model 1

Expected release of new development version of Model 1 (Alpha 36) that incorporates a new “wire” interface for the Sampler and object-imbedded menus.