The University of Maine’s Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research provides an integrated approach to University-based research and training in science and mathematics education. The Center is a joint effort of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Education and Human Development and College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture. The colleges are working to bring professors from education into science and mathematics departments as well as bring scientists and mathematicians to the school of education. With this combination of resources, the Center is reevaluating and reforming introductory level science and mathematics  courses, establishing new practices for K-12 science teacher preparation, and building infrastructure with teachers, schools, and administrators through out the state.

Activities undertaken by the Center are targeted to create attractive, content-rich teacher preparation and continuing education options for mathematics and science teachers. The Center is working to develop well-qualified science and mathematics teachers for grades K-12 and to spearhead the development of coherent, developmentally appropriate curricula for mathematics and science.

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Education, Award Number R125K010106.