{"id":824,"date":"2023-04-19T15:35:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/?page_id=824"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:56:53","slug":"infact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/about\/infact\/","title":{"rendered":"INFACT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-1024x293.png\" alt=\"INFACT project logo\" class=\"wp-image-1609\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-1024x293.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-768x219.png 768w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-1536x439.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/INFACT_Logos_Teal-2048x585.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>INFACT<\/strong> supports <strong>ND in STEM<\/strong> by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focusing on strengths of neurodivergent learners in computational thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting executive function in CT through scaffolds and teaching strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Differentiating CT teaching and learning through multiple activities, types, and approaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Including Neurodiversity in Foundational and Applied Computational Thinking (US Dept of ED EIR U411C190179), (INFACT)<\/strong> is an inclusive teaching and learning program for CT in grades 3\u20138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The INFACT teaching and learning materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A wide range of CT activities using games, robotics, coding, and offline activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research-grounded supports for executive function including working memory, attention, and metacognition supports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching strategies for differentiation including using multiple contexts and modalities as well as allowing multiple entry points into activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Research on INFACT showed that students in grades 3\u20135 who used INFACT improved more in CT problem-solving practices than students in comparison classes using other CT programs. Students who showed the most dramatic improvement were those in the lowest quartile of EF scores on external assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INFACT v1.0 Materials<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities and other materials from the first round of development and research are freely available for use.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/resources\/infact-materials\/\">Visit here for an activity example<\/a>. You can also visit the page to see an overview of the materials and to request access to all the materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INFACT supports ND in STEM by:<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on strengths of neurodivergent learners in computational thinking<\/p>\n<p>Supporting executive function in CT through scaffolds and teaching strategies<\/p>\n<p>Differentiating CT teaching and learning through multiple activities, types, and approaches<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>Including Neurodiversity in Foundational and Applied Computational Thinking (US Dept of ED EIR U411C190179), (INFACT) is an inclusive teaching and learning program for CT in grades 3\u20138.<\/p>\n<p>The INFACT teaching and learning materials include:<\/p>\n<p>A wide range of CT activities using games,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/about\/infact\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1609,"parent":540,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"218,1,139,106","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-824","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824\/revisions\/1868"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/ndinstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}