Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD)

CSERD represents a national partnership to evaluate, modify, collect, tag, and (where rights can be obtained) archive the best computational model based materials; to provide mechanisms for NSDL users, content creators, and collection maintainers to add to and annotate the collection; to provide an outlet for peer reviewed publication for content creators; to provide training and technical assistance to collection maintainers; and to provide an infrastructure for educators to bind disparate learning objects into functional units tied to state and national standards. The hallmark of our effort is the rigorous Verification, Validation, and Accreditation review and the Journal of Computational Science Education (JOCSE).  JOCSE  promotes the use of computation in education through disseminating unique uses of computation in the classroom as well as research findings in computational science education, with submissions from both professionals and students. JOCSE utilizes internet technology and a web-based format to allow for enhanced interactivity in all publications.