Professor of Education Michael Kamen and Associate Professor of Curriculum Instruction and Learning Sciences at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Debra Plowman published “Thinking in 3D” in the summer 2026 newsletter of the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (ICRSME). Their quarterly column tells the ongoing story of the fictional character, Ian Quiry, as he studies and struggles to learn how to be an effective elementary school STEM teacher. The summer column can be read here, starting on page 11 of the newsletter. This issue also has a call for STEM education proposals for ICRSME XVIII in Lima, Peru, in March.