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Creating Inclusive PreK–12 STEM Learning Environments

Broadening Participation

Brief CoverBroadening participation in PreK–12 STEM provides ALL students with STEM learning experiences that can prepare them for civic life and the workforce.

Author/Presenter: 
Malcom Butler
Cory Buxton
Odis Johnson Jr.
Leanne Ketterlin-Geller
Catherine McCulloch
Natalie Nielsen
Arthur Powell
Lead Organization(s): 
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Year: 
2018
Short Description: 
This brief offers insights from National Science Foundation-supported research for education leaders and policymakers who are broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (STEM). Many of these insights confirm knowledge that has been reported in research literature; however, some offer a different perspective on familiar challenges.

Simulations as a Tool for Practicing Questioning

Mathematics
Classroom Practice
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Pedagogy
Professional Development

In this chapter we discuss some of the affordances and constraints of using online teaching simulations to support reflection on specific pedagogical actions. We share data from a research project in which we implemented multiple iterations of a set of simulated teaching experiences in an elementary mathematics methods course. In each experience, preservice teachers contrasted the consequences of different pedagogical choices in response to a particular example of student thinking.

Access Link: 
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70594-1_6
Author/Presenter: 
Corey Webel
Kimberly Conner
Wenmin Zhao
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Missouri
Year: 
2018
Short Description: 
Authors discuss some of the affordances and constraints of using online teaching simulations to support reflection on specific pedagogical actions.

Navigating the Academic Job: Developing Your Identity as an Early Career Scholar

At the 2017 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, faculty from different institutions gathered to address this question during a Division C Fireside Chat session entitled “Navigating the Academic Job: Perspective from Deans, Late-Career Faculty, and New faculty at Varying Universities.” Division C, the Learning & Instruction Division, is dedicated to mentoring graduate students and early career scholars; the fireside chat format offers participants an open forum to discuss topics of interest with a particular group of professionals.

Author/Presenter: 
CADRE
Lead Organization(s): 
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Year: 
2017
Short Description: 
Perspectives from the 2017 AERA Conference session "Navigating the Academic Job: Perspective from Deans, Late-Career Faculty, and New faculty at Varying Universities.”
Resource(s): 
PDF icon Navigating the Academic Job - Developing Your Indentity as an Early Career Scholar.pdf

Research and Product Dissemination and Sustainability: Approaches and Considerations

Other
Undergraduate
Graduate
Other

Many, if not most, DRK–12 projects grapple with challenges and opportunities related to dissemination and sustainability. Dissemination strategies to optimize the visibility of a project and reach of key research outputs may be part of a larger sustainability plan to support uptake of research products, models, and interventions and extend the impact of the project results.

Author/Presenter: 
CADRE
Year: 
2019
Short Description: 
This document features issues and approaches that were discussed by a “critical friends group” in the process of providing input to a DRK-12 project on dissemination strategies. While not comprehensive, the considerations listed may serve as a reminder of what to think through when you are conceptualizing and designing your next research and development project.
Resource(s): 
PDF icon Research_and_Product_Dissemination_and_Sustainability.pdf
Resource Type: 
Tool

From Pilots to Products: Notes from a Gathering of Researchers and Developers at the 2018 DRK-12 PI Meeting

Other
Undergraduate
Graduate
Other

This document captures the ideas and experiences shared by DRK–12 awardees who attended a forum to explore different routes toward product sustainability. It includes notes on types of DRK-12 products, use and adoption of products, resources needed to support dissemination and sustainability of products, sources of support, and indicators of successful product dissemination and sustainability.

Author/Presenter: 
CADRE
Year: 
2019
Short Description: 
This document captures the ideas and experiences shared by DRK–12 awardees who attended a forum to explore different routes toward product sustainability. It includes notes on types of DRK-12 products, use and adoption of products, resources needed to support dissemination and sustainability of products, sources of support, and indicators of successful product dissemination and sustainability.
Resource(s): 
PDF icon From_Pilots_to_Products_Notes.pdf
Resource Type: 
Tool

Principles for Designing Large-Format Refreshable Haptic Graphics Using Touchscreen Devices: An Evaluation of Nonvisual Panning Methods

Technology
Broadening Participation
Educational Technology

Touchscreen devices, such as smartphones and tablets, represent a modern solution for providing graphical access to people with blindness and visual impairment (BVI). However, a significant problem with these solutions is their limited screen real estate, which necessitates panning or zooming operations for accessing large-format graphical materials such as maps.

Access Link: 
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3035537
Author/Presenter: 
Hari Prasath Palani
Nicholas A. Giudice
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Maine (UMaine)
Year: 
2017
Short Description: 
This article describes the development of four novel non-visual panning methods designed from the onset with consideration of these perceptual and cognitive constraints.

Touchscreen-Based Haptic Information Access for Assisting Blind and Visually-Impaired Users: Perceptual Parameters and Design Guidelines

Technology
Broadening Participation
Educational Technology

Touchscreen-based smart devices, such as smartphones and tablets, offer great promise for providing blind and visually-impaired (BVI) users with a means for accessing graphics non-visually. However, they also offer novel challenges as they were primarily developed for use as a visual interface. This paper studies key usability parameters governing accurate rendering of haptically-perceivable graphical materials.

Access Link: 
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-94947-5_82
Author/Presenter: 
Hari Prasath Palani
Jennifer L. Tennison
G. Bernard Giudice
Nicholas A. Giudice
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Maine (UMaine)
Year: 
2018
Short Description: 
This paper studies key usability parameters governing accurate rendering of haptically-perceivable graphical materials

Comparing Haptic Pattern Matching on Tablets and Phones: Large Screens Are Not Necessarily Better

Technology
Broadening Participation
Educational Technology

Significance: Touchscreen-based, multimodal graphics represent an area of increasing research in digital access for individuals with blindness or visual impairments; yet, little empirical research on the effects of screen size on graphical exploration exists. This work probes if and whenmore screen area is necessary in supporting a patternmatching task.

Author/Presenter: 
Jennifer L. Tennison
Zachary S. Carril
Nicholas A. Giudice
Jenna L. Gorlewicz
Lead Organization(s): 
Saint Louis University (SLU)
University of Maine (UMaine)
Year: 
2018
Short Description: 
The current study investigates two questions: (1) Do screen size and grid density impact a user's accuracy on pattern-matching tasks? (2) Do screen size and grid density impact a user's time on task?
Resource(s): 
PDF icon [OVS] Comparing_Haptic_Pattern_Matching_on_Tablets_PDFA.pdf

Examining the career paths of doctorates in mathematics education working in institutions of higher education

Mathematics

This article focuses on the career paths in higher education taken by 351 doctoral graduates in mathematics education and provides insight into their career path and their resulting workload. Because some of the sample is drawn from graduates of programs with NSF funding related to doctoral preparation, it represents a best-case scenario of doctoral preparation experiences.

Access Link: 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19477503.2018.1514954
Author/Presenter: 
Jeffrey C. Shih
Robert E. Reys
Barbara J. Reys
Christopher Engledowl
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Missouri
Year: 
2018
Short Description: 
This article focuses on the career paths in higher education taken by 351 doctoral graduates in mathematics education and provides insight into their career path and their resulting workload.

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