Analyzing Educational Policies as Designs for Supporting Learning
Submitted to The Journal of the Learning Sciences
Year
2010
Other
Acquisition of mathematical language: Suggestions and activities for English language learners
Year
2010
Short Description
In this article, we describe aspects of mathematical language that could be problematic to English-language learners, provide recommendations for teaching English-language learners, and suggest activities intended to foster language development in mathematics.
2011 DR K-12 Program Webinar
NSF and CADRE hosted a series of webinars providing an overview of the DR K-12 funding program and reviewing this year's DR K-12 solicitation. Here is a sample of some of the questions that came up during the webinars:
- Can you explain cost sharing?
- For a collaborative proposal, do we submit one or two Letters of Intent?
- What is the difference between STEM focus and STEM discipline? Both are listed in the RFP.
View a recording of each session's presentation, here:
Year
2011
Resource(s)
Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12): Descriptive Overview of Portfolio in Year Four
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), supports highquality research and development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and teaching. The portfolio of DR K-12 projects span what NSF has characterized as a cycle of research and development—a dynamic, ongoing process through which knowledge and products are conceived, developed, disseminated and revised.
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2012
Short Description
This overview is intended to describe the scope and depth of research and development DR K-12 has funded and to identify areas that could be advanced by further investigations by CADRE. The overview summarizes the 248 projects that met the criteria for inclusion and analysis.
Resource(s)
Partnering with Users to Develop STEM Education Materials: Insights from Discovery Research K-12 Projects
This brief suggests practical ways of engaging teachers and other “end-users” in projects that develop materials for education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Projects described in this brief have benefited from school, district, and state users serving as Co-PIs, advisory board members, co-developers, implementation managers, data collectors, professional developers, and project emissaries to the broader field.
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2012
Short Description
This brief suggests practical ways of engaging teachers and other “end-users” in projects that develop materials for education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Projects described in this brief have benefited from school, district, and state users serving as Co-PIs, advisory board members, co-developers, implementation managers, data collectors, professional developers, and project emissaries to the broader field. The brief describes how K-12 end-users and decision-makers are instrumental for developing materials that will be adopted, implemented with essential fidelity, sustained at classroom and organizational levels, and scaled within and to new organizations.
Resource(s)
Compendium of Research Instruments for STEM Education, PART I: Teacher Practices, PCK, and Content Knowledge
Addendum added 2013
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2012
Short Description
The purpose of this compendium is to provide an overview on the current status of STEM instrumentation commonly used in the U.S and to provide resources for research and evaluation professionals. Part 1 of a two-part series, the goal to provide insight into the measurement tools available to generate efficacy and effectiveness evidence, as well as understand processes relevant to teaching and learning. It is focused on instruments designed to assess teacher practices, pedagogical content knowledge, and content knowledge.
Resource(s)
Webinar: Fellows Project Presentations 2.10.12
On February 10th, 2012, five Fellows presented on the work of their projects. Many thanks to the presenters and to the audience of Fellows who followed up each presentation with great questions and discussion.
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2012
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Matuk, C. F. & King Chen, J. (2011). The WISE Idea Manager: A Tool to Scaffold the Collaborative Construction of Evidence-Based Explanations from Dynamic Scientific Visualizations. In J. Shen & H.-Y. Chang (Eds.), Symposium 3, Learning Interactions - Collaboration as Scaffolding: Learning Together with Dynamic, Interactive Scientific Visualizations and Computer Models, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning CSCL2011: Connecting computer supported collaborative learning to policy and practice, July 4-8, 2011 (994-995).
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2011
Resource(s)
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Matuk, C. F. & King Chen, J. (2011). The WISE Idea Manager: A Tool to Scaffold the Collaborative Construction of Evidence-Based Explanations from Dynamic Scientific Visualizations. In J. Shen & H.-Y. Chang (Eds.), Symposium 3, Learning Interactions - Collaboration as Scaffolding: Learning Together with Dynamic, Interactive Scientific Visualizations and Computer Models, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning CSCL2011: Connecting computer supported collaborative learning to policy and practice, July 4-8, 2011 (994-995).
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2011
Resource(s)
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Matuk, C. F. & King Chen, J. (2011). The WISE Idea Manager: A Tool to Scaffold the Collaborative Construction of Evidence-Based Explanations from Dynamic Scientific Visualizations. In J. Shen & H.-Y. Chang (Eds.), Symposium 3, Learning Interactions - Collaboration as Scaffolding: Learning Together with Dynamic, Interactive Scientific Visualizations and Computer Models, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning CSCL2011: Connecting computer supported collaborative learning to policy and practice, July 4-8, 2011 (994-995).
Lead Organization(s)
Year
2011
Resource(s)