What's New on CADREK12.org

Announcement | Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities
Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy has three open positions forPostdoctoral Fellows, starting July 1, 2015. Position 1: Research Use in Schools and School DistrictsWe seek a postdoctoral fellow to work on the IES-funded National Center for Research in Policyand Practice. This one-year position begins July 1, 2015 and has the possibility of extension intoa second year…
Posted: Wednesday, January 21
Resource | Topical Listings of DR K-12 Projects
The lists below were created using the current project information available on the cadrek12.org website. DR K-12 PIs and project members: if you would like to update the keywords associated with your project, you can log in and change them yourself or contact cadre@edc.org. SCIENCEScience (non-specific)AstronomyBiologyChemistryClimate Change Earth ScienceEnvironmental Science…
Posted: Wednesday, January 21
Announcement | New Steps to Enhance Transparency and Accountability at NSF
New Steps to Enhance Transparency and Accountability at the National Science Foundation. Read the full announcement at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/in137/in137.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_80
Posted: Tuesday, January 20
Announcement | NSF's STEM+C Program Solicitation
A new RFP for STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) Program Solicitation was released January 12th. The proposal deadline is April 14, 2015. Read more at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf15537.
Posted: Wednesday, January 14
Survey | Early Career Contact Form
Please complete the form below to receive information about upcoming CADRE activities and resources devoted to the professional growth of early career researchers and developers. If you would like to recommend graduate students, post-docs, or research associates on your DR K-12 project for participation, please provide their contact information so that we can notify them directly about…
Posted: Wednesday, January 14
Announcement | NEW! NAP Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
The National Academies Press has just released the Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. For more information, go to: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18802/guide-to-implementing-the-next-generat…
Posted: Tuesday, January 13
Announcement | Updated NSF NCSES Program Solicitation
The National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) has released an updated program solicitation, Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys. Through this research program, NCSES intends to enhance its efforts in advancing analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys and to engage in the education and…
Posted: Monday, January 12
Announcement | New DR K-12 Preschool App Released!
This series of preschool apps was developed by the Next Generation Preschool Math (NGPM) project, funded by the NSF DRK-12 program. The free preschool math games are now available through Apple's Itune store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/first-8-studios-at-wgbh/id932495182. All the games – Gracie & Friends City Skate, Gracie & Friends Birthday Cafe, Gracie & Friends Treasure…
Posted: Monday, January 12
Announcement | 2015 PAEMST Nominations Open
Nominations are open for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).  The PAEMST Program was established in 1983 by the White House and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).  The program identifies outstanding mathematics and science teachers, kindergarten through 12th grade, in each state and the four U.S. jurisdictions.  These teachers…
Posted: Friday, January 09
Project Spotlight | Early Career Resources
Early career can take on a variety of meanings within the NSF research and development community. CADRE is purposefully not limiting the definition of early career. Rather, we hope these resources are helpful to all of our community members who self-identify as early career professionals, or who work closely with them. RESOURCES FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS Career Pathways A collection of…
Posted: Wednesday, January 07
Survey | 2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar
The 2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar was held Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM EST. Slides and related resources can be found here. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding…
Posted: Wednesday, January 07
Resource | Evidence for Effective uses of Dynamic Visualisations in Science Curriculum Materials
Dynamic visualisations capture aspects of scientific phenomena that are difficult to communicate in static materials and benefit from well-designed scaffolds to succeed in classrooms. We review research to clarify the impacts of dynamic visualisations and to identify instructional scaffolds that mediate their success. We use meta-analysis to synthesise 47 independent comparisons between dynamic…
Posted: Monday, December 22
Announcement | Project News?
Has your project recently completed a product, such as an article, app, instrument, report, or website? Tell us about it! CADRE is currently gathering newsbites for the Winter 2015 newsletter and wants to share your work with NSF and the DR K-12 Community. How? Just email us at cadre@edc.org!
Posted: Friday, December 19
Announcement | Webinar on PAPPG updates
Upcoming webinar Jan 15th 2-3pm ET on the updates to the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG): http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=133616&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc_ev=click
Posted: Tuesday, December 16
Resource | Charting the Impact of Federal Spending for Education Research
Impact evaluation plays a critical role in determining whether federally funded research programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are wise investments. This paper develops quantitative methods for program evaluation and applies this approach to a flagship National Science Foundation–funded education research program, Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and…
Posted: Monday, December 15
Announcement | Call for Papers: A one-day Mixed Methods International Research Association Regional conference
The College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in collaboration with the Mixed Methods International Research Association is pleased to announce Improbable Dialogues: Interprofessional Mixed Methods Research Collaborations, a one-day Mixed Methods International Research Association Regional conference focusing on Mixed Methods Research. Featuring John Creswell, PhD as Keynote…
Posted: Thursday, December 11
Event | Improbable Dialogues: Interprofessional Mixed Methods Research Collaborations
The College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in collaboration with the Mixed Methods International Research Association is pleased to announce Improbable Dialogues: Interprofessional Mixed Methods Research Collaborations, a one-day Mixed Methods International Research Association Regional conference focusing on Mixed Methods Research. Featuring John Creswell, PhD as…
Posted: Thursday, December 11
Announcement | UVA Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Research Associate
EdPolicyWorks at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education, with support from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, seeks highly qualified applicants for two post-doctoral research associate positions. The positions are part of the VEST Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Incumbents participate in collaborative research with Daphna Bassok, Ben Castleman and/or…
Posted: Thursday, December 04
Announcement | Position Announcement: Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematics Education IES-Funded Postdoctoral Training Program in Education ResearchDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational PsychologyCollege of EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Position Announcement The College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a fellow for the Postdoctoral Research…
Posted: Tuesday, December 02
Posted: Friday, November 21
Announcement | NSF Nuts & Bolts Webinar Slides and Recording
A recording of the webinar and PowerPoint slides are available at: http://cadrek12.org/resources/2014-nsf-nuts-bolts-webinar-slides-and-recording
Posted: Friday, November 21
Resource | 2014 NSF Nuts & Bolts Webinar Resources
Recording: A recording of the webinar is available at: http://edc.adobeconnect.com/p92vq7bkx5e/
Posted: Thursday, November 20