DRK-12 Research and Products

DR K-12 Projects Overview
Publication | This report is an overview of the projects in the DR K-12 portfolio.
Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12):Descriptive Summary of Portfolio Analysis
Cyber-enabled Learning: Digital Natives in Integrated Scientific Inquiry Classrooms
Communities of Practice
Chemistry Facets 2010 DR-K12 PI Poster
Change Thinking for Global Science: Fostering and Evaluating Inquiry Thinking About the Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
CAREER: Teaching Practices That Support Fraction-Based Algorithmic Thinking
CADRE Web Overview
CADRE Description
Building and Validating a Learning Trajectory for Children's Measurement (Barrett, Sarama, Clements)
Bioinformatics: Learning by Doing
Best Practices for Metrics Collection and Analysis
Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom Project: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developed by a Collaboration of Scientists and Educators from Three Different Minority Communities
Appraising lexical bundles in mathematics classroom discourse: Obligation and choice
Analyzing Educational Policies as Designs for Supporting Learning
Acquisition of mathematical language: Suggestions and activities for English language learners
Publication | 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…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Unit Iteration Concepts for Length, Area, and Volume (Grades 2-4) (Barrett et al.)
A Design Pattern for Experimental Investigation (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 8)
A Comparison of Representations of Units of Length: A Microgenetic Analysis (Cullen, Barrett, Sarama, Clements)
A cognitive apprenticeship for science literacy based on journalism
2010 DR K-12 PI Meeting Poster
Preparing Middle School Mathematics Teachers: Rethinking Engagement and Learning
Publication | In this theoretical research paper we describe a collaborative effort between researchers and university faculty to improve how teachers are prepared to teach middle school mathematics.
Why Social Networks? Let’s Build an Architecture of Participation (Lightle)
Presentation | The group will discuss current research and practice in educational social networks and questions in this area that still need to be answered.
Why discourse deserves our attention!
Publication | In A. Florio (Editor) Mathematics for every student: Responding to diversity, Grades 9-12 (pp. 103-115). Reston, Va: NCTM.
What Knowledge Mediates Teachers’ Appropriation of High Leverage Practices? (Cartier, Lancaster)
Presentation | This session presents an instrument for measuring preservice elementary teachers’ application of instructional planning practices and discusses the relationship between these practices and teachers’ knowledge.