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Students’ conceptions of reflection: Opportunities for making connections with perpendicular bisector

Given the current emphasis on the use of transformations for the teaching and learning of geometry, there is opportunity to consider how students’ understanding of geometric transformations can be used to build connections with interrelated concepts. We designed a sequence of three problems, collectively referred to as “the pottery lesson,” to elicit evidence of students’ understanding of reflections. We asked: What conceptions of reflection did students use while working on the pottery lesson?

Author/Presenter

Anna F. DeJarnettea

Gloriana González

Jason T. Deal

Sahid L. Rosado Lausell

Year
2016

Facilitating Teacher Learning When Using Different Representations of Practice

Providing opportunities for learning through professional development requires the examination of facilitation of sessions with teachers. This study investigates facilitation of professional development to promote teacher learning when using animations and videos in a study group with five teachers. We ask: What practices (and moves within those practices) do the facilitators enact during high-quality conversations and specific to the professional development activities?

Author/Presenter

Gloriana González

Jason T. Deal

Lisa Skultety

Year
2016
Short Description

This study investigates facilitation of professional development to promote teacher learning when using animations and videos in a study group with five teachers.

Creating a Hybrid Immersive Mathematics Experience

The authors report on an immersive mathematics professional development program facilitated by online technology that provides participants with the opportunity to do  mathematics for themselves and to reflect on that experience and its impact on their professional work. In particular, the article describes design principles for creating or running your own such professional development.

Author/Presenter

Miriam Gates

Tracy Cordner

Bowen Kerins

Al Cuoco

Eden Badertscher

Gail Burrill

Year
2016
Short Description

This article describes design principles for creating or running a professional development model where teachers work with colleagues and experience a manner of teaching that embeds habits of mind.

Facilitating Teacher Learning When Using Different Representations of Practice

Author/Presenter

Gloriana Gonzalez Rivera

Jason Deal

Lisa Skultety

Year
2016
Short Description

Providing opportunities for learning through professional development requires the examination of facilitation of sessions with teachers. This study investigates facilitation of professional development to promote teacher learning when using animations and videos in a study group with five teachers.

Elevating and Enhancing the “E” in STEM Education

Author/Presenter

Catherine McCulloch

Year
2016
Short Description

Co-author of the "Engineering for Every K–12 Student" report, Catherine McCulloch reflects on the status of engineering education and shares a few key takeaways from the report.

Next Generation STEM Learning for All-envisioning advances based on NSF supported research

 
On November 9, 2015, an NSF-supported STEM Forum was held, organized by STELAR (the ITEST resource network) and CADRE (the DR K-12 resource network). This report stems from the discussion at the forum. 
 
About the Report
How can research-based findings and advances help society to re-envision STEM learning and education?
 
Author/Presenter

Carrie Parker

Sarita Pillai

Jeremy Roschelle

Year
2016
Short Description

How can research-based findings and advances help society to re-envision STEM learning and education? This report captures key takeaways, strategies, and challenges identified during the November 2015 workshop, including: research-based advances for STEM learning; multiple stakeholder communities around STEM schools; social justice, equity, and excellence in STEM schools and communities; scale and sustainability

Constructing Assessment Tasks that Blend Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science Practices for Classroom Formative Applications

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts. In our design process, we first elaborate on, or “unpack”, the assessable components of the three dimensions.

Author/Presenter

Christopher J. Harris

Joseph S. Krajcik

James W. Pellegrino

Kevin W. McElhaney

Year
2016
Short Description

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts.

Constructing Assessment Tasks that Blend Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science Practices for Classroom Formative Applications

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts. In our design process, we first elaborate on, or “unpack”, the assessable components of the three dimensions.

Author/Presenter

Christopher J. Harris

Joseph S. Krajcik

James W. Pellegrino

Kevin W. McElhaney

Year
2016
Short Description

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts.

Constructing Assessment Tasks that Blend Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science Practices for Classroom Formative Applications

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts. In our design process, we first elaborate on, or “unpack”, the assessable components of the three dimensions.

Author/Presenter

Christopher J. Harris

Joseph S. Krajcik

James W. Pellegrino

Kevin W. McElhaney

Year
2016
Short Description

How do we measure knowledge in use? In this paper we describe how we use principles of evidence-centered design to develop classroom-based science assessments that integrate three dimensions of science proficiency—disciplinary core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts.