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2014 DR K-12 Program Webinar Resources

Recordings:

Author/Presenter

David Campbell

Barbara Berns

Year
2014
Short Description

In this 2-webinar series hosted by CADRE, NSF provides an overview of the DR K-12 funding program and reviews this year's DR K-12 solicitation.

STEM Smart Brief: Preparing Students for College and Careers in STEM

Author/Presenter

CADRE

Year
2013
Short Description

"The majority of U.S. students, particularly low-income and minority youth, lacks foundational skills and knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics." Read the brief to learn more about preparing students for college and careers in STEM.

STEM Smart Brief: CTE Pathways to STEM Occupations

Author/Presenter

CADRE

Year
2014
Short Description

“Workers in STEM fields play a direct role in driving economic growth. Yet, because of how the STEM economy has been defined, policymakers have mainly focused on supporting workers with at least a bachelor’s degree, overlooking a strong potential workforce of those with less than a BA.” Read this brief to explore CTE pathways to STEM occupations.

Opening the Door to Physics Through Formative Assessment

The goal of this study was to develop a high school physics course (Energizing Physics, developed by two Boston physics teachers) with an assessment system that has the potential to enable all students to learn how to learn physics, so they can succeed in their first physics course in college.  Objectives of the research were to: 1) develop and test formative assessment activities that are embedded within the instructional program; 2) Create an assessment framework to enable teachers to monitor each student's progress, and enable students to track their own progress; and 3) Te

Author/Presenter

Cary Sneider

Brenda Wojnowski

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2013

Articulating the Components of Inclusive STEM High Schools

A PPT presentation on Articulating the Components of Inclusive STEM High Schools. Presented at STEMx Conference.

Author/Presenter

Melanie LaForce

Liz Bancroft

Year
2014
Short Description

A PPT presentation on Articulating the Components of Inclusive STEM High Schools. Presented at STEMx Conference.

Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers

This list contains STEM education-related publications that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees for the purposes of (1) disseminating knowledge and products and (2) developing partnerships with stakeholders and end-users. These publications were chosen because they provide researchers and developers with an opportunity to present their work to individuals that could use, promote, or improve the work.

Author/Presenter

CADRE

Year
2024
Short Description

STEM education-related publications that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees.

Resource(s)

Conferences for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers

This file contains a listing of STEM education-related conferences that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees, such as for the purposes of (1) disseminating knowledge and products and (2) developing partnerships with stakeholders and end-users. These conferences were chosen because they provide researchers and developers with an opportunity to present their work to individuals that could use, promote, or improve the work. We include conferences that target practitioners and policymakers, as well as research and academic communities.

Author/Presenter

CADRE

Year
2024
Short Description

This list includes STEM education-related conferences that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees.

Resource(s)

Encouraging Students to Think Critically About Earth's Systems and Sustainability

This article describes how the NSF funded High-Adventure Science: Earth’s Systems and Sustainability (HAS:ESS) project is developing online curriculum modules for middle school and high school classroom use. The curricula engage students with interactive computational models and analysis of real-world data as they build scientific reasoning and argumentation skills, focused around core ideas in Earth Science with particular emphasis on how humans affect Earth’s systems. Currently available modules focus on climate change and on fresh water availability.

Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Year
2013

The Future of Fracking: Exploring Human Energy Use

Today few states require Earth science as part of the high school curriculum—despite the fact that both NSES and AAAS Benchmarks have substantial Earth and space science content standards. However, this may change. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) give equal importance to Earth and space science, physical science, life science and engineering.

Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Year
2013
Short Description

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) give equal importance to Earth and space science, physical science, life science and engineering. It’s likely that the 26 Lead State Partners that helped develop the standards will adopt them in their entirety, which could provide a significant motivation for incorporating more Earth and space science content into their required curriculum.

Using Generic and Context--Specific Scaffolding to Support Authentic Science Inquiry

In this conceptual paper, we propose an heuristic to balance context-specific and generic scaffolding, as well as computer-based and teacher scaffolding, during instruction centered on authentic, scientific problems. This paper is novel in that many researchers ask a dichotomous question of whether generic or context-specific scaffolding is best, and fail to focus on what processes and cognitions each type of scaffolding excels at supporting.

Author/Presenter

Brian R. Belland

Jiangyue Gu

Sara Armbrust

Brant Cook

Year
2013