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Event | NCTM 2011 Research Pre-session
For information about the Research Pre-session, visit: http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=3744 Look for these DR K-12 grantees who are presenting: Session Title:   Examining Learning Progressions, Trajectories, and Levels:  Beyond Scope and Sequence (04/12/2011)Presenters: Jeff Barrett (project: A Longitudinal Examination of Children's Developing Knowledge of Measurement:…
Posted: Wednesday, March 16
Event | Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Fall 2011 Conference
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Fall 2011 Conference Call for Papers The Fall 2011 SREE research conference “Building an Education Science: Improving Mathematics and Science Education for All Students” will be held September 8-10 in Washington, DC. The conference will include symposia and paper presentations, a virtual poster session, plenary sessions, and professional…
Posted: Monday, March 14
Event | 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition
For information on the meeting, visit the American Chemical Society website. Look for these DR K-12 grantees who are presenting:     Session Title: ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of David F. Treagust (March 29, 2011)Presenter: Stacey Lowery Bretz (project:      Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program) Session…
Posted: Friday, March 11
Event | Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
The Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign from May 17-21, 2011. The theme of the 2011 Congress is "Qualitative Inquiry and the Politics of Advocacy." Increasingly in these troubling political times qualitative researchers are called upon to make their work relevant. They are encouraged to pursue social justice agendas…
Posted: Friday, March 11
Announcement | A Call for Common Content
Core Curriculum Must Build a Bridge from Standards to Achievement A group brought together by the Albert Shanker Institute makes a “A Call for Common Content.” “Shared curriculum in the core academic subjects would give shape and substance to the standards, and provide common ground for the creation of coherent, high-quality instructional supports — especially texts and other materials,…
Posted: Monday, March 07
Announcement | Ferrini-Mundy to become NSF Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources
Joan Ferrini-Mundy to Become NSF Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources February 24, 2011 Joan Ferrini-Mundy has been selected as the new assistant director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). She has held the position on an acting basis for the last year. EHR is the part of NSF that funds the majority of research and…
Posted: Monday, February 28
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Event | Fall CUE Conference
Presenting at the Fall CUE 2011 Conference   SPEAKER SUBMISSIONS FOR FALL CUE 2011 IS NOW OPEN Conference tags: fallcue, #fallcue CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT TO FALL CUE 2011 Deadline to submit workshops is January 31, 2011Deadline to submit concurrent session is May 2, 2011 All speakers who submit a session will be notified by July 31, 2011.  Click to view the speaker selection process.    We look…
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Event | ED-MEDIA World Conference
  ED-MEDIA Call for Participation Submissions Final Deadline: April 12, 2011 June 27 - July 1, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal Proposal Submission Guide & Form INVITATION ED-MEDIA--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications is an international conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference…
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Event | E-Learn World Conference
E-Learn Call for Participation Submissions Deadline: April 22, 2011 October 17 - 21, 2011 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort Proposal Submission Guide & Form Invitation E-Learn 2011 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in…
Posted: Sunday, February 27
Project Spotlight | Project Spotlight: Middle School Mathematics and the Institutional Setting of Teaching (MIST)
The MIST project investigates how changes in the school and district settings in which mathematics teachers work influence their instructional practices, students' learning opportunities, and student achievement (ESI-0554535). The project is also developing instruments and methods for analyzing data to document the institutional setting of mathematics teaching that are specific to equity and…
Posted: Thursday, February 24
Announcement | IES Newsflash
Results for The Nation’s Report Card: Science 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) now available! The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has just released the 2009 Science results for 17 urban districts and for large cities nationally in The Nation’s Report Card: Science 2009 TUDA. The 2009 NAEP Science TUDA assessed representative samples of between 900 and 2,200…
Posted: Thursday, February 24
Event | 2011 International CDIO Annual Conference
“Building Educational Networks"  During this conference, engineering educators from all over the world will come together over four days in June, 2011, to look at how curriculum reform will lead the future of engineering education: from educational research to the needs of industry.  Join us from all sides of engineering education - as students, teachers, employers, or education researchers in…
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Event | FIE Conference
Celebrating 41 Years of Monumental Innovations From Around the World 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference Rapid City, South Dakota, October 12 - 15, 2011 http://fie-conference.org/fie2011/ On behalf of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, and the three sponsoring societies, we are pleased to welcome you to FIE 2011. In the 30 years since FIE was last hosted in Rapid City…
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Event | 2011 AAPT Summer Meeting
AAPT Summer Meeting Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2011 Summer Meeting in Omaha. 2011 Summer Meeting Information - Program, hotel, location, and more information Look for these DR K-12 grantees who are presenting: Session Title: Best Practices for Use of Technology in Education Presenter: Ian Beatty (project: Teacher Learning of Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment     ) Session…
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Event | NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences & Exposition- Albuquerque, NM
NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences & Expositions NCTM Regional Conferences offer more than 200 presentations as well as exhibits with the latest tools and resources for your classroom. Take the time to invest in yourself; plan for the future and make 2011 a rewarding year for YOU! Registration opens in April, but for now we've got the essentials to help you make your professional development…
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Event | NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences & Exposition--St. Louis, MO
NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences & Expositions NCTM Regional Conferences offer more than 200 presentations as well as exhibits with the latest tools and resources for your classroom. Take the time to invest in yourself; plan for the future and make 2011 a rewarding year for YOU! Registration opens in April, but for now we've got the essentials to help you make your professional development…
Posted: Wednesday, February 23
Announcement | Webinar February 23, 2011
ITEST and COSEE Curriculum Development - Webinar     In this webinar, the ITEST Learning Resource Center and COSEE (Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence) http://www.cosee.net/ will showcase curriculum materials on topics ranging from computer game development to engineering design to ecology to ocean sciences. These curricula - designed for middle/high school teachers and students…
Posted: Friday, February 18
Poster | Data Games -- Tools and Materials for Learning Data Modeling (Collaborative Research: Finzer)
Research on Student Understanding of Data Organization How do they work with complex and unstructured data?     As part of the Data Games project, we are researching how students record and organize multivariate data. This research is informing the design of new software interfaces for Fathom and TinkerPlots that will allow students to explore and understand data that live in other than "flat"…
Posted: Tuesday, February 08
Event | NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences & Expositions - Atlantic City
NCTM Regional Conferences offer more than 200 presentations as well as exhibits with the latest tools and resources for your classroom. Take the time to invest in yourself; plan for the future and make 2011 a rewarding year for YOU! Registration opens in April, but for now we've got the essentials to help you make your professional development plans. For more information, visit http://www.nctm.…
Posted: Thursday, February 03
Announcement | Project wins AAAS Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE)
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org), aNSF-funded project of the School of Teaching and Learning, College ofEducation and Human Ecology, has been awarded the AAAS Science Prize forOnline Resources in Education (SPORE). Launched in March of 2008, BeyondPenguins and Polar Bears consists of 20 thematic issues relating elementaryscience concepts to the real-world context…
Posted: Thursday, February 03
Announcement | Interesting happenings in D.C.
On Monday, February 14, Dr. Subra Suresh, NSF Executive Director, will present the FY2012 Budget Overview at the NSF headquarters, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington.  The ASEE Engineering Deans Council, in conjunction with the House STEM Education Caucus, cordially invites you to attend Engineering Education and Research: How Engineering Colleges Help the U.S. Compete. This congressional luncheon…
Posted: Wednesday, February 02
Announcement | The Nation's Report Card: Science 2009
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has just released The Nation’s Report Card: Science 2009. The 2009 science report presents results for students in grades 4, 8, and 12. National results for each of the three grades are based on representative samples of public and private school students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense schools.…
Posted: Tuesday, January 25