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Survey | CADRE Fellows Letter of Recommendation Upload
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Announcement | Now accepting applications for the 2023 CADRE Fellows program!
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2023 Fellows program.  The CADRE Fellows program provides professional growth opportunities for early career professionals in the field of preK-12 STEM education research. Through a series of capacity-building activities, the program offers Fellows the opportunity to gain insight into what it takes to be successful and effective in this field,…
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Survey | CADRE Fellows Application
The 2025 CADRE Fellows application period has ended. Thank you for your interest. We hope that you will visit the Fellow’s webpage often for news about the program.
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Event | Workshop: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Survey Design & Methodology
From October 31 – November 2, the Evidence Quality and Reach Hub (EQR) will offer a free, multi-day workshop from 11:00 – 2:00 EST focused on  cultural and linguistic competence in survey design and methodology. During the virtual workshop, participants will receive guidance on how to write or select survey items with a lens toward cultural and linguistic competence (CLC), review the…
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Resource | Improving Prekindergarten and Elementary Science Teaching: A Synthesis of Recent DRK-12 Program Investment in This Field
This review synthesized insights from 25 NSF DRK-12 projects that studied prekindergarten (PreK) and elementary science teaching. This review covered 25 of the 27 projects funded between 2011 and 2015. We synthesized the empirical findings from interventions in four common areas: preservice PreK and elementary preparation programs, in-service teacher professional development, instructional…
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Event | Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advancing-informal-stem-lear….
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Early Career News | Teaching and Learning about Respiratory Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of Interventions in K-12 Education
Yasmin B. Kafai, Yue Xin, Deborah Fields, and Colby Tofel-Grehl (CAREER Awardee) published this Journal of Research in Science Teaching article.
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Early Career News | Touching the Solar System: A Project-based Learning Astronomy Program for Students with Visual Impairments
Stephen Kortenkamp, Jinseok Park, Tasnim Alshuli (2022 CADRE Fellow), Garrison Tsinajinie, Sanlyn Buxner, Irene Topor, and Sunggye Hong published this article in Connected Science Learning.
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Early Career News | The Efficacy of Digital Media Resources in Improving Children’s Ability to Use Informational Text: An Evaluation of Molly of Denali from PBS KIDS
Joy Lorenzo Kennedy, Claire G. Christensen, Tiffany Salone Maxon (2019-20 CADRE Fellow), Sarah Nixon Gerard, Elisa B. Garcia, Janna F. Kook, Naomi Hupert, Phil Vahey, and Shelley Pasnik co-authored this American Educational Research Journal article.
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Early Career News | Learning Trajectory Based Fraction Intervention: Building a Mathematics Education Evidence Base
Kristi Martin and Jessica H. Hunt (CAREER Awardee) published this article in Investigations in Mathematics Learning.
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Early Career News | Developing and Evaluating a Pollination Systems Knowledge Assessment in a Multidisciplinary Course
P. Citlally Jimenez, Doug Golick, Brian A. Couch, and Jenny M. Dauer (2012-13 CADRE Fellow) published this article in the International Journal of STEM Education.
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Event | Q&A with NSF: NSF INCLUDES Program Solicitation
Learn more about the new NSF INCLUDES program solicitation, 22-622. NSF Program Officers will share an overview of the new solicitation and answer questions. View Event Info
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Event | EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ehr-core-research-building-c….
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Event | Growing Convergence Research (GCR) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/growing-convergence-research….
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Event | Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ethical-and-responsible-rese….
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Event | LSAMP National Coordination Hub and Louis Stokes Community Resource Centers (LSAMP Hub & LSCRCs) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/lsamp-national-coordination-….
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Event | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/inclusion-across-nation-comm….
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Event | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (STEM Education and Learning) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsf-graduate-research-fellow….
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Event | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advance-organizational-chang….
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Newsletter | August 2022 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, As summer winds down and the school year is upon us, we hope you’ve had some time to relax and are happily anticipating the opportunities ahead. In that vein, CADRE is excited to announce the 2023 DRK–12 PI Meeting to be held in-person (for the first time since 2018) from June 28–30. We’re looking forward to the discussions among colleagues and NSF program directors…
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Survey | 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting Survey
June 28-30, 2023 | Hyatt Crystal City, Arlington VA The 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting will include invitation-only and pre-meeting sessions early on the 28th, followed by a general convening that evening, a full day of programming on June 29, and a half-day of programming on June 30. All programming during these days will be in-person only. This meeting will be limited to ~300 participants. Invitations…
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Event | The Value of Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Research
EQR will offer a free webinar on the value and importance of integrating cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) into research. Experts, Yan Wang and Robyn Madison, will facilitate a discussion on how one’s culture worldview affects research, share the implications of not attending to CLC in research and provide examples of how to incorporate culturally and linguistically appropriate standards…
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Event | CADRE Learning Series: Designing Case Study Research - Part 2
Image The CADRE Learning Series event, “Designing Case Study Research” will include two parts. During the first webinar, panelists will address the questions: How do you situate your case study research to explain the phenomena you are studying at different phases of your work? What are some core strategies you might share? During the…
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Event | CADRE Learning Series: Designing Case Study Research - Part 1
Image The CADRE Learning Series event, “Designing Case Study Research” will include two parts. During the first webinar, panelists addressed the questions: How do you situate your case study research to explain the phenomena you are studying at different phases of your work? What are some core strategies you might share? During the second…
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Announcement | CADRE Learning Series: Designing Case Study Research
Image The CADRE Learning Series event, “Designing Case Study Research” will include two parts. During the first webinar, panelists addressed the questions: How do you situate your case study research to explain the phenomena you are studying at different phases of your work? What are some core strategies you might share? During the second…
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Survey | CADRE Learning Series: Designing Case Study Research
Image The CADRE Learning Series event, “Designing Case Study Research” include two parts. During the first webinar, panelists addressed the questions: How do you situate your case study research to explain the phenomena you are studying at different phases of your work? What are some core strategies you might share? During the second…
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Early Career News | Elementary Teachers’ Agency: The Role of Perceived Professional Space and Autonomy
Phi Nguyen, Corey Webel, Sheunghyun Yeo, and Wenmin Zhao (2018-19 CADRE Fellow) co-authored this publication for the Journal of Curriculum Studies.
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Early Career News | Big Data, Big Changes? The Technologies and Sources of Data Used in Science Classrooms
Joshua M. Rosenberg, Elizabeth H. Schultheis, Melissa K. Kjelvik (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Aaron Reedy, and Omiya Sultana published this British Journal of Educational Technology article.
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Early Career News | A Case Study of Whiteness at Work in an Elementary Classroom
Kristin A. Searle, Colby Tofel-Grehl (CAREER Awardee), Andrea M. Hawkman, Mario I. Suárez, and Beth L. MacDonald published this article in Cultural Studies of Science Education.
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Early Career News | #SayHerName: Anchoring Black Feminist Epistemologies at the Crux of Postsecondary Culture
ReAnna S. Roby (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Ekaete E. Udoh, Michele R. Williams, Alexis E. Hunter, Ashlyn M. Wardin, Monica L. Miles, and Terrell R. Morton (CADRE Co-PI and 2018 CADRE Postdoc) published this article in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
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