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Project Spotlight | Astronomy & Space Sciences
This Spotlight features DRK-12-funded projects that are researching and developing innovations in astronomy and space science education. In his blog post, former DRK-12 PI Roy Gould discusses the increasingly blurry boundaries between disciplines on the frontiers of astronomy as well as the opportunities and challenges they create. In this Spotlight... An Astronomy Frontier Where Boundaries…
This Spotlight features DRK-12-funded projects that are researching and developing innovations in astronomy and space science education. In his blog post, former DRK-12 PI Roy Gould discusses the increasingly blurry boundaries between disciplines on the frontiers of astronomy as well as the opportunities and challenges they create. In this Spotlight... An Astronomy Frontier Where Boundaries…
Posted: Monday, October 25
Blog | An Astronomy Frontier Where Boundaries Dissolve
There's an old saying that interesting things happen at boundaries: Where the land meets the ocean, great seaports arise. Where nation borders nation, new cultures and languages arise. And at the thin boundary where earth meets sky, life emerges. But the search for life on other worlds — now the most exciting frontier in astronomy — is rapidly dissolving traditional boundaries of science.…
There's an old saying that interesting things happen at boundaries: Where the land meets the ocean, great seaports arise. Where nation borders nation, new cultures and languages arise. And at the thin boundary where earth meets sky, life emerges. But the search for life on other worlds — now the most exciting frontier in astronomy — is rapidly dissolving traditional boundaries of science.…
Posted: Monday, October 25
Resource | A Framework of Construct-Irrelevant Variance for Contextualized Constructed Response Assessment
Estimating and monitoring the construct-irrelevant variance (CIV) is of significant importance to validity, especially for constructed response assessments with rich contextualized information. To examine CIV in contextualized constructed response assessments, we developed a framework including a model accounting for CIV and a measurement that could differentiate the CIV. Specifically, the model…
Estimating and monitoring the construct-irrelevant variance (CIV) is of significant importance to validity, especially for constructed response assessments with rich contextualized information. To examine CIV in contextualized constructed response assessments, we developed a framework including a model accounting for CIV and a measurement that could differentiate the CIV. Specifically, the model…
Posted: Thursday, October 21
Announcement | Now accepting applications for the 2022 CADRE Fellows program!
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2022 CADRE Fellows program. We invite early career scholars to apply. If you are a more senior scholar and know someone who may be a good fit for the program, we encourage you to invite them to apply. Applicants can be a member of an NSF research project team, someone in an education department, or a researcher at a non-profit. More specifically,…
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2022 CADRE Fellows program. We invite early career scholars to apply. If you are a more senior scholar and know someone who may be a good fit for the program, we encourage you to invite them to apply. Applicants can be a member of an NSF research project team, someone in an education department, or a researcher at a non-profit. More specifically,…
Posted: Thursday, October 21
Newsletter | October 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, This month we begin accepting applications for the CADRE Fellows Program. We’ve made some exciting changes to the program. We’re combining the Fellows and Postdoc programs this year and inviting applications from early career scholars in PhD programs, postdoc positions, or similar stages of a research career. The program will begin in January and include monthly career-…
Dear Colleagues, This month we begin accepting applications for the CADRE Fellows Program. We’ve made some exciting changes to the program. We’re combining the Fellows and Postdoc programs this year and inviting applications from early career scholars in PhD programs, postdoc positions, or similar stages of a research career. The program will begin in January and include monthly career-…
Posted: Monday, October 18
Event | Considering NSF STEM Education Funding
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
Posted: Friday, October 08
Event | Considering NSF STEM Education Funding
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
Posted: Friday, October 08
Event | Considering NSF STEM Education Funding
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
The Directorate of Education and Human Resources is holding a workshop, "Considering NSF STEM Education Funding," this October 12th through 14th. Workshop participants will hear from and engage with NSF Program Officers, learn about EHR programs of interest, and gain insight to the merit review process and proposal creation. The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on the following…
Posted: Friday, October 08
Announcement | NSF Announcement: New Proposal and Submission Types and System Enhancements to Support the Revised PAPPG (NSF 22-1)
This announcement was sent October 6, 2021 from NSF: Dear Colleagues: Effective October 4, 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) made a number of system updates for proposals submitted in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov in accordance with the implementation of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1). Please see the list of PAPPG (NSF 22-1)…
This announcement was sent October 6, 2021 from NSF: Dear Colleagues: Effective October 4, 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) made a number of system updates for proposals submitted in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov in accordance with the implementation of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1). Please see the list of PAPPG (NSF 22-1)…
Posted: Wednesday, October 06
Early Career News | “Well That's How the Kids Feel!”—Epistemic Empathy as a Driver of Responsive Teaching
Lama Z. Jaber (CAREER Awardee) published this article in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching with co-authors Vesal Dini and David Hammer.
Lama Z. Jaber (CAREER Awardee) published this article in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching with co-authors Vesal Dini and David Hammer.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Resource | “Well That's How the Kids Feel!”—Epistemic Empathy as a Driver of Responsive Teaching
While research shows that responsive teaching fosters students' disciplinary learning and equitable opportunities for participation, there is yet much to know about how teachers come to be responsive to their students' experiences in the science classroom. In this work, we set out to examine whether and how engaging teachers as learners in doing science may support responsive instructional…
While research shows that responsive teaching fosters students' disciplinary learning and equitable opportunities for participation, there is yet much to know about how teachers come to be responsive to their students' experiences in the science classroom. In this work, we set out to examine whether and how engaging teachers as learners in doing science may support responsive instructional…
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Resource | The Quest for Sustainable Futures: Designing Transformative Learning Spaces with Multilingual Black, Brown, and Latinx Young People Through Critical Response-ability
In an era of global climate change, intertwined with social and ecological predation, there is growing recognition of the importance of building socially, environmentally, culturally pluralistic, just and sustainable futures. Yet many of the calls for reform and discourses around sustainability are authored and defined through top-down approaches, by those who have power, privilege, and cognitive…
In an era of global climate change, intertwined with social and ecological predation, there is growing recognition of the importance of building socially, environmentally, culturally pluralistic, just and sustainable futures. Yet many of the calls for reform and discourses around sustainability are authored and defined through top-down approaches, by those who have power, privilege, and cognitive…
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Resource | Influence of Features of Curriculum Materials on the Planned Curriculum
The study explored the verb clauses and thematic development evident in curriculum materials and in transcripts of teachers planning lessons using the materials. A central argument is that though teacher characteristics influence the ways they plan lessons with curriculum materials, the materials themselves influence teachers’ planned lessons via the ways mathematics is construed in the materials…
The study explored the verb clauses and thematic development evident in curriculum materials and in transcripts of teachers planning lessons using the materials. A central argument is that though teacher characteristics influence the ways they plan lessons with curriculum materials, the materials themselves influence teachers’ planned lessons via the ways mathematics is construed in the materials…
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | “I Stewed Over That Number Set for Like an Hour Last Night”: Purposeful Selection of Numbers for Fraction Story Problems
Susan B. Empson, Gladys H. Krause (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), and Victoria R. Jacobs published this article in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
Susan B. Empson, Gladys H. Krause (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), and Victoria R. Jacobs published this article in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | Disruptive Moments as Opportunities Towards Justice‐Oriented Pedagogical Practice in Informal Science Learning
Angela Calabrese Barton, Day Greenberg, Won J. Kim, Sinead Brien, ReAnna Roby (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Micaela Balzer, Carmen Turner, and Louise Archer published this Science Education article.
Angela Calabrese Barton, Day Greenberg, Won J. Kim, Sinead Brien, ReAnna Roby (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Micaela Balzer, Carmen Turner, and Louise Archer published this Science Education article.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | Student Engagement with the “Into Math Graph" Tool
Amanda K. Riske (2020-21 CADRE Fellow), Catherine E. Cullicott, Amanda Mohammad Mirzaei, Amanda Jansen, and James Middleton published this article in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12.
Amanda K. Riske (2020-21 CADRE Fellow), Catherine E. Cullicott, Amanda Mohammad Mirzaei, Amanda Jansen, and James Middleton published this article in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | Not Your Average Parachute: How We Transformed Our Parachutes Investigation to Capture the Vision of the Next Generation Science Standards
Kelsey Lipsitz (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), Fred Stein, Lynn Rankin, Barry Kluger-Bell, and Rachel Jordan published this Science & Children article.
Kelsey Lipsitz (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), Fred Stein, Lynn Rankin, Barry Kluger-Bell, and Rachel Jordan published this Science & Children article.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | The Quest for Sustainable Futures: Designing Transformative Learning Spaces with Multilingual Black, Brown, and Latinx Young People Through Critical Response-ability
Shakhnoza Kayumova (CAREER Awardee) and Deborah J. Tippins published this article in Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Shakhnoza Kayumova (CAREER Awardee) and Deborah J. Tippins published this article in Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Early Career News | A Systematic Review of Science Discourse in K–12 Urban Classrooms in the United States: Accounting for Individual, Collective, and Contextual Factors
Christine L. Bae (CAREER Awardee) published this Review of Educational Research article with co-authors Daphne C. Mills, Fa Zhang, Martinique Sealy, Lauren Cabrera, and Marquita Sea.
Christine L. Bae (CAREER Awardee) published this Review of Educational Research article with co-authors Daphne C. Mills, Fa Zhang, Martinique Sealy, Lauren Cabrera, and Marquita Sea.
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Resource | Promoting Teacher Self-Efficacy for Supporting English Learners in Mathematics: Effects of the Visual Access to Mathematics Professional Development
Teachers’ confidence and facility with strategies that position and support students who are English learners (ELs) as active participants in middle grades mathematics classrooms are key to facilitating ELs’ mathematics learning. The Visual Access to Mathematics (VAM) project developed and studied teacher professional development (PD) focused on linguistically-responsive teaching to facilitate…
Teachers’ confidence and facility with strategies that position and support students who are English learners (ELs) as active participants in middle grades mathematics classrooms are key to facilitating ELs’ mathematics learning. The Visual Access to Mathematics (VAM) project developed and studied teacher professional development (PD) focused on linguistically-responsive teaching to facilitate…
Posted: Tuesday, October 05
Event | EHR Townhall - Data Science in Education
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) invites you to participate in a town hall meeting to stimulate a national conversation on the topic of Data Science in Education. Each day, there is more accessible data than there was the day before, and a professional skillset is emerging to meet the needs of a dynamically growing industry. This town hall…
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) invites you to participate in a town hall meeting to stimulate a national conversation on the topic of Data Science in Education. Each day, there is more accessible data than there was the day before, and a professional skillset is emerging to meet the needs of a dynamically growing industry. This town hall…
Posted: Monday, October 04
Announcement | Revision of NSF Award Terms and Conditions
This announcement was sent by NSF on September 28, 2021. Dear Colleagues: I wanted to make you aware that the following sets of NSF Award Terms and Conditions have been revised: NSF Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms and Conditions (ASR); Grant General Conditions (GC-1); Cooperative Agreement Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC); Cooperative Agreement…
This announcement was sent by NSF on September 28, 2021. Dear Colleagues: I wanted to make you aware that the following sets of NSF Award Terms and Conditions have been revised: NSF Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms and Conditions (ASR); Grant General Conditions (GC-1); Cooperative Agreement Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC); Cooperative Agreement…
Posted: Tuesday, September 28
Project Spotlight | Curricula & Resources for Educators
A collection of STEM+C lessons, apps, professional learning materials, and other educator resources created by DRK-12 projects. Filter by grade and discipline. View Library
A collection of STEM+C lessons, apps, professional learning materials, and other educator resources created by DRK-12 projects. Filter by grade and discipline. View Library
Posted: Monday, September 27
Newsletter | September 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, This month, we are preparing to launch a new iteration of CADRE. Meet our team and learn more about our new initiatives. We are also revising some of our existing programs, such as our CADRE Fellows and Postdocs programs, which will start in January 2022. View the list of 2020-21 DRK-12 awards, updated with several recently granted DRK-12 projects. Browse the many products that…
Dear Colleagues, This month, we are preparing to launch a new iteration of CADRE. Meet our team and learn more about our new initiatives. We are also revising some of our existing programs, such as our CADRE Fellows and Postdocs programs, which will start in January 2022. View the list of 2020-21 DRK-12 awards, updated with several recently granted DRK-12 projects. Browse the many products that…
Posted: Friday, September 24
Resource | EDC Earth Science
This high school curriculum offers over 61 data-intensive Earth Science investigations, all set in real-world contexts and includes a variety of other activities, including topical fiction and non-fiction readings and research projects and presentations that build critical life and scientific literacy skills.
This high school curriculum offers over 61 data-intensive Earth Science investigations, all set in real-world contexts and includes a variety of other activities, including topical fiction and non-fiction readings and research projects and presentations that build critical life and scientific literacy skills.
Posted: Thursday, September 23
Event | NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference
The Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF program officers will be providing up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answering attendee questions. For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available…
The Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF program officers will be providing up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answering attendee questions. For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available…
Posted: Wednesday, September 22
Announcement | Register for the NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference
Registration is now open for the NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference, to be held October 4-8. REGISTER
Registration is now open for the NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference, to be held October 4-8. REGISTER
Posted: Wednesday, September 22
Announcement | NSF Candidate Search - Assistant Director for EHR
The National Science Foundation is beginning a national search for the Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and we seek your help in identifying visionary candidates. The new Assistant Director (AD) will succeed Dr. Karen Marrongelle, who recently accepted the post of NSF Chief Operating Officer. Learn more
The National Science Foundation is beginning a national search for the Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and we seek your help in identifying visionary candidates. The new Assistant Director (AD) will succeed Dr. Karen Marrongelle, who recently accepted the post of NSF Chief Operating Officer. Learn more
Posted: Wednesday, September 22
Resource | Tectonic Explorer
Use a fictional Earth-like planet to explore plate tectonics as a system of interacting plates.
Use a fictional Earth-like planet to explore plate tectonics as a system of interacting plates.
Posted: Monday, September 20
Resource | Wildfire Risks & Impacts
The Wildfire Module asks students to consider the question, "How will wildfire risks and impacts change over the next 100 years?" This five-activity module helps students build an understanding of the variables that influence fire spread rate and intensity, the risks that wildfires bring to people and their communities, and the impact of climate change through focused case studies and…
The Wildfire Module asks students to consider the question, "How will wildfire risks and impacts change over the next 100 years?" This five-activity module helps students build an understanding of the variables that influence fire spread rate and intensity, the risks that wildfires bring to people and their communities, and the impact of climate change through focused case studies and…
Posted: Monday, September 20