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Early Career News | Empirical Recovery of Learning Progressions through the Lens of Educators
Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Yetunde Zannou, Anthony Sparks, and Lindsey Perry (2018 CADRE Postdoc) published this article in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
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Blog | Practical Approaches to Advance K-12 Data Literacy
In October 2015, a panel of big data analysts and educators convened in order to articulate the types of activities data-literate people engage in and envision how this might be taught in K-16 classrooms. By the end of the thought-provoking three-day workshop sponsored by IBM and Education Development Center’s Oceans of Data Institute (ODI), all panelists signed a call to action to position data…
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Project Spotlight | Adapting Research Amid COVID-19
Whether the pandemic-related changes in teaching and learning are short-term or the catalyst for a paradigm shift in education, many—if not most—DRK-12 projects have needed to adjust their research practices and design. In this Spotlight, four projects share the changes they made to their questions and/or collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Aligning the Science Teacher Education…
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Newsletter | September 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, The CADRE Fellows nominations are open! Please spread the word about this professional growth opportunity for early career researchers. Applications are due October 8, 2020. Schools are back in session. Students, parents, teachers, and our community of researchers are all trying to adapt to the new COVID-19 education landscape (and more visible equity issues). In this month’s…
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Event | NSF Funding Opportunities Webinar: Broadening Participation in STEM through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) is hosting a FREE Webinar on September 30, 2020 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET. NSF Program Officers and Staff will highlight current funding opportunities available in EHR focused on diversifying the STEM workforce, supporting broadening participation in STEM research, and promoting equitable STEM…
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Announcement | NSF Funding Opportunities Webinar: Broadening Participation in STEM through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) is hosting a FREE Webinar on September 30, 2020 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET.  NSF Program Officers and Staff will highlight current funding opportunities available in EHR focused on diversifying the STEM workforce, supporting broadening participation in STEM research, and promoting equitable STEM practices and…
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Event | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) Preliminary Proposal Target Date
IT-Preliminary proposals Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=DRL&sel_org=D…
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Event | EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows (RII Track-4) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504901&org=DRL&sel_org…
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Event | EHR Core Research (ECR): Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505645&org=DRL&sel_org…
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Event | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) Full Proposal Deadline
Catalyst proposals Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=DRL&sel_org=D…
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Event | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoveries in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&org=DRL&sel_org…
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Announcement | NSF Announcement: Enforcement of NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats Begins on 10/5/20
This announcement was recently sent out by NSF. Dear Colleagues: Effective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin enforcing the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) requirement to use NSF-approved formats for the preparation of the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support proposal documents. The NSF-approved formats are…
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Event | #NSTAchat on Data in the Science Classroom
CADRE has teamed up with NSTA for an #NSTAchat on the topic of data in the science classroom. DRK-12 researchers from our recent Spotlight on Analyzing & Interpreting Data Across STEM Curricula will be joining to share their work. Join us on the 24th at 8PM ET at https://twitter.com/hashtag/NSTAchat?src=hashtag_click&f=live
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Event | Multiplex Webinar: Leveraging Authentic Data Across STEM Curricula
CADRE teamed up with the Multiplex to organize the September Theme of the Month: Leveraging Authentic Data Across STEM Curricula. Join us on September 17 to hear from an expert panel on the topic.  Learn more and register: https://terc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvf-yoqz0tGd23O2LWGV8ynGIZVjgEf…;       
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Announcement | Now accepting applications for the 2020-21 CADRE Fellows program!
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2020-21 Fellows program.  The CADRE Fellows program provides professional growth opportunities for early career professionals in the field of 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, become…
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Event | Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Full Proposal Deadline
To learn more, visit https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793.
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Announcement | Join us for the Multiplex Theme of the Month
CADRE is pleased to have organized September's Theme of the Month on the STEM for All Multiplex focused on Leveraging Authentic Data Across STEM Curricula. Join our expert panel—Randy Kochevar (moderator), Chad Dorsey, Margo Murphy, Suyen Machado, and Andee Rubin—for a webinar on September 17 at 3 PM ET (Register here). Read a related blog, watch a playlist of videos on this topic,…
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Announcement | New FAQs on PAPPG 20-1
NSF has released a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on proposal preparation and award administration related to NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1).
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Event | HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) Letter of Intent Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6668&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
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Event | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6668&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
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Event | Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13646
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Event | Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505359
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Event | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoveries in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Letter of Intent Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&org=EHR&sel_org…
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Early Career News | Acting with Epistemic Agency: Characterizing Student Critique During Argumentation Discussions
María González‐Howard (CAREER Awardee; 2015-16 CADRE Fellow) published this Science Education article with co-author Katherine L. McNeill.
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Early Career News | The Role of Balance Scales in Supporting Productive Thinking about Equations Among Diverse Learners
Ana Stephens, Yewon Sung, Susanne Strachota, Ranza Veltri Torres, Karisma Morton (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Angela Murphy Gardiner, Maria Blanton, Eric Knuth, and Rena Stroud published this article in Mathematical Thinking and Learning.
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Early Career News | Complex Influences of Mechanistic Knowledge, Worldview, and Quantitative Reasoning on Climate Change Discourse: Evidence for Ideologically Motivated Reasoning Among Youth
Lynne Zummo, Brian Donovan, and K. C. Busch (2013-14 CADRE Fellow) published this article in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
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Early Career News | Reframing Organizational Contexts from Barriers to Levers for Teacher Learning in Science Education Reform
Carrie D. Allen (2014-15 CADRE Fellow) published this Journal of Science Teacher Education article with co-author Sara C. Heredia.
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Resource | Characterizing Science Classroom Discourse Across Scales
Sandoval, W. A., Kawasaki, J., & Clark, H. F. (2020). Characterizing science classroom discourse across scales. Research in Science Education.
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Resource | The Role of Balance Scales in Supporting Productive Thinking about Equations Among Diverse Learners
This research focuses on ways in which balance scales mediate students’ relational understandings of the equal sign. Participants included 21 Kindergarten–Grade 2 students who took part in an early algebra classroom intervention focused in part on developing a relational understanding of the equal sign through the use of balance scales. Students participated in pre-, mid- and post-intervention…
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Resource | Teachers’ Abilities to Make Sense of Variable Parts Reasoning
The purpose of this study was to investigate how teachers understand one specific aspect of proportional reasoning. We were interested in understanding the extent to which practicing teachers were able to make sense of reasoning that involved the fixed number of variable-sized parts perspective. We used two items, drawn from a larger dataset, that encouraged teachers to reason about proportional…
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