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Resource | PhET Interactive Simulations
Collection of 158 free interactive math and science simulations from University of Colorado Boulder. Engage students in math and science practices, and virtual labs, during remote learning. Find over 2,000 sim-based lessons under teacher resources. 
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | PhET Interactive Simulations
Collection of 158 free interactive math and science simulations from University of Colorado Boulder. Engage students in math and science practices, and virtual labs, during remote learning. Find over 2,000 sim-based lessons under teacher resources. 
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | PhET Interactive Simulations
Collection of 158 free interactive math and science simulations from University of Colorado Boulder. Engage students in math and science practices, and virtual labs, during remote learning. Find over 2,000 sim-based lessons under teacher resources. 
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Ocean Tracks
Use the Ocean Tracks interactive map, curricular modules, and data analysis tools to explore and quantify patterns in the migratory tracks of marine animals in the northern Pacific Ocean and relate these behaviors to fluctuations and trends in physical oceanographic variables.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Ocean Tracks
Use the Ocean Tracks interactive map, curricular modules, and data analysis tools to explore and quantify patterns in the migratory tracks of marine animals in the northern Pacific Ocean and relate these behaviors to fluctuations and trends in physical oceanographic variables.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Early Career News | Teaching Practices for Differentiating Mathematics Instruction for Middle School Students
Amy Hackenberg (CAREER Awardee), Mark Creager, and Ayfer Eker published this Mathematical Thinking and Learning article.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Early Career News | Rethinking the Classroom Science Investigation
Eve Manz (CAREER Awardee) published this article in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching with co-authors Richard Lehrer and Leona Schauble.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Rethinking the Classroom Science Investigation
There is now a significant research literature devoted to reconceptualizing scientific activities, such as modeling, explanation, and argumentation, to realize a vision of science‐as‐practice in classrooms. As yet, however, not all scientific practices have received equal attention. Planning and Carrying out Investigations is one of the eight scientific practices identified in the Next Generation…
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | The Impact of High School Life Science Teachers’ Subject Matter Knowledge and Knowledge of Student Misconceptions on Students’ Learning
One of the foundational assumptions in education is that greater teacher knowledge contributes to greater gains in student knowledge, but empirical evidence in support of this assumption is scarce. Using a U.S. sample of 79 biology teachers and their 2749 high school students, we investigate whether teachers’ subject matter knowledge (SMK) and knowledge of students’ misconceptions (KOSM) in high…
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Initiation-Entry-Focus-Exit and Participation: A Framework for Understanding Teacher Groupwork Monitoring Routines
In this paper, we offer a framework for teacher monitoring routines—a consequential yet understudied aspect of instruction when teachers oversee students’ working together. Using a comparative case study design, we examine eight lessons of experienced secondary mathematics teachers, identifying common interactional routines that they take up with variation. We present a framework that illuminates…
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Teaching Practices for Differentiating Mathematics Instruction for Middle School Students
Three iterative, 18-episode design experiments were conducted after school with groups of 6–9 middle school students to understand how to differentiate mathematics instruction. Prior research on differentiating instruction (DI) and hypothetical learning trajectories guided the instruction. As the experiments proceeded, this definition of DI emerged: proactively tailoring instruction to students’…
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Tips for Using Videos to Teach Math Remotely
The Flipped Mathematics Study offers advice on how to use video to teach math remotely.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Resource | Extended Reality Initiative: 360 Videos of Teaching/Learning Mathematics
This website provides a growing repository of 360 videos of classroom instruction (currently focusing on elementary mathematics). We also have created and are disseminating tutorial videos for using or creating similar media.
Posted: Thursday, March 12
Early Career News | NSF Grants Conference - Minneapolis, MN
Registration for NSF Grants Conference in Minneapolis, MN, will open March 17, 2020 at 12:00pm EST. The conference is scheduled for May 18-19, 2020.
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Full Proposal Deadline
Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | EHR Core Research (ECR) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5464&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505512&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Full Proposal Deadline
Targeted Infusion Projects, Broadening Participation Research Projects, Implementation Projects, ACE Implementation Projects Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5481&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Letter of Intent Deadline
Targeted Infusion Projects, Broadening Participation Research Projects, Implementation Projects, ACE Implementation Projects Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5481&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) Letter of Intent Deadline
Partnership and Adaptation Full Proposal Deadline Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) Letter of Intent Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=EHR&sel_org=E…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Full Proposal Deadline
The deadline for CAREER proposals has been extended. Proposals are strongly encouraged before the original deadline of July 27, 2020 but will be accepted until August 11, 2020. Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505765&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR) Letter of Intent Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505765&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Event | Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504790&org=EHR&sel_org…
Posted: Wednesday, March 11
Resource | Thinking Beyond the Score: Multidimensional Analysis of Student Performance to Inform the Next Generation of Science Assessments
Conventional assessment analysis of student results, referred to as rubric‐based assessments (RBA), has emphasized numeric scores as the primary way of communicating information to teachers about their students’ learning. In this light, rethinking and reflecting on not only how scores are generated but also what analyses are done with them to inform classroom practices is of utmost importance.…
Posted: Tuesday, February 25
Newsletter | February 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, DRK-12 projects are out and about sharing their work. In this month's Spotlight, read about projects focused on improving STEM education for students whose first language isn't English. (Use the Education Data Explorer portal to learn how many English language learners—among other options—there are in any particular school district or state, or review recent stats about…
Posted: Tuesday, February 25
Resource | Next Generation Sheltered Instruction to Support English Learners in Secondary Science Classrooms
Using findings from a 4‐year research and development effort, we propose an updated model of sheltered instruction for science classrooms that leverages the opportunities provided by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to better support multilingual learners in middle and high school science. Using data from teacher implementation logs and interviews, we examine how secondary grades…
Posted: Monday, February 24