Dear Colleagues,
Family and community engagement in education can contribute to positive student outcomes. Read how projects featured in this month’s Spotlight are including families and caregivers across preK-12 grades in their interventions and what they’re learning from this engagement. The accompanying blog post focuses on how family engagement in STEM learning is evolving as a research topic.
We’re very excited about our newest Learning Series on AI in STEM Education. The first in the series, Ethical Use of AI in STEM Education Research, is scheduled for May 15. Register early for the conversation about issues and tools related the development of inclusive and equitable AI learning experiences. Watch for news about the next webinar in the series which will focus on generative AI in STEM teaching.
Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms are now available in SciENcv and required for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024. Refer to the new NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1) for more information about the required forms.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy just released the 2023 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Strategic Plan. The report includes a summary of progress on the implementation of the current 5-year STEM education strategic plan, a description of the ways federal agencies work together to address common challenges, and an inventory of federal STEM education programs.
For those keeping track of NSF funding, the congressionally approved NSF FY24 budget at $9,060 million is a reduction from last year’s at $9,874 million. The STEM Education division’s budget is reduced from $1,371 million in FY23 to $1,172 million in FY24. Notably, the final STEM education appropriations continue to support investments in regions of the country that have lower educational attainment and higher rates of poverty while encouraging partnerships with community colleges.
Best,
The CADRE Team
Family Engagement to Support STEM Learning | Spotlight
This Spotlight highlights the ways in which DRK-12 projects are engaging families and caregivers to support STEM learning, including building parent leadership capacity and co-creating and testing home-based activities. The nine featured projects discuss the impacts and benefits of engaging family and caregivers, offer advice on successful approaches to family engagement, and share insights and findings. In our featured blog post, Cory Buxton and Diana Crespo Camacho discuss the need for more research in the area of family engagement to support STEM learning.
In this Spotlight:
- The Role of Family Engagement in Promoting STE(A)M Learning | Blog post by Cory Buxton and Diana Crespo Camacho
- Featured Projects
- CAREER: Black and Latinx Parents Leading Reform and Advancing Racial Justice in Elementary Mathematics (PI: Frances Harper)
- CAREER: Fostering Early STEM Exploration with Gifted and High Ability Black Girls and Their Elementary Teachers Through Culturally Relevant Experiential Learning Activities (PI: Brittany Anderson)
- Co-developing a Community-based Science Education Curriculum Framework for Disaster Justice and Resilience: A Response to the 2022 Buffalo Blizzard (PI: Noemi Waight)
- Developing an Early Mathematics Intervention for Children with Disabilities in the Home Learning Environment (PI: Gena Nelson)
- Integrating Science with Mathematics and Engineering: Linking Home and School Learning for All Young Learners (PI: Ximena Dominguez)
- Parents, Teachers, and Multilingual Children Collaborating on Mathematics Together (PIs: Marta Civil, Rachel Pinnow, Beatriz Quintos Alonso)
- Supporting Students' Language, Knowledge, and Culture Through Science (PI: Cory Buxton)
- The Smart Playground: Computational Thinking Through Robotics in Early Childhood (PIs: Marina Bers, Andres Bustamante, Chris Rogers)
- Young Mathematicians: Expanding an Innovative and Promising Model Across Learning Environments to Promote Preschoolers' Mathematics Knowledge (PI: Jessica Young)
- Additional Projects
- Related Resources
New CADRE Learning Series: AI in STEM Education Research | Upcoming Event
Ethical Use of AI in STEM Education Research
May 15, 2024 | 2-3:30 PM ET
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have changed the role of AI in education research. How do we navigate these changes ethically in our research and proposal writing? What questions should we be considering as education researchers? Join us on May 15 to hear from authors of an upcoming CADRE brief titled Towards Ethical and Just AI in Education Research to learn and discuss strategies to ethically navigating AI in education research.
Moderator: Ilana Horn, Vanderbilt University
Panelists: Tiffany Barnes, North Carolina State University; Joshua Danish, Indiana University; Samantha Finkelstein, Carnegie Mellon University; and Ole Molvig, Vanderbilt University
Recent DRK-12 Publications | Resources
We are happy to report that we continue to receive news of your projects’ presentations, publications, and other products in response to CADRE surveys. Since our last newsletter, awardees have shared publications discussing equity and justice in STEM education, game-based learning in both math and science, data science and data-rich education, epistemic orientations to teaching, community-engaged and culturally sustaining education, and more. We invite you to visit or revisit our list of recent publications, products, and tools from DRK-12 projects to learn more about the findings and promising approaches emerging from your colleagues’ work. These resources have also been added to CADRE’s online collection of DRK-12 Research and Products and associated projects’ profile pages.
We are gathering this information through two active surveys: the annual DRK-12 portfolio survey of currently funded projects and a dissemination survey of projects that recently wrapped up their work. Check your inboxes for a survey invitation or email cadre@edc.org if you have questions about sharing news from your project. We will continue to update the list of presentations as survey results come in and will promote presentations, publications, and products via newsletters and our website in the coming months.
Project Tip: NSF AcknowledgmentDRK-12 award recipients must acknowledge NSF support in their products. That acknowledgment must align with NSF PAPPG guidelines, including the use of NSF's acknowledgment of support and disclaimer statements on research products. If you use the NSF logo, be aware of their branding requirements. For instance, did you know that the NSF logo must be at least 5/8” and include 1/8 of the logo’s height or width in open space around the logo? If you aren’t already familiar with NSF’s branding requirements, learn about them in NSF 101: The NSF Brand Identity. |
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Newsbites
News from NSF
- Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms are now available in SciENcv and required for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024.
- Join NSF on Thursday, May 2 at 2pm ET for a webinar on the newly revised Computer Science for All (CSforAll RPP) solicitation.
- The NSF 2024 Spring Advisory Committee Meeting, May 29-30, will focus on the theme Rural and Remote Communities: Examining Ways to Unleash STEM Education and Workforce Opportunities.
- The Division of Research and Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) at NSF is seeking a permanent program director with expertise in quantitative research methodology.
News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees
Awards and Recognition
- Chris Curran was recognized as an outstanding reviewer by the editors of Educational Researcher.
- Laura Peña-Telfer (2023 CADRE Fellow) received the Emerging Scholar Award and Ti’Era Worsley (2019-20 CADRE Fellow) the Emerging Scholar Honorable Mention from the AERA Out-of-School Time SIG.
- Marialuisa Di Stefano, Alberto Esquinca, and Idalis Villanueva Alarcón received a 2024 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Books of the Year Award (Edited Volumes Category) for their book Integrando STEAM: A Guide for Elementary Bilingual and Dual Language Programs.
- Matt Kloser and Edna Tan were selected as incoming editors-in-chief of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Project Updates
- The Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) team launched their redesigned AST website with revised tools and new resources and are looking for feedback on usability.
Publications
- A Framework for the Integration of Green and Sustainable Chemistry into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Greening Our Practice with Scientific and Engineering Practices | Journal of Chemical Education
Authors: Elizabeth L. Day, Steven J. Petritis, Hunter McFall-Boegeman, Jacob Starkie, Mengqi Zhang, and Melanie M. Cooper - A New Vision for High-Quality Preschool Curriculum | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee: Susan Bredekamp, Linda M. Espinosa, Deana M. Around Him, Garnett S. Booker, III, Douglas H. Clements, Lillian Duran, Iheoma U. Iruka, Susan C. Levine, Joan L. Luby, Camille Maben, Deborah A. Phillips, Christina J. Weiland, Vivian C. Wong, and Rebekah Hutton
- Analysing Students' Concept Mapping Style and Its Association with Task Performance in Computer-based Inquiry Learning | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Authors: Juanjuan Chen, Minhong Wang, Tina A. Grotzer, and Chris Dede - Beyond Performance, Competence, and Recognition: Forging a Science Researcher Identity in the Context of Research Training | International Journal of STEM Education
Authors: Mariel A. Pfeifer, C. J. Zajic, Jared M. Isaacs, Olivia A. Erickson, and Erin L. Dolan - Centering Educators’ Voices in the Development of Professional Learning for Data-Rich, Place-based Science Instruction | Education Sciences
Authors: Nicole Wong, Rasha Elsayed, Katy Nilsen, Leticia R. Perez, and Kirsten R. Daehler - Characterizing Elementary Students' Authentic Navigation Through an Engineering Design Task Using a Design Space Lens | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Tejaswini Dalvi and Kristen Wendell - Children Communicating Care Through Curiosity Walks: Using Scientific Practices to Cultivate Knowledge About Climate Justice | Science & Children
Authors: Kathleen Schenkel (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), Cassie J. Brownell, and Jon M. Wargo - Community-Connected Science Ideas | Science & Children
Author: Alissa A. Lange - Community Gardens as Places for Ecological Caring in Action | Science & Children
Authors: Amal Ibourk, Lauren Wagner, Deb Morrison, Syrena Young, and Justin Milledge - Comprehensiveness, Frequency, and Consistency of Science in Elementary Schedules | Science & Children
Authors: Elizabeth A. Davis and Christa Haverly (2018-19 CADRE Fellow) - Conceptualizing Community Scientific Literacy: Results from a Systematic Literature Review and a Delphi Method Survey of Experts | Science Education
Authors: K. C. Busch (2013-14 CADRE Fellow) and Aparajita Rajwade - CTE Mechanisms: The Effects of Career and Technical Education Center Admissions Offers in Baltimore | Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Authors: Jay Plasman (2015-16 CADRE Fellow), Marc L. Stein, Rachel E. Durham, and Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu - Cultivating a Higher Level of Student Agency in Collective Discussion: Teacher Strategies to Navigate Student Scientific Uncertainty to Develop a Trajectory of Sensemaking | International Journal of Science Education
Author: Ying-Chih Chen - Demands, Tensions, and Resources When Implementing Ambitious Mathematics | Education Policy Analysis Archives
Authors: Jeffrey Choppin, Christine Green, and William Zahner - Designing Trellises: Cultivating Science and Engineering in the Garden | Science & Children
Authors: Emily Harris, Ilana Lowe, Lindsey Mohan, Whitney Cohen, Sara Severance, Terra Giotta, Carlo Albano, and Jeffrey Snowden - Elementary Students’ Use of Mechanistic Reasoning to Explain Community-Connected Engineering Design Solutions | Journal of Science Education and Technology
Authors: Mustafa Sami Topçu, Kristen Bethke Wendell, and Chelsea Joy Andrews - Examining Preservice Teachers’ Embodied Noticing When Viewing Traditional and Holographic Videos of Students’ Fraction Division | Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
Authors: Karl W. Kosko, Enrico Gandolfi, and Temitope Egbedeyi - Exploring Epistemic Aspects of Engineering for K–12 Science and Engineering Education | Journal of Engineering Education
Authors: Ezgi Yesilyurt, Hasan Deniz, and Erdogan Kaya - Exploring the Complexity of Adaptive Teaching Expertise Within Knowledge Generation Environments | Education Sciences
Authors: Jee Kyung Suh, Brian Hand, Jale Ercan-Dursun, Ercin Sahin, and Gavin Fulmer - Factors Predicting Teachers' Implementation of Inquiry-based Teaching Practices: Analysis of South African TIMSS 2019 Data from an Ecological Perspective | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Ayodele Abosede Ogegbo, Umesh Ramnarain, and Joseph Krajcik - Hope for Local Waterways: Encouraging Civic Engagement for Climate Action and Resilience | Science & Children
Authors: Melissa Braaten (2009-10 CADRE Fellow), Tiffany Boyd, and Jessica R. Bean - Just Because It Sounds Plausible, Doesn’t Mean It’s True | The Science Teacher
Author: Jonathan Osborne - Navigating Student Uncertainty for Productive Struggle: Establishing the Importance for and Distinguishing Types, Sources, and Desirability of Scientific Uncertainties | Science Education
Authors: Ying-Chih Chen, Michelle Jordan, Jongchan Park, and Emily Starrett - Novice Teachers and Student Attendance in Early Elementary School | Educational Policy
Authors: Michael Gottfried, Michael Little, and Arya Ansari - Relational Trust and the Politics of Evidence Use: School Boards Navigate Policymaking and Equity During and After the Pandemic | Theory Into Practice
Authors: Robin Tamarelli McKeon and Drew Gitomer - Research Publication and Design Trends in Mathematics‐Specific Teacher Leadership: A Systematic Review | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Courtney K. Baker, Stefanie D. Livers, Margret A. Hjalmarson, Evthokia Stephanie Saclarides, Kristin E. Harbour, and KimAnn Brown - Science Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: Informed Trust and the Competent Outsider | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Jonathan Osborne and Douglas Allchin - Science Teacher Identity Research: A Scoping Literature Review | International Journal of STEM Education
Authors: Yanfang Zhai, Jennifer Tripp, and Xiufeng Liu - Science Teachers’ Implementation of Science and Engineering Practices in Different Instructional Settings | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Cheng-Wen He, Hong Tran, Julie Luft, Yamil Ruiz, Shaugnessy McCann, Yuxi Huang, and Brooke Whitworth - Situating Teacher Movement, Space, and Relationships to Pedagogy: A Visual Method and Framework | Educational Researcher
Authors: Ben Rydal Shapiro, Ilana Seidel Horn, Sierra Gilliam, and Brette Garner - Teaching Simulation-based Inference: Random Sampling vs. Random Assignment? What Instructors Should Know | Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education
Authors: Beth Chance, Karen McGaughey, Sophia Chung, Alex Goodman, Soma Roy, and Nathan Tintle - The Hidden Rigors of Data Science | Educational Leadership
Authors: Mahmoud Harding and Rachel Levy - The Role of Equitable Classroom Cultures for Supporting Interest in Science | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Corinne Singleton, Clarissa Deverel-Rico, William R. Penuel, Andrew E. Krumm, Anna-Ruth Allen, and Carol Pazera - Thinking Critically, Coding Creatively: Elevating Social Studies Through Inquiry-based Learning and Computer Science Integration | Social Education
Authors: Michael J. Berson, Ilene R. Berson, Kristen L. Franklin, Valerie N. Fawley, Perry S. Shank, Rebecca E. Dovi, Santiago Gasca (2017-18 CADRE Fellow), Eric D. Hochberg, and Debra Bernstein - Transfer of Responsibility from Scaffolding to Preservice Early Childhood Teachers Learning to Debug | Educational Technology Research and Development
Authors: Brian R. Belland, ChanMin Kim, Emre Dinç, and Anna Y. Zhang - Transforming STEM by Focusing on Justice | Educational Leadership
Authors: Okhee Lee and Scott E. Grapin - Unlocking the Everdoor: Analyzing the Serious Game Spiritfarer | Educational Technology Research and Development
Authors: Noah Glaser (2021 CADRE Postdoc), Lucas Jensen, Tina Riedy, Maggie Center, Jim Shifflett, and Joseph Griffin - Using Abstraction to Analyze Instructional Tasks and Their Implementation | The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: Kevin C. Moore, Erin Wood, Shaffiq Welji, Mike Hamilton, Anne Waswa, Amy B. Ellis, and Halil I. Tasova - Using Lessons from History to Guide the Implementation of AI in Science Education | The Science Teacher
Authors: Aria Hadley-Hulet, Marc Ellis, Austin Moore, Emily Lehnardt, and Max Longhurst - Validity Evidence of the Use of Quantitative Measures of Students in Elementary Mathematics Education | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Marsha Ing, Karl W. Kosko, Cindy Jong, and Jeffrey C. Shih - We Can All Teach Climate Change | Educational Leadership
Author: Mark Windschitl
Do you have news to share? Email cadre@edc.org.
Upcoming Opportunities
The following funding and publication opportunities, listed by deadline, may be of interest to you and your DRK-12 project members.
Funding
- May 8, 2024 – NSF | Ideas Lab: Personalized Engineering Learning (PEL)
- May 14, 2024 – NSF | NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science Initiative (INCLUDES) (Conference Proposals)
- May 29, 2024 – Spencer Foundation | Racial Equity Research Grants (Intent to Apply Form)
- June 4, 2024 – NSF | Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)
- June 24, 2024 – NSF | Expanding AI Innovation Through Capacity Building and Partnerships (ExpandAI)
- June 27, 2024 – Spencer Foundation | Racial Equity Research Grants (Full Proposal)
- July 11, 2024 – NSF | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) (Letter of Intent)
- July 24, 2024 – NSF | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- NEW! August 2, 2024 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST-RISE)
- August 9, 2024 – NSF | Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
- September 18, 2024 – NSF | Accelerating Research Translation (ART)
- October 3, 2024 – NSF | EDU Core Research (ECR:Core)
- NEW! October 4, 2024 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Postdoctoral Research Program (CREST-PRP)
- October 8, 2024 – NSF | Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity)
- October 18, 2024 – NSF | Expanding AI Innovation Through Capacity Building and Partnerships (ExpandAI)
- November 5, 2024 – NSF | Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL)
- November 13, 2024 – NSF | Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12)
- December 3, 2024 – NSF | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEMEdIPRF)
- December 6, 2024 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers)
- December 6, 2024 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST HBCU-RISE)
Publications
- NEW! Ongoing – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Mathematics Education for Sustainable Futures
- April 30, 2024 – Contemporary Educational Psychology | Advancing Feedback Research in Educational Psychology: Insights into Feedback Processes and Determinants of Effectiveness
- April 30, 2024 – Physical Review Physics Education Research | AI Tools in Physics Teaching and PER (Proposal Deadline)
- May 30, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Reinventing Pedagogies and Practices of 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) with the Rise of Blended Learning
- June 1, 2024 – Science & Children | Human Impacts
- June 1, 2024 – Science Scope | Sensemaking
- June 1, 2024 – The Science Teacher | Differentiation and Inclusivity for All
- NEW! June 7, 2024 – Learning, Media and Technology | Fiction in Learning, Media and Technology Research
- NEW! June 15, 2024 – Connected Science Learning | Bridging the Gap: Blueprints for Lasting Partnerships Between Community-based Organizations and Schools
- NEW! July 1, 2024 – Journal of Research in Childhood Education | Advancing Childhood Education With Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions
- July 1, 2024 – The Urban Review | Engaging in Pedagogies of Resistance and Disruption in Urban School Leadership Preparation
- July 15, 2024 – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning | Call for Special Issue Proposals
- July 31, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: Theories, Technologies, and Applications
- NEW! August 1, 2024 – Journal of Learning Analytics | Generative AI and Learning Analytics
- August 1, 2024 – Science & Children | Prioritizing Play
- August 1, 2024 – Science Scope | Our Watery Planet
- NEW! August 15, 2024 – Connected Science Learning | Best of Both Worlds: Teaching and Learning Strategies that Transcend Setting
- August 20, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Intelligent Robotics in STEM Education: Pedagogical Innovation, Higher-Order Thinking, and Interdisciplinary Competence
- NEW! September 16, 2024 - International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology | Math Education and Technology: Shaping the Future of Learning
- October 1, 2024 – Science Scope | My Favorite Lesson
- October 14, 2024 – Science & Education | New Histories of Science and Science Education
- October 31, 2024 – Education Sciences | Interdisciplinary Approaches to STEM Education
- NEW! October 31, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Emerging Learning Technologies in Education for Sustainable Development: Theoretical Insights, Experimental Research, and Case Studies
- NEW! May 5, 2024 – 2024 NSTA National Conference (Call for Proposals)
- May 6, 2024 – 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting (Call for Proposals)
- May 15, 2024 – 2024 EdMedia + Innovate Learning Conference (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! May 15, 2024 – 2025 Annual AMTE Conference (Call for Proposals)
- May 23, 2024 – 2024 AAPT Summer Meeting (Call for Poster Submissions)
- May 23, 2024 – 2025 AASA National Conference on Education (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! July 10, 2024 – 2025 ASTE International Conference (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! August 31, 2024 – 2025 ITEEA Annual Conference (Call for Proposals)
Career & Professional Development
- NEW! Ongoing – Science Education: Co-Editors-in-Chief
- NEW! April 30, 2024 – Spencer Foundation: Associate Program Officer
- NEW! June 9, 2024 – NSF Quantitative Research Methods for STEM Education Scholars Program (Priority Deadline)
- NEW! September 30, 2024 – Utah State University: Assistant or Associate Professor - Science and STEM Education
- Until filled – Bowling Green State University: Assistant Professor in Special Education - Assessment, Assistive Technology, Mathematics, Severe Disabilities (Application review began November 16, 2023)
- Until filled – Indiana University, Cognition and Learning Lab: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Application review began February 5, 2024)
- Until filled – San Diego State University: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education (Application review began October 16, 2023)
- Until filled – The University of Texas at Austin: Assistant Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education (Application review began October 31, 2023)
- Until filled – The University of Texas at Austin: Assistant Professor of Youth and Community Studies in Cultural Studies in Education (Application review began October 15, 2023)
- Until filled – The University of Texas at Austin: Associate/Full Professor in School Leadership (Application review began October 15, 2023)
- Until filled – Towson University: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education (Application review began December 18, 2023)
- NEW! Until filled – University of Delaware, College of Education & Human Development: Research Associate
- NEW! Until filled – University of Florida: Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy (Application review began May 8, 2024)
- Until filled – University of South Carolina, College of Education: Clinical Assistant Professor
- Until filled – Utah Valley University: Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education (Application review began December 1, 2023)
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