Dear Colleagues,
A new National Science Board brief on the science and engineering landscape asks, “How can we ensure U.S. leadership in critical and emerging technologies and a robust STEM workforce?” (NSB, 2004). Preservice STEM teacher education is a component of the solution. This month’s Spotlight on Preservice Teacher Education delves into the importance of projects’ work at the preservice level, including key considerations for preservice education and approaches to connecting preservice education and in-service classroom practice.
New DRK-12 projects are being awarded fast and furiously! See the list of awards made since fall of 2023, and stay tuned for additional project announcements in the coming months.
Drs. Lani Horn and Terrell Morton are back with the new season of their popular video podcast for prospective and current awardees. If you missed the first season of Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK–12, visit the CADRE YouTube playlist to hear their tips for enhancing your grant writing. Season 2, Breaking Through the Bureaucracy, focuses on different aspects of leading NSF projects. Watch the first episode for insights about project management and managing teams.
Best,
The CADRE Team
Preservice Teacher Education | Spotlight
In this Spotlight, we highlight how the DRK-12 portfolio is advancing the field of preservice teacher education. Twelve projects share the ways they are innovating or addressing knowledge gaps related to preservice teacher education, the unique needs and considerations at the preservice level, how projects are connecting preservice experiences to in-service classroom practice, as well as available products and findings.
In this Spotlight:
- Suggested Reading
- Featured Projects
- Aligning the Science Teacher Education Pathway. A Networked Improvement Community (PI: Korb)
- CAREER: Affirming Bilingual Children’s Participation in Mathematics (PI: Martinez Hinestroza)
- CAREER: Cultivating Teachers' Epistemic Empathy to Promote Responsive Teaching (PI: Jaber)
- CAREER: Developing Elementary Teachers’ Self-Efficacy to Teach about Climate Change Using Community-based Practices (PI: Ibourk)
- CAREER: Preparing Middle and High School Preservice Teachers for Critical Mathematics Education (PI: Aga)
- CAREER: Spreading Computational Literacy Equitably via Integration of Computing in Preservice Teacher Preparation (PI: Margulieux)
- CAREER: Teacher Learning Through Expansive Sensemaking in Science (PI: Watkins)
- Design and Implementation of Immersive Representations of Practice (PI: Kosko)
- Ed+gineering: An Interdisciplinary Partnership Integrating Engineering into Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs (PI: Kidd)
- Leveraging Simulations in Preservice Preparation to Improve Mathematics Teaching for Students with Disabilities (PIs: Cohen & Suhr)
- Online Practice Suite: Practice Spaces, Simulations and Virtual Reality Environments for Preservice Teachers to Learn to Facilitate Argumentation Discussions in Math and Science (PI: Mikeska)
- Preparing Mentors to Support Novices in Eliciting Student Thinking During Mathematics Discussions: Developing and Testing a Simulation-based PD Program (PI: Cohen)
- Additional Projects
- Related Resources
New DRK-12 Awards | Project List
Congratulations to the newest DRK-12 awardees, and welcome to our community!
We look forward to getting to know you and hearing about your work as it progresses.
Season 2! Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 | Video Podcast
The second season of the Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 video podcast series, Breaking Through the Bureaucracy, features Drs. Lani Horn and Terrell Morton sharing insights on navigating NSF project management. In this first episode, they tackle the questions, What does project management look like and why does it matter? and What are norms and practices that PIs should establish to support team collaboration and work?
Watch the full Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 playlist.
![]() Project Tip: Enhance Your DRK-12 Proposal PreparationIf you missed the recent NSF Office Hours about the DRK-12 program and solicitation, we have gathered the resources shared in response to prospective awardee questions about proposal requirements, the merit review process, NSF funding priorities and opportunities, previously funded work, and more. We hope these are helpful to reference in the coming months as you refine your ideas, position your work in the field, compose your materials, and submit your proposals! |
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Newsbites
News from NSF
- K-12 students are invited to design their own video games and compete in the NSF Game Maker Awards. The deadline is 5 PM ET on January 31, 2025.
- NSF has posted a new Dear Colleague Letter: Strengthening the Evidence Base Related to Broadening the Participation of LGBTQI+ Individuals in STEM.
- NSF is offering two webinars to learn about the Racial Equity in STEM Education solicitation (NSF 22-634). The August 27 (1-2 PM ET) webinar will give an overview of the solicitation; the August 29 (1-2:30 PM ET) webinar will focus on proposal budgets and justifications.
- Registration is open for AGEP at 25: Celebrating the Past, Creating the Future Conference, a 25th anniversary convening for NSF's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. Registration closes September 9, 2024.
News from NSF Networks
- The ECR Hub is hosting an informational webinar on August 28, 2024, at 4 PM ET with NSF program officers with last-minute tips and Q&A for preparing a competitive ECR:Core proposal. Proposals are due October 3, 2024.
News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees
Awards and Recognition
- Idalis Villanueva Alarcón received a 2024 SHPE Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) Award for Educator Achievement in Higher Education from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Publications
- A Place of Hope: How a School Garden Brought Woodville Community Together | Tallahassee Democrat
Author: Amal Ibourk - A Scoping Review of the Intersection of Environmental and Science Identity | Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education
Authors: Susan Caplow and Roberta Hunter (2020 CADRE Postdoc) - Adapting the Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument to Assess Engineering Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Pre-service Elementary Teachers: Rasch Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis | Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
Authors: Ezgi Yesilyurt, Erdogan Kaya, and Hasan Deniz - Broadening What Counts as Science: Developing Teacher Candidates Translanguaging Stances in Their Teacher Education Program Towards Translingual, Multimodal, Interdisciplinary and Justice-Centered Elementary Science Practices | Teaching and Teacher Education
Authors: Patricia Venegas-Weber, Cristina Betancourt, Grace Cornell Gonzales, Jessica Thompson, Manka Varghese, and Hsin Jung Li - Can We TRU-ly Infrastructure Instructional Change? Book Review of Mathematics Teaching on Target and Helping Students Become Powerful Mathematical Thinkers | Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Author: Ilana Seidel Horn - Catalyzing Teacher Moves in Small-Group Problem Solving: A Quantitative Discourse Analysis | International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Authors: Isabel White, William Zahner, and Alexander White - Cheating in the Age of Generative AI: A High School Survey Study of Cheating Behaviors Before and After the Release of ChatGPT | Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Victor R. Lee, Denise Pope, Sarah Miles, and Rosalía C. Zárate - Coaching During Student Teaching: Using Self-Regulated Learning to Improve Questioning Skills for Preservice Science Teachers | Journal of Science Teacher Education
Authors: Hong H. Tran, Timothy J. Cleary, Daniel K. Capps, and Georgia W. Hodges - Conducting Authentic Moth Research with Students to Encourage Scientific Inquiry | Science Scope
Authors: Brian Keas, Peter J. T. White, Christopher B. Brown, David Stroupe, Sara G. Best, and M. Letarte - Cultivating and Leveraging the Community Cultural Wealth of Black Students in High Cognitive Demand Elementary Mathematics Classrooms | Teaching and Teacher Education
Authors: Crystal M. Menzies, Christian D. Schunn, and Mary Kay Stein - Effects of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) on Teacher Leadership Trajectories | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Jillian Ives and Joni Falk - Elementary Students' Argumentative and Explanatory Mathematical Writing About Fractions | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Madelyn W. Colonnese, Fabiana Cardetti, and Tutita Casa - Engaging Elementary Students in Science Practice: Strategies for Helping Children Plan Investigations | Science & Children
Authors: Annabel Stoler and Eve Manz - English-Learner-Classified Students and Absenteeism: A Within-Group Analysis of Missing School | Educational Researcher
Authors: Lucrecia Santibañez, Michael A. Gottfried, and Jennifer A. Freeman - Evidence-based Multimodal Learning Analytics for Feedback and Reflection in Collaborative Learning | British Journal of Educational Technology
Authors: Lixiang Yan, Vanessa Echeverria, Yueqiao Jin, Gloria Fernandez-Nieto, Linxuan Zhao, Xinyu Li, Riordan Alfredo, Zachari Swiecki (2015-16 CADRE Fellow), Dragan Gašević, and Roberto Martinez-Maldonado - Helping Students Use Crosscutting Concepts to Guide Sensemaking of Anchoring Phenomena | The Science Teacher
Authors: Nicole Vick, Michael J. Novak, Daniel C. Voss, Brian J. Reiser, and Ann E. Rivet - I CAN: Strategies for Rethinking How We Share Objectives | Science & Children
Authors: Julianne A. Wenner and Brooke A. Whitworth - Knowledge Distillation of LLMs for Automatic Scoring of Science Assessments | Communications in Computer and Information Science
Authors: Ehsan Latif, Luyang Fang, Ping Ma, and Xiaoming Zhai - Learning and Constructions of Us and Them in Teachers’ Collaborative Groups | Journal of the Learning Sciences
Authors: Mallika Scott and Nicole Louie - Leading Effective Science Curriculum-based Learning | Science & Children
Authors: Patrick Brown, Rodger Bybee, and Joseph Taylor - Leading Elementary School Science: Taking a Multilevel Distributed Perspective to Explore Leadership Practice | Educational Administration Quarterly
Authors: Angela M. Lyle, James P. Spillane, and Christa Haverly (2018-19 CADRE Fellow) - Metaphors in Teaching Dilemmas Conveyed by First-Year Science Teachers in Online Mentoring Dialogues | International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology
Authors: E.J. Bahng, Julie A. Luft, and Jonah Firestone - “Mirrors and Windows:” A Case Study of Educators’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Aspirations and Syllabi Transformation in the Arts | Teaching and Teacher Education
Authors: Tajma Cameron (2024 CADRE Fellow), Valdijah Ambrose Brown, Jen Katz-Buonincontro, Ross C. Anderson, Allan Edmunds, Jessica Land, and Mari Livie - Modified Iodine Clock Reaction to Introduce the Concept of Activity | Journal of Chemical Education
Authors: James E. Patterson, Haley N. Hunsaker, Laurel C. Smith, Rebecca L. Sansom, and Matthew C. Asplund - Novice Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching: Instructional Planning and Discourse | Journal of Science Teacher Education
Authors: Sarah J. Carrier, James Minogue, and Aimee B. Fraulo - Preparing Elementary Pre-service Teachers to Teach Early Algebra: A Conceptual Replication Study | The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: Charles Hohensee and Vahid Borji - Right but Wrong: How Students' Mechanistic Reasoning and Conceptual Understandings Shift When Designing Agent-based Models Using Data | Science Education
Authors: Tamar Fuhrmann, Leah Rosenbaum, Aditi Wagh, Adelmo Eloy, Jacob Wolf, Paulo Blikstein, and Michelle Wilkerson - Scaffolded Team-based Computational Modeling and Simulation Projects for Promoting Representational Competence and Regulatory Skills | International Journal of STEM Education
Authors: Alejandra J. Magana, Joreen Arigye, Abasiafak Udosen, Joseph A. Lyon, Parth Joshi, and Elsje Pienaar - Should Climate Science Be Local? YES!! | Connected Science Learning
Authors: Stacy Meyer, Kelsie Fowler, Claudia McLaughlin Ludwig, Philip Bell, Isabel Carrera Zamanillo, Barbara Steffens, Lori Henrickson, Lorianne Donovan-Hermann, Brad Street, Heidi Smith and Molly Griffiths - Teacher Curricular Sensemaking: Revealing Salient Moments of a Science Teacher's (Un)certainty in Relation to Opportunities for Students' Scientific Sensemaking | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Sage Andersen, María González-Howard (2015-16 CADRE Fellow), and Karina Méndez Pérez - The Context and Development of Teachers’ Collective Reflections on Student Data | Education Sciences
Authors: Sam Prough, Amber Webster, and Lynsey K. Gibbons - Toward Epistemic Justice in Socio-scientific Decision-Making: How Youth Make Sense of Lively COVID-19 and Vaccines Data | Journal of the Learning Sciences
Authors: Wisam Sedawi and Angela Calabrese Barton - Transforming Learning Opportunities in Linguistically Diverse Secondary Classrooms Through Promoting Discussions: Results of an Intervention | Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Authors: William Zahner, Ernesto Daniel Calleros, Lynda Wynn, and Kevin Pelaez - Translanguaging in Formative Assessment: Formative Assessment from a Translanguaging Perspective in the NGSS Classroom | Science & Children
Authors: Abigail Schwenger, Scott E. Grapin, Nicole Altamirano, Alison Haas, and Okhee Lee - Understanding Variation in Integrated STEM Practice as Measured by the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) | Research in Integrated STEM Education
Author: Emily A. Dare and Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen - Using Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistants to Guide Students in Solar Energy Engineering Design | Journal of Geoscience Education
Authors: Shannon Sung, Xiaotong Ding, Rundong Jiang, Elena Sereiviene, Dylan Bulseco, and Charles Xie - Using ChatGPT for Science Learning: A Study on Pre-service Teachers' Lesson Planning | IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
Authors: Gyeong-Geon Lee and Xiaoming Zhai - Using My Education to Fight for My Communities’: Understanding How an Equity-based STEM Experience Cultivated Equity Ethic and STEM Identity Development Among Women of Colour in STEM | London Review of Education
Authors: Jasmyne Yeldell, Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, Pavneet Kaur Bharaj, Dionne Cross Francis, Anina Mahmud, Raven Walters, and Tasia Bryson - Vertical Lesson Study to Bring Coherence in Prioritizing Student Contribution and Voice | Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership
Authors: Holly Tate, Jennifer Suh, Amy Christensen, Kaitlin Kaplewicz, Jacqueline Carlson, and Jenny Carter - Washington’s ClimeTime: Collaboration and Capacity-Building to Foster Climate Learning Across a State Network | Connected Science Learning
Authors: Ellen Ebert, Johanna Brown, Elizabeth Schmitz, Deb L. Morrison, Philip Bell, Cheryl Lydon, and Luke Matlack - Wonderings Drive Learning | Science & Children
Author: Alissa A. Lange
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
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- October 1, 2024 – NSF | National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program
- October 2, 2024 – NSF | NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- NEW! October 3, 2024 – NAEd/Spencer | National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
- October 3, 2024 – NSF | EDU Core Research (ECR:Core)
- 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)
- NEW! October 15, 2024 – NSF | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
- October 15, 2024 – NSF | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- 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)
- NEW! November 7, 2024 – NAEd/Spencer | National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 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)
- NEW! December 6, 2024 – NSF | EPSCoR Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (EPSCoR CREST Centers)
- January 8, 2025 – NSF | Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
- February 12, 2025 – NSF | Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)
- February 28, 2025 – NSF | EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research
Publications
NEW! September 15, 2024 – Education Policy Analysis Archives | Looking Back at 50 Years of IDEA and Envisioning Possible Futures (Abstract Deadline)
- 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 & Children | Exploring Real-World Problems in Science
- October 1, 2024 – Science Education | Towards Equitable & Expansive Modeling: Pushing the Boundaries of Scientific Modeling for PK–16 Learners (Extended Abstract Deadline)
- October 1, 2024 – Science Scope | My Favorite Lesson
- October 2, 2024 – Investigations in Mathematics Learning | Mathematical Writing in PK-12 Settings (Abstract Deadline)
- October 14, 2024 – Science & Education | New Histories of Science and Science Education
- NEW! October 15, 2024 – Mathematics Teacher Educator | Supporting Teachers to Engage Traditionally Marginalized Learners (Abstract Deadline)
- NEW! October 30, 2024 – Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence | Bridging Educational Divide with Generative AI (Abstract Deadline)
- October 31, 2024 – Education Sciences | Interdisciplinary Approaches to STEM Education
- October 31, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Emerging Learning Technologies in Education for Sustainable Development: Theoretical Insights, Experimental Research, and Case Studies
- November 30, 2024 – The Journal of Environmental Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy for Climate Change Education
- NEW! December 1, 2024 – Pedagogies: An International Journal | Reimagining Multiliteracies in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Abstract Deadline)
- NEW! December 1, 2024 – Professional Development in Education | Understanding Middle Leaders’ Relational Practices for Supporting Professional Learning in Schools (Proposal Deadline)
- December 1, 2024 – Science & Children | Empowering Student Voice
- December 1, 2024 – Science Scope | Mobilizing Broadscale Climate Science Education
- NEW! December 31, 2024 – The Urban Review | The Continued Impact of Neoliberalism on Urban Education
- NEW! January 1, 2025 – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Replication Studies in Mathematics Education (Extended Abstract Deadline)
- January 20, 2025 – Education Sciences | Application of AI Technologies in STEM Education
- NEW! January 31, 2025 – Science & Children, Science Scope, and The Science Teacher | Data Science in the Science Classroom
- February 1, 2025 – Science & Children | Making Space for Creativity in the Science Classroom
- February 1, 2025 – Science Scope | Maker Movement and Engineering
- NEW! March 1, 2025 – Journal of Geoscience Education | Parks, Programs, Daily Life: Geoscience Learning Beyond the Classroom
- October 31, 2025 – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Mathematics Education for Sustainable Futures
- December 31, 2025 – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education | Mathematics for and in STEM Education
- NEW! December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | Artificial Intelligence in Science Education
- NEW! December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | STEM and Teaching Engineering Design
August 31, 2024 – 2025 ITEEA Annual Conference (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! September 1, 2024 – 2025 ASEE Annual Conference (Call for Abstracts)
- September 13, 2024 – 2025 NCME Annual Meeting (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! September 20, 2024 – 2025 AAPT Winter Meeting (Call for Abstracts)
- NEW! September 30, 2024 – 2025 ACS Meeting and Expo (Call for Abstracts)
- NEW! September 30, 2024 – 2025 NSTA National Conference (Call for Proposals)
- October 1, 2024 – 2025 NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! October 4, 2024 – 2025 Spring CUE Conference (Call for Abstracts)
- NEW! October 7, 2024 – 2025 NARST Graduate Student Research Symposium (Call for Abstracts)
- NEW! October 9, 2024 – 2025 Call for AERA Award Nominations
- October 29, 2024 – 2025 CSEDU International Conference (Call for Papers)
- November 1, 2024 – 2025 SITE Conference (Call for Presentations)
Career & Professional Development
- NEW! August 28, 2024 – University of Florida, Lastinger Center for Learning: Mathematics Implementation Specialist
- September 30, 2024 – Utah State University: Assistant or Associate Professor - Science and STEM Education
- October 20, 2024 – California State University, Dominguez Hills: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood STEM
- NEW! November 15, 2024 – University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Education: Project Manager for Western Massachusetts Bilingual Hub
- Until filled – Bowling Green State University: Assistant Professor in Special Education - Assessment, Assistive Technology, Mathematics, Severe Disabilities (Application review began November 16, 2023)
- NEW! Until filled – Stonehill College: Assistant/Associate Professor of Math and/or Science Teacher Educator (Application review began June 25, 2024)
- Until filled – University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education - Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor
- Until filled – University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center: Post Doctoral Associate
- Until filled – Utah Valley University: Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education (Application review began December 1, 2023)
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