Dear Colleagues,
This month, we’re taking a pause from our standard articles to reflect on 2021, highlight resources and information that the DRK-12 community found most compelling, and invite you to revisit those that you missed. Below you’ll find our most popular Spotlights, blogs, tweets, videos and more! Reflecting on some of the highlights of CADRE this year, we found many sessions at the 2021 DRK-12 PI Meeting thought-provoking, such as the Equitable STEM Education session; were excited to pull together and broadly disseminate the collection of DRK-12 resources for teachers; and were pleased to open the CADRE Fellows program to a broader pool of applicants.
In the midst of last year’s challenges, the importance of STEM education was clearly evident to so many of us. Moreover, existing inequities in our education systems at large, and specifically with STEM education, were exacerbated. The FY22 federal STEM education investments acknowledge the critical nature of STEM to our society and appropriate funding to address some of the areas of inequity so salient these last years. You may be interested in Best Practices for Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Education and Research: A Guide by and for Federal Agencies released by the White House to share best practices for diversity and inclusion within federal agencies and in the programs they support. In recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, we acknowledge the inequities and challenges people with disabilities often face and encourage you to revisit our February Spotlight featuring DRK-12 projects researching promising approaches to STEM education that address individual differences and variability and other DRK-12 resources on the topic. For those committed to improving equity in STEM education, becoming an NSF program director is one way you can make a difference. Consider applying for one of the currently open positions.
We hope you are able to relax a bit before the new year. We’re looking forward to a new year of programming starting in January with a great DRK-12 session Innovations in Culturally Relevant and Responsive Science Instruction at ASTE. We hope you can attend. Our January newsletter will feature a project Spotlight on motivation and engagement. (If your project studies these constructs and you’d like to be featured, let us know!) We also want to thank those of you who completed our recent survey on the topics and modes of engagement you prefer. Those who completed the survey were most interested in learning about their colleagues’ research, methods, and findings; working with local education agency partners; disseminating their work to various audiences; and addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion in their research designs, methods, and partnerships. We’re planning programming to attend to these interests. And, as we still face COVID-related complications to our lives and work, we will continue to share resources and approaches such as these to support our community. Finally, get ready to register for the 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase starting January 12. Formal announcement to come.
Best,
The CADRE Team
Most Popular DRK-12 News and Resources in 2021
We're looking back on DRK-12 work in 2021 and sharing some of the most popular content.
Most Visited Spotlights from 2021
 Curricula & Resources for Educators |
 Informal & Formal STEM Education |
 Sustaining & Scaling Professional Development |
Several of our older Spotlights continue to receive high traffic, including Modeling in Science & Mathematics Education (2020), Teacher Content Knowledge (2020), and Culturally Responsive STEM Education (2019).
Most Clicked Newsbites
- Decentering Whiteness in Teacher Education: Addressing the Questions of Who, With Whom, and How | Journal of Teacher Education | Authors: Dorinda J. Carter Andrews, Ye He, Joanne E. Marciano, Gail Richmond, and María Salazar
- A Day of Reckoning for the White Academy: Reframing Success for African American Women in STEM | Cultural Studies of Science Education | Authors: Terrell R. Morton (2018 CADRE Postdoc) and Tara Nkrumah
- A tie! A Vision That Focuses on Diversity and Broader Impact | Journal of Research in Science Teaching | Authors: Felicia Moore Mensah and Troy D. Sadler.
Methodological Guidance Paper: The Craft of Conducting a Qualitative Review | Review of Educational Research | Authors: Suzanne M. Wilson and Dorothea Anagnostopoulos
Popular Social Media Posts
Most Reach on Facebook: For #CSEdWeek, we want to highlight NSF-funded work to prepare all students for a computer-driven future! Check out our Spotlight, including a blog by Aankit Patel: http://cadrek12.org/computer-science-and-computational-thinking
Most Impressions on Twitter: Today's featured #NewDRK12Award is CAREER award: Partnering with Teachers and Students to Engage in Mathematical Inquiry about Relevant Social Issues http://cadrek12.org/projects/career-partnering-teachers-and-students-engage-mathematical-inquiry-about-relevant-social @NSF #NSFfunded #EdResearch #MathEd @PittTweet @karikokka #STEMEd #Edchat
Most Engagement: New Blog! As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, CADRE is pleased to highlight @STEM_STARS123, an HBCU-led teacher residency program designed to address science and math teacher shortages in high-needs school districts. http://cadrek12.org/resources/blog… @willacad1 #HBCU #STEMEd #NSFfunded
Most Viewed DRK-12 Community Voices Blog Posts from 2021
Several of our older blog posts continue to receive high traffic, including Subject Matter Knowledge Is Important! (2020) by Julie Luft, Critically Examining Whiteness in Culturally Responsive Education (2019) by Christa Haverly, and Coherence across the Mathematics Curriculum (2019) by Corey Drake, Jill Newton, Amy Olson, and Marcy Wood.
Most Viewed DRK-12 Project Resources
- CRIS 7e Lesson Plan Template | Product for Educators
- Considerations for STEM Education from PreK Through Grade 3 | Publication
- What Is “Repeated Reasoning" in MP8? | Publication
Find a compilation of 2021 DRK-12 publications in our Reading List.
Most Viewed DRK-12 Project Pages
- SimScientists Human Body Systems: Using Simulations to Foster Integrated Understanding of Complex, Dynamic, Interactive Systems
- Strengthening Data Literacy across the Curriculum (SDLC)
- Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
Most Viewed DRK-12 Videos in the 2021 STEM For All Video Showcase
 Responding to an Emerging Epidemic Through Science Education |
 Young Mathematicians: Transforming PreK Learning Environment |
 Supporting Equitable Participation and Access |
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December Newsbites
Read this month's roundup of news from NSF, NSF networks, and DRK-12 projects and awardees.
News from NSF
- NSF has five permanent DRL program director positions open right now. If you have expertise in computer science, engineering, informal science, mathematics or science education, consider applying.
- NSF is hosting a 2-day virtual meeting, “Blockchain in Education – Education in Blockchain.” You can choose to attend one or more of the sessions on February 14/15.
- Proposals for NSF's solicitation on Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) are due February 17.
- The NSF EHR STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program is an opportunity for recent doctoral graduates in STEM, STEM Education, Education, and related disciplines. Proposals are due March 1.
- View recordings from the National Science Board's December meeting, which included a panel on The Uneven Geography of K-12 STEM Education and recommendations for Broadening Participation of the Missing Millions in STEM.
News from NSF Networks
- At the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program Awardee Meeting, NSF program directors and staff shared presentations on grant management and informal STEM learning funding opportunities across the agency.
- CIRCLS shared recently awarded RETTL projects in their December newsletter.
- EvaluATE hosted a webinar on Strategies for Reporting Qualitative Evaluations on December 15. Stay tuned for the recording.
- NSF INCLUDES has posted a new podcast episode. Dr. Ivory A. Toldson discusses strategies to retain & engage underrepresented faculty and student in STEM with Dr. Casey W. Miller.
- The STEM for All multiplex and STELAR hosted November's "Theme of the Month" on Developing K-12 STEM Career Pathways for the Future of Work.
News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees
Awards & Recognition
- Joe Krajcik, professor, Science Education, College of Education, named University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.
Publications
- Assessing STEM Identities in Intergenerational Informal STEM Programming | CITE Journal
Authors: Laura Rodriguez, Todd Campbell, John C. Volin, David M. Moss, Chester Arnold, and Laura Cisneros - Beyond the Basics: A Detailed Conceptual Framework of Integrated STEM | Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
Authors: Gillian H. Roehrig, Emily A. Dare, Joshua A. Ellis, and Elizabeth Ring-Whalen - Building a Computational Model of Food Webs: Impacts on Middle School Students' Computational and Systems Thinking Skills | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Arif Rachmatullah and Eric N. Wiebe - Climate Crisis Learning Through Scaffolded Instructional Tools | Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Authors: Janelle M. Bailey, Sonia Jamani, Timothy G. Klavon, Joshua Jaffe, and Svetha Mohan - COMPUGIRLS: How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age | University of Illinois Press
Author: Kimberly A. Scott - Construction of the Cardinality Principle Through Counting: Critique and Conjecture | Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Authors: Martin A. Simon, Daniela Della Volpe, and Arundhati Velamur - Designing Biomimetic Robots: Iterative Development of an Integrated Technology Design Curriculum | Educational Technology Research and Development
Authors: Debra Bernstein, Gillian Puttick, Kristen Wendell, Fayette Shaw, Ethan Danahy, and Michael Cassidy - Formative Assessment Practice Progressions for Teacher Preparation: A Framework and Illustrative Case | Teaching and Teacher Education
Authors: Amelia Wenk Gotwals and Dante Cisterna - Four Principles for Assessing Student-Directed Projects | Phi Delta Kappan
Authors: Karen Brennan, Sarah Blum-Smith, and Paulina Haduong - How Can Teaching Simulations Help Us Study at Scale the Tensions Mathematics Teachers Have to Manage When Considering Policy Recommendations? | Educational Studies in Mathematics
Authors: Patricio Herbst, Mollee Shultz, Emanuele Bardelli, Nicolas Boileau, and Amanda Milewski - Identifying the Content, Lesson Structure, and Data Use Within Pre-Collegiate Data Science Curricula | Journal of Science Education and Technology
Authors: Victor R. Lee and Victoria Delaney - Increasing Success in Higher Education: The Relationships of Online Course Taking with College Completion and Time-to-Degree | Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Authors: Christian Fischer, Rachel Baker, Qiujie Li, Gabe Avakian Orona, and Mark Warschauer - It's Just the Wilson Way: Investigating the Extended Impact of an Elementary Full-Service Community School Initiative on Middle School STEM-Related Outcomes | Urban Education
Authors: Kathleen Provinzano, Kristin L.K. Koskey, Toni Sondergeld, and Alonzo Flowers - Learning Acquired from a Computer Game‐based Early Algebra Intervention | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Christopher Engledowl, Mohammad Al-younes, Barbara Chamberlin, and Ted Stanford - Middle School Students’ Construction of Reciprocal Reasoning with Unknowns | The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: Amy J. Hackenberg and Serife Sevinc -
Motivating Teaching, Sustaining Change in Practice: Design Principles for Teacher Learning in Project-Based Learning Contexts | Journal of Science Teacher EducationAuthors: Emily C. Miller, Samuel Severance, and Joseph Krajcik
- Partnerships to Offer Advanced Learning for All Students | Phi Delta Kappan
Authors: Karen Hammerness, Anna MacPherson, Preeti Gupta, Tramia Jackson, Rachel Chaffee - Pre-service Teachers' Learning from Significant Opportunities for Improvement in a Positive Error Culture | Mathematics Teacher Education and Development
Authors: Randall E. Groth and Jennifer A. Bergner - Quantification in Empirical Activity: Tracing Children's Interests and Ideas | Science & Education
Authors: Eve Manz and Betsy Beckert - Recording Student Thinking in a Mathematics Discussion | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Authors: Nicole Garcia, Meghan Shaughnessy, and D’Anna Pynes - Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures for Equitable Educational Assessment | Phi Delta Kappan
Author: William R. Penuel - “Science Theatre Makes You Good at Science”: Affordances of Embodied Performances in Urban Elementary Science Classrooms | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Maria Varelas, Rebecca T. Kotler, Hannah D. Natividad, Nathan C. Phillips, Rachelle P. Tsachor, Rebecca Woodard, Marcie Gutierrez, Miguel A. Melchor, and Maria Rosario - Share the Golden Nuggets | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Author: Joel Amidon - “Subitizing: What Is It? Why Teach It?” | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Author: Douglas H. Clements and Introduction by: Carol Matsumoto - The Honeycomb of Engineering Framework: Philosophy of Engineering Guiding Precollege Engineering Education | The Journal of Engineering Education
Authors: Şenay Purzer, Jenny Quintana-Cifuentes, and Muhsin Menekse - The Representation of Social Groups in U.S. Educational Materials and Why it Matters | New America: Education Policy Report
Author: Amanda LaTasha Armstrong (2020-21 CADRE Fellow) - Virtual Scaffolded Instruction for Students with Disabilities | Journal of Special Education Technology
Authors: Cassandra M. Smith and Rachel L. Juergensen (2020-21 CADRE Fellow)
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
January 4, 2022 – NSF | Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) for Secondary and Elementary Teachers in STEM - Small Grants for Research- January 18, 2022 – NSF | Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
- January 25, 2022 – NSF | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)
- February 9, 2022 – NSF | Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)
- February 10, 2022 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) - HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE)
- February 17, 2022 – NSF | Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
- February 25, 2022 – NSF | EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research
- March 1, 2022 – NSF | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF)
- March 22, 2022 – NSF | Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity)
- April 1, 2022 – NSF | Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) for Secondary and Elementary Teachers in STEM - Instructional Capacity Excellence in TCUP Institutions (ICE-TI) and Targeted STEM Infusion Projects (TSIP)
- April 28, 2022 – NSF | ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) (Preliminary Proposal)
For more NSF funding opportunities, see CADRE's list of Upcoming NSF DRL Solicitation Deadlines.
Publications
Ongoing – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 | Transitioning to a Postpandemic World- December 31, 2021 – Computer Applications in Engineering Education | Special Issue of Computer Applications in Engineering Education: Portable Learning Technologies for Engineering Education
- January 1, 2022 – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 | Social-Emotional Learning and Mathematics
- January 14, 2022 – School Science and Mathematics: Mathematics and Science Teacher Noticing: Conceptual Explorations and Empirical Connections (Proposals Due)
- February 1, 2022 – Science & Children | Earth's Place in the Universe
- February 1, 2022 – Science Scope | MS-ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe
- February 1, 2022 – The Science Teacher | Societal Issues in STEM
- February 15, 2022 – Connected Science Learning | STEM Engagement: The Power of Families and Communities
- February 28, 2022 – Educational Technology & Society | Dynamic Accounts of Digital Divides: Longitudinal and Relational Insights into Unequal Learning Gains from Online and Blended Education
- February 28, 2022 – Sustainability | Educational Technologies
- April 2022 – The Science Teacher | Special Issue on Infectious Disease
- April 1, 2022 – Science & Children | Energy
- April 1, 2022 – Science Scope | Integrating SEPs and CCCs
- April 1, 2022 – The Science Teacher | Alternative Assessments in the Science Classroom
- June 1, 2022 – Journal of Engineering Education | Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Engineering Education
- August 2022 – Journal of Chemical Education | Teaching Changes and Insights Gained in the Time after COVID-19
For other publication opportunities, including those with ongoing submissions, see CADRE's list of Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
Conferences
December 20, 2021 – 2022 International CSEDU Conference (Call for Session and Workshop Proposals)- December 21, 2021 (Extended) – 2022 International CSEDU Conference (Call for Papers)
- January 24, 2022 – 2022 ASTC Annual Conference (Call for Proposals)
- February 22, 2022 – 2022 EdMedia + Innovate Learning Summit (Call for Proposals)
- March 5, 2022 – 2022 SITE International Conference (Call for Proposals)
- April 13, 2022 – 2022 ASEE Summer Virtual Workshops (Call for Proposals)
For more conference information, see CADRE's list of Conferences for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
Career & Professional Development
January 15, 2022 – Hunter College - CUNY: Postdoctoral Fellow for NSF Project- Until filled – Aspen Institute: Program Manager, Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
- Until filled – Auburn University: Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology Education (Application review began July 1, 2021)
- Until filled – Boston College: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Science Education (Application review began July 15, 2021)
- Until filled – California State University, East Bay: Post-Doctoral Researcher for NSF Project
- Until filled – California State University, Long Beach: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education (Application review began October 15, 2021)
- Until filled – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis: Call for Editors (2023-2025)
- Until filled – Educational Technology Research and Development: Call for Reviewers
- Until filled – Educational Testing Service: Research Scientist - Fairness, Equity, Validity and Efficacy
- Until filled – Georgia State University: Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education (Application review began September 15, 2021)
- Until filled – Georgia State University, Department of Educational Policy Studies: Assistant/Associate Professor of Qualitative Research (Application review began September 1, 2021)
- Until filled – Georgia State University, Department of Educational Policy Studies: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Research (Application review began September 1, 2021)
- Until filled – Georgia State University, Department of Educational Policy Studies: Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education (Application review began September 1, 2021)
- Until filled – Harvard University: Senior Faculty Position in Teacher Learning and Practice (Application review began February 22, 2021)
- Until filled – Indiana University: Assistant Professor of the Learning Sciences (Application review began November 15, 2021)
- Until filled – Muhlenberg College: Associate Professor & Education Department Chair (Application review began November 1, 2021)
- Until filled – Northwestern University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Science Education (Application review begins January 3, 2022)
- Until filled – Review of Educational Research: Call for Editors (2022-2024)
- Until filled – Southern Methodist University: Education Policy and Leadership Associate/Full Professor (Application review began December 15, 2021)
- Until filled – The University of Texas at Austin: Open Rank Professor of STEM Education (Application review began October 1, 2021)
- Until filled – University of California, Santa Cruz: Assistant Professor of Early Literacy Education (Application review began November 1, 2021)
- Until filled – University of California, Santa Cruz: Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies (Application review began October 15, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Delaware: Research Associate for NSF CS4All Project
- Until filled – University of Florida: Lastinger Center Post-Doctoral Mathematics Content Developer
- Until filled – University of Florida, Department of Natural History: Assistant/Associate Faculty Curator of Museum Education and AI at the Florida Museum (Application review begins January 1, 2022)
- Until filled – University of Maine: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Application review began April 1, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Maryland: PDS Secondary Math Education Coordinator
- Until filled – University of Pittsburgh: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor with Focus on Critical Disability Studies and Special Education
- Until filled – University of Pittsburgh: Associate or Full Professor of Black Radical Tradition in Urban Education (Application review began November 30, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Rochester: Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF-funded Project
- Until filled – University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Assistant Professor in Math Education (Application review began September 1, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Utah: Associate Professor of STEM Education (Application review begins December 15, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Virginia: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education (Application review began November 4, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Washington Bothell: Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF Project (Application review began October 29, 2021)
- Until filled – University of Washington Tacoma: Assistant Professor of Native American Education (Application review began November 12, 2021)
- Until filled – Vanderbilt University: Assistant Professor of Education Policy in Inequality (Application review began October 15, 2021)
- Until filled – Vanderbilt University: Postdoctoral Researcher for NSF Project (Application review begins January 15, 2022)
For job, funding, and capacity-building opportunities for doctoral students, postdocs, and other early career scholars, visit our Early Career News & Opportunities page.
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