May 2024 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues,

In this newsletter, we focus on project development, specifically highlighting insights and expertise from your DRK-12 and NSF colleagues, in preparation for the coming weeks and months when many of you will be fleshing out and refining your proposal ideas, digesting review panel feedback and considering a resubmission, and/or fostering relationships that may lead to new collaborations. For a comprehensive set of proposal development resources, visit our NSF Proposal Toolkit.

We are excited to share a new brief on recruitment and retention. We also invite you to read two new blog posts on innovative dissemination methods and making an impact through evidence building and knowledge mobilization, as well as review perspective pieces on approaches to external review in DRK-12 research. Thank you to all the awardees who shared their knowledge for the benefit of others. We hope you enjoy reading what we’ve learned and can leverage a tip or strategy for your next project! Visit our DRK-12 Community Voices Blog for more researcher perspectives.

For those considering submitting a DRK-12 proposal for partnership development, we encourage you to attend an upcoming NSF webinar on this project type. NSF program directors will provide clarity on requirements and opportunities outlined in the partnership development project type of the DRK-12 solicitation.

Our recent CADRE Learning Series webinar, Ethical Use of AI in STEM Education Research, offered a rich discussion of critical ideas and tools to support ethical and just use of AI. Stay tuned for the related brief, to be released next month.

Best,

The CADRE Team

NSF DRK-12 Solicitation: Partnership Development Project Type | Webinar Registration

June 11, 2024 | 1-2:30 PM ET

Join NSF for an information session focused on the DRK-12 program’s new partnership development project type, announced in 2023, during which program directors will answer participants' questions. Please submit your questions about this funding opportunity during registration.

NSF Presenters: Joan Walker and Michael Ford, project directors, DRL, STEM EDU

CADRE Learning Series: Ethical Use of AI in STEM Education Research | Webinar Recording

Learning Series Panelists

The first webinar in our CADRE Learning Series on AI in STEM Education Research featured authors of an upcoming CADRE Brief, Toward Ethical and Just AI in Education Research. The panelists discussed critical conversations, considerations, and approaches for researchers leveraging AI in their STEM education research to help ensure that their use of artificial intelligence protects participants and helps address rather than exacerbate inequities in STEM teaching and learning. View the webinar slides.

The brief is coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Recruiting and Retaining Participants for STEM Education Research | Brief

We interviewed researchers to learn about their most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining participants for STEM education research. While there are no shortcuts to successful recruitment, a sustained commitment to understanding and addressing the needs of a district and its teachers is key to long-term success. In this new brief, we share practices that have proven successful for experienced researchers.

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Disseminating DRK-12 Work: Extending Engagement | Blog Post

CADRE gathered data through our annual survey about the innovative dissemination methods DRK–12 awardees employ to share their insights and inform a diverse audience that includes policymakers, educators, and the public at large. We share an overview of those approaches in this blog post.

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Making an Impact on Education: Building Evidence, Working in Partnership, and Mobilizing Knowledge | Blog Post

In this blog post, CADRE shares perspectives gathered from researchers and NSF program officers on transforming findings from education research into action to make a meaningful impact on teaching and learning.

View Blog Post

Evaluating DRK-12 Research | Blog Posts

All DRK-12 proposals are required to include external critical reviews of their designs and activities. In two blog posts, awardees and evaluators on DRK-12 awards have shared insights that may help you consider what evaluation structures and processes to incorporate into your submission as well as how evaluation activities can support and inform your project activities.

External Review of DRK–12 Projects
Seasoned evaluators offer recommendations and considerations for those deciding whether to build an advisory board, external review panel, and/or evaluator into your project.

The Role of Evaluation in Research Projects
Scholars involved in both research and evaluation on DRK-12 awards offer insights into the potential role of evaluation in STEM education research projects and how it might differ from and complement that of the research program.

Current Perspectives on STEM Education Topics | Report & Project Spotlights

As you situate your proposal idea within the Report authors broader field, consider how your work builds on recent innovations and advances as well as strategies for addressing perennial challenges associated with improving teaching and learning, We encourage you to read what your DRK-12 colleagues have shared about their work on a variety of critical topics within STEM education research.

Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
This report takes stock of what we currently know and need to know to make classroom assessment maximally beneficial for STEM teaching and learning. It draws inspiration from two decades of research on assessment in STEM education with emphasis on DRK-12-funded work.

Spotlights on STEM Education Research
Each month, we highlight projects working in specific topic areas within the DRK-12 portfolio. In addition to sharing more information about their approaches, products, and findings, projects often offer advice to others considering work in those areas and suggest strategies for addressing some of the biggest challenges they face in their work. Recent Spotlights include:

Project Tip: Take Advantage of NSF Resource Network Proposal Development Resources

While this newsletter primarily focuses on insights, advice, and lessons learned from your peers, CADRE and our fellow NSF Resource Networks offer full suites of resources designed to support you and your team throughout the proposal development process. We highlight a few key offerings here:

CADRE: NSF Proposal Development Toolkit & Timeline
EQR Hub: Resources on Equitable Research Methods, Communication, and Engagement Plans
EvaluATE: Evaluation Planning & Design Resources
INCLUDES: Goals & Metrics: Gathering Evidence for Success
REVISE: Project Planner for Informal STEM Education
STELAR: ITEST Proposal Development Course

Newsbites

News from NSF

The revised Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1) is in effect for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024. Review the Summary of Changes to the PAPPG (NSF 24-1) and NSF Proposal & Award Policy Updates (NSF 24-1) webinar for more information.
The NSF 2024 Spring Advisory Committee will meet May 29-30 to discuss the theme Rural and Remote Communities: Examining Ways to Unleash STEM Education and Workforce Opportunities.
The job opportunity is still open for a permanent s cience education administrator (program director) with expertise in quantitative research methodology at the Division of Research and Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL).

News from NSF Networks

On Wednesday, May 29, at 1 PM ET, REVISE will host a webinar on Equity and AI in Informal STEM Learning.
STELAR convened the 2024 NSF ITEST PI Meeting in early May. Session slides and recordings are posted to the agenda.

News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees

Publications

Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Publishing: Key Initiatives from JMTE | Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Authors: Thorsten Scheiner, Karin Brodie, Núria Planas, Lisa Darragh, Anjum Halai, Despina Potari, Manuel Santos-Trigo, and Janet Walkoe
All Sorts of Quality Interactions with English Learners | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Authors: Haiwen Chu and Guillermo Virgilio Lopez (2022 CADRE Fellow)
Asset and Deficit Discourses of Student Ideas in Science Formative Assessment Co‐design | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Caitlin G. M. Fine and Erin M. Furtak
Attending to Coherence Among Research Questions, Methods, and Claims in Coding Studies | Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Authors: Jennifer A. Czocher and Kathleen Melhuish
Beyond the Monolith: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Latiné/x/a/o Students in Engineering Using a Liberative Approach | Journal of Engineering Education
Authors: Renata A. Revelo, Joel Alejandro Mejia (2013-14 CADRE Fellow), Janice Mejía, and Idalis Villanueva Alarcón
Characterizing Engagement in the Science Practices: A Study of Preservice Elementary Teachers | Science Education
Authors: Adam Bennion and Elizabeth A. Davis
Co-ML: Collaborative Machine Learning Model Building for Developing Dataset Design Practices | Transactions on Computing Education
Authors: Tiffany Tseng, Matt J. Davidson, Luis Morales-Navarro, Jennifer King Chen (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Victoria Delaney, Mark Leibowitz, Jazbo Beason, and R. Benjamin Shapiro
"Connecting the Dots” for Recruiting Secondary Science Teachers in Urban Schools: An Exploration of Career Choice for Undergraduate Science Majors | The Urban Review
Authors: Lisa M. Marco-Bujosa, Amanda Galczyk, Rachel Stannard, Peter Koetting, and Audrey A. Friedman
Epistemic Scaffolding: Understanding and Designing the Support for Epistemic Growth in Science | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Feng Lin and Sadhana Puntambekar
Examining the Influence of Secondary Math and Science Teacher Preparation Programs on Graduates’ Instructional Quality and Persistence in Teaching | Education Sciences
Authors: Danielle Marie Rhemer, Will Rogers, and Sherry Ann Southerland
Exploring and Promoting a Student's Covariational Reasoning and Developing Graphing Meanings | The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: Teo Paoletti, Irma E. Stevens, Srujana Acharya, Claudine Margolis, Allison Olshefke-Clark, and Allison L Gantt
Exploring Science Teachers' Efforts to Frame Phenomena in the Community | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Heather F. Clark, Symone A. Gyles, Darlene Tieu, Shriya Venkatesh, and William A. Sandoval
Longitudinal Study Examining Immersing Students with IEPs in Argument-based Inquiry to Improve the Learning of Science | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Gamze Karaer, Jihyun Hwang, Niphon Chanlen, and Brian Hand
Navigating Socio‐emotional Risk Through Comfort‐Building in Physics Teacher Professional Development: A Case Study | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Maggie S. Mahmood, Hamideh Talafian, Devyn Shafer, Eric Kuo, Morten Lundsgaard, and Tim Stelzer
Profiling Teachers’ Motivation for Professional Development: A Nationwide Study | Journal of Teacher Education
Authors: Eric Richter, Tim Fütterer, Arthur Eisenkraft, and Christian Fischer
Teacher Preparation in Statistics: Focusing on Variability Through Attending to Precision | Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education
Authors: Anna Bargagliotti and Christina Eubanks-Turner
The Emergence of Science Teacher Leadership in the Context of the Pursuit of Teaching Science for Social Justice | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Emily Lisy, Todd Campbell, and Byung-Yeol Park
The Expertise of Novices: A Framework for Prospective Teacher’s Noticing of Children’s Mathematical Thinking | The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: John Bragelman, Julie M. Amador, and Alison Castro Superfine
The Impact of High School Science Pedagogies on Students' STEM Career Interest and on Their Ratings of Teacher Quality | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Chen Chen, Tamer Said, Philip M. Sadler, Anthony Perry, Gerhard Sonnert
The Role of Opportunity to Learn and School Socioeconomic Composition in Reducing Racial and Gendered Disparities in Mathematics Achievement | Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
Authors: Tyler A. Womack, Gregory J. Palardy, and Soojin Park
Understanding the Role of Working Memory and Phonological Memory in Mathematics and Response to Intervention for Emergent Bilingual Kindergartners | Journal of Numerical Cognition
Authors: Madison A. Cook, Keith Smolkowski, Lina Shanley, Joanna Hermida, Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Christian T. Doabler, and Ben Clarke
White Shame and White Ambivalence in Learning to Be a Well‐Started White Anti‐Racist Science Teacher | Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Authors: Jonathan McCausland and Scott McDonald
Widening University Participation in Learning Using Students’ Contextualised Storytelling in General Chemistry | Chemistry Education Research and Practice
Authors: Karen Ho, Yen Luong, Carl Sherwood, and Douglas B. Clark

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 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)
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)
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)

For more NSF funding opportunities, see CADRE's list of Upcoming NSF DRL EHR Solicitation Deadlines.

Publications

Ongoing – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Mathematics Education for Sustainable Futures
May 30, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Reinventing Pedagogies and Practices of 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) with the Rise of Blended Learning
NEW! May 30, 2024 – School Science and Mathematics | Generative AI in Math, Science, and STEM Education (Abstract Deadline)
June 1, 2024 – Science & Children | Human Impacts
June 1, 2024 – Science Scope | Sensemaking
June 1, 2024 – The Science Teacher | Differentiation and Inclusivity for All
June 7, 2024 – Learning, Media and Technology | Fiction in Learning, Media and Technology Research
June 15, 2024 – Connected Science Learning | Bridging the Gap: Blueprints for Lasting Partnerships Between Community-based Organizations and Schools
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
NEW! July 15, 2024 – Journal of Learning Analytics | Generative AI and Learning Analytics
July 31, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: Theories, Technologies, and Applications
NEW! August 1, 2024 – Journal of Engineering Education | Generative Artificial Intelligence in Support of Engineering Education Research and Other STEM Disciplines (Extended Abstract Deadline)
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
August 15, 2024 – Connected Science Learning | Best of Both Worlds: Teaching and Learning Strategies that Transcend Setting
NEW! August 15, 2024 – International Journal of Science Education | The Game-Changer: Generative Artificial Intelligence for Science Education and Research (Abstract Deadline)
August 20, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Intelligent Robotics in STEM Education: Pedagogical Innovation, Higher-Order Thinking, and Interdisciplinary Competence
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
October 31, 2024 – Educational Technology & Society | Emerging Learning Technologies in Education for Sustainable Development: Theoretical Insights, Experimental Research, and Case Studies

For other publication opportunities, including those with ongoing submissions, see CADRE's list of Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.

Conferences