Dear Colleagues,
This month’s Spotlight on Algebra Education in DRK-12 features projects focused on the connections between teaching practices, student reasoning, and the effectiveness of interventions. The projects address research questions about how students develop algebraic thinking and the impact of instruction on them, as well as how teachers perceive and interpret algebraic thinking and how their practices evolve through collaboration and professional development. Read about the DRK-12 projects and related resources featured in the Spotlight.
Don’t miss the newest episode in season two of Drs. Lani Horn and Terrell Morton’s video podcast series on project design, proposal writing, and project management. This episode focuses on both developing and managing a project budget.
The new DRK-12 awards keep coming. Read an updated list of new DRK-12 awards. Congratulations to the newest members of the DRK-12 community! There are now 10 awards for the Partnership Development Project type, new to the 2023 DRK-12 solicitation. Learn more about developing a proposal for this project type in this NSF webinar. Those interested in this project type can submit a concept outline to Joan Walker or DRLDRK12@nsf.gov through October 11.
Best,
The CADRE Team
Algebra Education in DRK-12 | Spotlight
This Spotlight highlights how DRK-12 projects are advancing the field of algebra education through innovative technologies, teacher professional development, curriculum impact studies, meta-research, and strategic partnership development. Eight projects describe their interventions, research questions, initial findings, and strategies for addressing key challenges. PIs also offer advice for others considering research and development in algebra education.
In this Spotlight:
- Featured Projects
- CAREER: Covariational and Algebraic Reasoning: A New Path to Algebra (PI: Teo Paoletti)
- CAREER: Exploring Teacher Noticing of Students' Multimodal Algebraic Thinking (PI: Janet Walkoe)
- CAREER: From Research to Meta-Research to Practice – The Development of an Educational Learning Environment Framework for School Algebra (PI: Sheree Sharpe)
- CAREER: Implementing Mathematical Modeling for Emergent Bilinguals (PI: Ji Yeong I)
- Developing Concept of Variable Among Students with Mathematics Difficulties in Preparation for Algebra 1 (PI: Sarah Krowka)
- Establishing a Partnership Between a Rural School and an Urban University to Support Algebra 1 Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities (PI: Casey Hord)
- Practice-Driven Professional Development for Algebra Teachers (PI: Zandra de Araujo)
- The Impact of an Inclusive Grades K-2 Early Algebra Intervention Implemented by Classroom Teachers (PI: Maria Blanton)
- Related Resources
New DRK-12 Awards | Project List
Since our August newsletter, additional DRK-12 projects have been funded. View the full list of recent awards below.
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.
New Episode! Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 | Video Podcast
In this episode of the second season of the Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 video podcast series, Drs. Lani Horn and Terrell Morton share insights on project budgets. Whether you’re developing the budget for a new proposal or in the midst of a project and managing an existing budget, there are tips for you.
ICYMI, Episode 1 of Season 2 focused on what NSF project management looks like and why it matters, as well as 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: Helping New Partners Prepare Biosketches for NSF ProposalsMany experienced DRK-12 proposal submitters are familiar with the requirement to include specific documents for all senior personnel involved in their project. However, the exact requirements change periodically, so it’s important to keep up to date by reviewing the current proposal preparation guide. As DRK-12 projects increasingly involve partners less familiar with NSF processes, meeting these requirements may be more complex and time-consuming than anticipated. For proposed senior personnel without a CV, their relevant professional experience may be more appropriately highlighted in the Synergistic Activities document. Be sure to allot time to assist your new partners in completing these documents. |
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Newsbites
News from NSF
- May 10, 2025, is NSF's 75th anniversary, and a new NSF Dear Colleague Letter encourages supplements to engage the public in NSF-funded STEM programming and activities.
- NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.
- NSF has announced the solicitation for the Discovery Research PreK-12 Program Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC). The deadline is February 28, 2025.
News from NSF Networks
- CIRCLS has compiled a Glossary of Artificial Intelligence Terms for Educators
- The ECR Hub has posted recordings of webinars to support ECR proposal development. The ECR solicitation deadline is October 3, 2024.
News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees
News and Media
- Jeremy Price (2011-12 CADRE Fellow) was featured on the EdSurge Podcast episode “AI Chatbots Reflect Cultural Biases. Can They Become Tools to Alleviate Them?”
- Shuchi Grover will give the National Academies' 2024 Henry and Bryna David lecture “K-12 Education in the Age of AI: The Role of the Social Sciences in Shaping Learning Designs for a Transformative Technological Era” on October 10 (register).
Publications
- A Collective Reflection for Change Framework: Structured Support for Mathematics Teacher Educator Practice Transformation | Mathematics Teacher Educator
Authors: Robin Keturah Anderson, Sara Donaldson, Melissa Troudt, Courtney K. Baker, and Dawn M. Woods - A Model-based Instructional Approach in a Socio-ecological Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) | Ecosphere
Authors: Amanda E. Sorensen, Ashley Alred, Joseph J. Fontaine, and Jenny M. Dauer (2012-13 CADRE Fellow) - Advanced Biology Students’ Individual Conceptions of Scientific Researchers After Participating in Biomedically Relevant CRE | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Authors: Ashley L. Waring-Sparks, Rachel A. Waring-Sparks (2022 CADRE Fellow), Rebekka Darner, and Nathan T. Mortimer - An Anti-deficit Counter-Story of a Black Girl’s Forms of Resilience in a Standards-based Mathematics Classroom | Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
Authors: Brittney Ellis and Elizabeth Wrightsman (2023 CADRE Fellow) - Analyzing the Impact of Basic Psychological Needs on Student Academic Performance: A Comparison of Post-pandemic Interactive Synchronous Hyflex and Pre-pandemic Traditional Face-to-Face Instruction | Educational Technology Research and Development
Authors: Nathan Mentzer, Elnara Mammadova, Adrie Koehler, Lakshmy Mohandas, and Shawn Farrington - Arrebatos and Institutionalized Barriers Encountered by Low-Income Latino/a/x Engineering Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Emerging HSIs | Journal of Engineering Education
Authors: Cristhian Fallas Escobar, Joel Alejandro Mejia (2013-14 CADRE Fellow), and Tess Perez - Conceptualizing Community-Level Environmental Literacy Using the Delphi Method | Environmental Education Research
Authors: Lauren Gibson, K. C. Busch (2013-14 CADRE Fellow), Kathryn Stevenson, Lynn Chesnut, Bethany Cutts, and Erin Seekamp - Conducting Research on Teacher Professional Development in Partnership with Educators: Promises, Tensions and Opportunities | Journal of Curriculum Studies
Authors: Rossella Santagata, Christina Kimmerling, Patricia Fuentes Acevedo, and Jinqing Liu - Contextual Resources Supporting the Co-evolution of Teachers' Collective Inquiry and Classroom Practice After the Grant Ended | Science Education
Authors: Soo-Yean Shim and Jessica Thompson - Cultivating K-8 Teachers’ Critical Consciousness Through Social Justice Mathematical Modeling: The Teacher Pay Task | Mathematics Teacher Educator
Authors: Megan H. Wickstrom, Christian Lopez-Mercado, and Hyunyi Jung - Data Science in Secondary Grades: Exploring Our Communities Through Pictures | Statistics Teacher
Authors: Michelle Dueck, Pedro Gallegos, Rosa Pastor, Alvaro Pineda, and Anna Bargagliotti - Designing and Leading Justice‐Centered Informal STEM Education: A Framework for Core Equitable Practices | Science Education
Authors: Day Greenberg, Won Jung Kim, Sinead Brien, Angela Calabrese Barton, Micaela Balzer, and Louise Archer - Developing and Gathering Validity Evidence for an Instrument to Measure How High School Students Identify as Researchers | Research in Science Education
Authors: Linda Morell, Shruti Bathia, Bon W. Koo, Mark Wilson, Perman Gochyyev, and Rebecca Smith - Development of a Questionnaire on Teachers' Beliefs, Preparedness, and Instructional Practices for Teaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners | Science Education
Authors: Scott E. Grapin, Courtney Plumley, Eric Banilower, Alycia J. Sterenberg Mahon, Laura Craven, Kristen Malzahn, Joan Pasley, Abigail Schwenger, Alison Haas, and Okhee Lee - Does Use of a Hypothetical Learning Progression Promote Learning of the Cardinal-Count Concept and Give-n Performance? | Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Authors: Arthur J. Baroody, Douglas H. Clements, and Julie Sarama - Dynamics of Productive Confirmation Framing in an Introductory Lab | Physical Review Physics Education Research
Authors: Ian Descamps, Sophia Jeon, N. G. Holmes, Rachel E. Scherr, and David Hammer - Exploring How Museums Can Support Science Teacher Leaders as Boundary Spanners | Science Education
Authors: Sara C. Porter, Michelle Phillips, Sarah Stallings, and Ti'Era Worsley (2019-20 CADRE Fellow) - Evolving Study Strategies and Support Structures of Introductory Physics Students | Physical Review Physics Education Research
Authors: Devyn Shafer, Daniela Girotti-Hernandez, and Tim Stelzer - Facilitating Collaborative Inquiry into Practice Around Artifacts of Mathematics Teaching | Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Authors: Caroline B. Ebby, Brittany Hess, Lizzy Pecora, and Jennifer Valerio - Families and Teachers Doing Mathematics Tasks Together: Considering Funds of Knowledge and Positioning | Mathematics Teacher Educator
Authors: Maura Varley Gutiérrez, Carolina Napp-Avelli, Beatriz Quintos, Fany Salazar, Erin Turner, and Marta Civil - Focus Groups as Counterspaces for Black Girls and Black Women: A Critical Approach to Research Methods | Contemporary Educational Psychology
Authors: Whitney N. McCoy, Terrell R. Morton (CADRE co-PI and 2018 CADRE Postdoc), Angela M. White, and Marketa Burnett - Getting Unstuck Together: Creating Personally Authentic Programming Projects in a 4th Grade Classroom | Computer Science Education
Authors: Paulina Haduong and Karen Brennan - Generalization Among 5-Year-Olds in a Functional Context with Programmable Robot | International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
Authors: Lourdes Anglada, María C. Cañadas, and Bárbara M. Brizuela - Insights into Pothole Damage: Exploring Culturally Responsive Mathematical Modeling | International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
Authors: William Reid Carlisle, Hyunyi Jung, Megan H. Wickstrom, Kayla Sutcliffe, and Hee-jeong Kim - Leading Systemwide Improvement in Elementary Science Education: Managing Dilemmas of Education System Building | American Educational Research Journal
Authors: Emily Rose Seeber, James P. Spillane, Xiaoyu Yin, Christa Haverly (2018-19 CADRE Fellow), and Weiyu Quan - Positioning Students as Thinkers and Doers of Mathematics | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Authors: Danielle Moloney Gallagher, Temple A. Walkowiak, and Jonee Wilson (2013-14 CADRE Fellow) - Principals’ Conceptions of Mathematics Instruction: Co-constructing Sophisticated Instructional Vision Through Professional Development | Journal of Curriculum Studies
Authors: Christina Kimmerling, Patricia Fuentes Acevedo, and Rossella Santagata - Productive Problem-Solving Behaviors of Students with Learning Disabilities | Investigations in Mathematics Learning
Authors: Emily Evans, Jonathan Bostic, and Sean Yee - Seeking to Support Preservice Teachers' Responsive Teaching: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence-Supported Virtual Simulation | British Journal of Educational Technology
Authors: Nuodi Zhang, Fengfeng Ke, Chih-Pu Dai, Sherry A. Southerland, and Xin Yuan - Shrinking Gender Gaps in STEM Persistence: A Ten-Year Comparison of the Stability and Volatility of STEM Career Interest in High School by Gender | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Chen Chen, Jacquiline Doyle, Gerhard Sonnert, and Philip M. Sadler - STEM for All: Promoting Inclusive STEM in Early Childhood | Young Children
Authors: Douglas H. Clements, Elica B. Sharifnia, Chih-Ing Lim, Julie Sarama, Megan Vinh, and Natalie Schock - Support for Collective Argumentation in Integrated STEM: A Study of Elementary Teachers' Practice | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Jenna Menke, James Drimalla, Shaffiq N. Welji, Aida Alibek, Ngutor Tembe, Tim Foutz, and AnnaMarie Conner - Teacher Cultivation of Classroom Statistical Modeling Practice: A Case Study | Cognition and Instruction
Authors: Panchompoo (Fai) Wisittanawat and Richard Lehrer - Teacher Educators’ Use of Formative Feedback During Preservice Teachers’ Simulated Teaching Experiences in Mathematics and Science | International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
Authors: Jamie N. Mikeska (2010-11 CADRE Fellow), Heather Howell, and Devon Kinsey - The Design and Implementation of a Bayesian Data Analysis Lesson for Pre-Service Mathematics and Science Teachers | Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education
Authors: Mine Dogucu, Sibel Kazak, and Joshua M. Rosenberg - Unpacking the Nuances: An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis on the Operationalization of Integrated STEM Education and Student Attitudinal Change | Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
Authors: Benny Mart R. Hiwatig, Gillian H. Roehrig, and Mark D. Rouleau - Using Multiple, Dynamically Linked Representations to Develop Representational Competency and Conceptual Understanding of the Earthquake Cycle | Computers & Education
Authors: Christopher Lore, Hee-Sun Lee, Amy Pallant, and Jie Chao - Using University Science Courses for Preservice Teacher Internship Experiences | Innovations in Science Teacher Education
Authors: Jerrid Kruse and Sarah Voss - Validating a Creative Coding Rubric Through Expressive Activities for Elementary Grades | Journal of Research on Technology in Education
Authors: Jessica Blake-West, Ghaida Alrawashdeh, and Marina Bers - What Do Adults Know About Public Education? | Phi Delta Kappan
Authors: Amie Rapaport and Anna Rosefsky Saavedra - What Do You Do with an Idea? | Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
Authors: Gladys H. Krause (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), Caroline Utne Finchum, and Maria-Emilia Borja - What Does a Scientist Look Like? Children's Perceptions of Scientist Gender and Skin Tone | School Science and Mathematics
Authors: Angelina Joy, Channing J. Mathews (2021 CADRE Postdoc), Adam Hartstone-Rose, and Kelly Lynn Mulvey
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
- October 1, 2024 – NSF | National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program
- October 2, 2024 – NSF | NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- NEW! February 28, 2025 – NSF | Discovery Research PreK-12 Program Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC)
- February 28, 2025 – NSF | EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research
Publications
- 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
- October 15, 2024 – Mathematics Teacher Educator | Supporting Teachers to Engage Traditionally Marginalized Learners (Abstract Deadline)
- October 30, 2024 – Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence | Bridging Educational Divide with Generative AI (Abstract Deadline)
- NEW! October 30, 2024 – Education Policy Analysis Archives | Initial Teacher Education and Inclusion: Progress, Setbacks, and Challenges 30 Years after the Salamanca Statement (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
- NEW! November 8, 2024 – Educational Media International | The Technological Awakening of Intelligence for Education and Media
- November 30, 2024 – The Journal of Environmental Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy for Climate Change Education
- December 1, 2024 – Pedagogies: An International Journal | Reimagining Multiliteracies in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Proposal Deadline)
- 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 17, 2024 – Machine Learning | Learning and Reasoning
- NEW! December 31, 2024 – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education | Mathematics in and for STEM Education
- NEW! December 31, 2024 – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education | Teaching Assistant Professional Development in STEM
- December 31, 2024 – The Urban Review | The Continued Impact of Neoliberalism on Urban Education
- January 1, 2025 – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Replication Studies in Mathematics Education (Extended Abstract Deadline)
- NEW! January 15, 2025 – Machine Learning | Explainable AI for Secure Applications
- January 20, 2025 – Education Sciences | Application of AI Technologies in STEM Education
- 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
- March 1, 2025 – Journal of Geoscience Education | Parks, Programs, Daily Life: Geoscience Learning Beyond the Classroom
- NEW! May 30, 2025 – Educational Technology & Society | Multiple Intelligent Agents in Education: Theories, Design, and Applications
- 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
- December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | Artificial Intelligence in Science Education
- December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | STEM and Teaching Engineering Design
- NEW! September 27, 2024 – 2025 ASCD Annual Conference (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! September 27, 2024 – 2025 ISTE Annual Conference and Exposition (Call for Proposals)
- September 30, 2024 – 2025 ACS Meeting and Expo (Call for Abstracts)
- September 30, 2024 – 2025 NSTA National Conference (Call for Proposals)
- October 1, 2024 – 2025 ASEE Annual Conference (Call for Abstracts)
- October 1, 2024 – 2025 NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition (Call for Proposals)
- October 4, 2024 – 2025 Spring CUE Conference (Call for Abstracts)
- October 7, 2024 – 2025 NARST Graduate Student Research Symposium (Call for Abstracts)
- October 9, 2024 – 2025 Call for AERA Award Nominations
- NEW! October 18, 2024 – 2025 RCML Annual Conference (Call for Proposals)
- October 29, 2024 – 2025 CSEDU International Conference (Call for Papers)
- November 1, 2024 – 2025 SITE Conference (Call for Presentations)
Career & Professional Development
- September 30, 2024 – Utah State University: Assistant or Associate Professor - Science and STEM Education
- NEW! October 1, 2024 – University of Denver, Morgridge College of Education: STEMIE Research Associate
- October 20, 2024 – California State University, Dominguez Hills: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood STEM
- NEW! October 25, 2024 – University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education: Professor of Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education
- NEW! November 1, 2024 – University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education: Faculty Position in Quantitative Methods
- 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 – 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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