DRK-12 Research and Products

Use of physics simulations in whole class and small group settings: Comparative case studies
Publication | This study investigates student interactions with simulations, and teacher support of those interactions, within naturalistic high school classroom settings.
Mentoring for the Postdoctoral/Early Career Researcher: Key Elements and Broader Impacts
Publication | This CADRE brief looks at the key elements and broader impacts of mentoring a postdoctoral/early career researcher.
Examining Elementary School Science Achievement Gaps Using an Organizational and Leadership Perspective
Constructing the ScratchJr programming language in the early childhood classroom
Swimming Upstream in a Torrent of Assessment
Identifying multiple levels of discussion-based teaching strategies for constructing scientific models
Publication | This study sought to identify specific types of discussion-based strategies that two successful high school physics teachers using a model-based approach utilized in attempting to foster students’ construction of explanatory models for…
DIA2
Tool | DIA2 is a new visualization tool to search the NSF award database.
Broadening Participation — Making STEM Learning Relevant and Rigorous for All Students
Publication | This brief explores factors that contribute to opportunity gaps in STEM education based on race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and socioeconomic status. It showcases the work of several DR K-12 projects and describes promising approaches for…
Practice What You Teach: A Video-Based Practicum Model of Professional Development for Elementary Science Teachers
Publication | This study examines an innovative professional development program that provides teachers with an opportunity to practice pedagogical strategies in a low stakes classroom context.
Code and Tell: Assessing Young Children’s Learning of Computational Thinking Using Peer Video Interviews with ScratchJr
Investigating the development of mathematics leaders' capacity to support teachers' learning on a large scale
Great Questions Make for Great Science Education
2015 Informational Webinars on DR K-12 Solicitation 15-592 Resources
Presentation | NSF Program Officer Karen King provides information on the DR K-12 program and solicitation in this webinar series.
Pawnshops to Teach Percent and Percent to Teach Pawnshops
Core Pedagogy: Individual Uncertainty, Shared Practice, Formative Ethos
ScratchJr Demo: A coding language for Kindergarten
Turning Transfer Inside Out: The Affordances of Virtual Worlds and Mobile Devices in Real World Contexts for Teaching About Causality Across Time and Distance in Ecosystems
MSPnet Academy: Infusing Computational Thinking into Science Education
Presentation | In this webinar, presenters describe how the study of Complex Adaptive Systems through computer modeling and simulation fits into existing science frameworks and classes, share information about their program and curricula, and describe the…
2015 NSF Nuts & Bolts Webinar Resources
Presentation | In this webinar, NSF Program Officer David Campbell introduces DR K-12 awardees to the ins and outs of project management, sharing information on evaluation and reporting, advisory boards, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), NSF Highlights, and…
Simulating teaching: New possibilities for assessing teaching practice
Learning Technologies and the Body: Integration and Implementation In Formal and Informal Learning Environments
MSPnet Academy: Infusing Computational Thinking into Science Education
Presentation | In this webinar, presenters describe how the study of Complex Adaptive Systems through computer modeling and simulation fits into existing science frameworks and classes, share information about their program and curricula, and describe the…
Designing Tools for Developing Minds: The Role of Child Development in Educational Technology
Exploring Ecosystems from the Inside: How Immersive Multi-user Virtual Environments Can Support Development of Epistemologically Grounded Modeling Practices in Ecosystem Science Instruction
Supporting the Intersections between Computer Science and the NGSS
Presentation | This presentation on "Supporting the Intersections between Computer Science and the NGSS" was presented at the NSTA STEM Forum & Expo in Minneapolis, MN. (2015)