DRK-12 Research and Products
Publication | Calls for increased focus on mathematical argumentation in school mathematics are critical for teacher educators charged with preparing prospective K-8 teachers (PST) to foster mathematical argumentation in their future classrooms. This is…
Publication | To contribute to understanding how teachers can develop geometrical understanding, we report on the discursive development of teachers’ geometrical reasoning through instrument appropriation while collaborating in an online dynamic geometry…
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of HBCUs, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Publication | Tasks can be vehicles for productive mathematical discussions. How to support such discourse in collaborative digital environments is the focus of our theorization and empirical examination of task design that emerges from a larger research…
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of HACUs, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Publication | This study examines the relationship between internal barriers, professional development, and computer integration outcomes among a sample of fourth- and fifth-grade teachers in an urban, low-income school district in the Southeastern United…
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of Tribal Colleges and Universities, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Publication | This book examines visual data use with students (PK-16) as well as in pre-service in- service science teacher preparation. Each chapter includes discussion about the current state of the art with respect to science classroom application and…
Publication | Lightning strikes, and two people hear thunder simultaneously. Where might the lightning have struck? Now consider a slightly different scenario: Lightning strikes, and three people hear thunder simultaneously. Where might the lightning have…
Publication | On July 15-17, 2012 the United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction and Seoul National University held a joint Korea-U.S. workshop on Mathematics Teaching and Curriculum. The workshop was organized to address questions and…
Publication | We observe teachers in professional development courses about energy constructing mechanistic accounts of energy transformations. We analyze a case in which teachers investigating adiabatic compression develop a model of the transformation of…
A Blended Professional Development Program to Help a Teacher Learn to Provide One-to-One Scaffolding
Tool | The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 16-1 is comprised of documents relating to the Foundation's proposal and award process. It consists of two parts: the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)and the NSF Award and Administration…
Publication | This project uses plots from books by Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and others to teach STEM concepts.
Presentation | A 2-page summary of the ASPECT project, including project goals, approach, year one accomplishments, early findings, current efforts, and early impacts.
Publication | Understanding how games create a sense of flow and engagement can help teachers make better choices about their instructional use of games.
Publication | This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori early education classroom.