DRK-12 Research and Products

Knowledge Integration and WISE Engineering
Randomized Control Trials on the Dynamic Geometry Approach
Connecting Class Talk with Individual Student Writing
The Role of Language in the Teaching of Energy: The Case of ‘Heat Energy’
Promoting Proximal Formative Assessment with Relational Discourse
Intuitive Ontologies for Energy in Physics
Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy
Elements of Proximal Formative Assessment in Learners’ Discourse about Energy
Differentiation of Energy Concepts Through Speech and Gesture in Interaction
Development of Proximal Formative Assessment Skills in Video-based Teacher Professional Development
Practicing versus inventing with contrasting cases: The effects of telling first on learning and transfer
Research on Technology in Mathematics Education: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Examples
Publication | This was a Keynote Address to be presented at the Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics Conference in Seoul, South Korea on November 12th, 2011.
A Geometric Path to the Concept of Function: Transformations using dynamic software can provide a unique perspective on a common topic.
Wrapping Around - Understanding Fractions and "Super" Units (Witkowski et al.)
What is Algebra? Cross-Curricular Textbook Analyses
Trying Very Hard to Make Games that Don't Stink: User Testing at the NMSU Learning Games Lab
Presentation | Barbara Chamberlin, with the NMSU Learning Games Lab, shares their user testing processes and strategies. The educational development studio involves content experts and game developers in their game design process, also employing a rigorous…
The Use of Pictorial Supports as an Accommodation for Increasing Access to Test Items for Students with Limited Proficiency in the Language of Testing
The Evidence Games - Poster Session 2010
The District Pacing Guide: A Mediator in Enacting Connected Mathematics in an Urban District
Presentation | Poster presented at the DRK-12 Principal Investigators Meeting in Washington, DC.
TED TALK -- Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
Presentation | Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises…
Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Writing Scientific Explanations
Supporting Children's Problem Solving
Publication | “Help! I’m stuck!” How many times have you heard a student make a similar plea? What do you consider when deciding how to respond? What reasoning is most productive? As part of a large research project, we explored these questions with 131…
Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length (Cullen, Barrett)
Publication | Cullen, C. J., & Barrett, J. E., (2010) Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length. In M. Pinto & T. Kawasaki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of…
STEM ELL Publications Updated 9/22/10
Tool | STEM ELL Publications
Situated Assessments Using Virtual Environments : The SAVE Science Project
Presentation | This is the final poster that was presented at the PI conference in Washington, DC. it was part of the DRK 12 Sims & Games session proposal of 12 posters.