DRK-12 Research and Products

Examining Problem Solving Strategies on Multiple-choice Science Items Among English Language Learners Through Cognitive Interviews
DR K-12 Nuts & Bolts Session (Campbell, Buckley)
Presentation | View a recording of the entire webinar presentation, here: http://edc.adobeconnect.com/p4tqfgcvvp1/ The webinar is designed to introduce awardees to the ins and outs of project management. This session is adapted from the in-person meeting held…
Development of Illustrations as Image Supports for English Language Learners in Large-Scale Testing: A Report on the Procedure for Designing Vignette Illustrations
Developing symbol sense for the minus sign
Publication | Research on how students make sense of and use the minus sign indicates that students struggle to understand the multiple meanings of the minus sign. Teachers can support students in developing robust understanding of each interpretation of the…
Conceptual Framework for Analyzing and Designing Illustrations in Science Assessment: Development and Use in the Testing of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Populations
2011 DR K-12 Program Webinar
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Can Generating Representations Enhance Learning With Dynamic Visualizations?
Using Interactive Technology to Support Students’ Understanding of the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Enhancing the Authenticity of a Web-Based Module for Teaching Simple Inheritance
A Design-based Approach to Fostering Understanding of Global Climate Change
A Technology-Enhanced Unit of Modeling Static Electricity: Integrating scientific explanations and everyday observations
Collaboration as Scaffolding to Learn from Dynamic, Interactive Scientific Visualizations
School Principals’ Influence on Science Teachers’ Technology Implementation: A Retrospective Analysis
Investigations of a Complex, Realistic Task: Intentional, Unsystematic, and Exhaustive Experimenters
Measuring Knowledge Integration: Validation of Four-Year Assessments
An Investigation of Explanation Multiple-Choice Items in Science Assessment
Combining Learning and Assessment to Improve Science Education
Publication | High-stakes tests take time away from valuable learning activities, narrow the focus of instruction, and imply that science involves memorizing details rather than understanding the natural world. Current tests lead precollege instructors to…
College Students’ Temporal-Magnitude Recognition Ability Associated With Durations of Scientific Changes
Teaching to design educational technologies
Bridging Multiple Expertise in Collaborative Design for Technology-Enhanced Learning
Researching design practices and design cognition: contexts, experiences and pedagogical knowledge-in-pieces.
Professional Development for Technology- Enhanced Inquiry Science
Taking Educational Games to the Afterschool: Teens and Researchers on a Quest in Collaborative Design-Based Research
Knowledge Integration and WISE Engineering