DRK-12 Research and Products
Presentation | In this 2-webinar series hosted by CADRE, NSF provides an overview of the DR K-12 funding program and reviews this year's DR K-12 solicitation.
Publication | This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori early education classroom.
Early Career Researchers and Developers in the DR K–12 Program: Needs, Supports, and Recommendations
Publication | The future strength of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) K-12 education research and development efforts depends in part on the development of promising early career researchers and developers—including doctoral students, post-docs, and…
Publication | Using Google Earth, Cyber Databases, and Geotagged Photos to Enhance Students’ Scientific Practices and Understanding of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Publication | In recent years, educational robotics has become an increasingly popular research area. However, limited studies have focused on differentiated learning outcomes based on type of programming interface. This study aims to explore how successfully…
Publication | This brief provides guidance for how to design a research plan using DBIR. It can also serve as a resource for preparing a research proposal to a federal agency or foundation that employs a DBIR approach. This guidance is informed by the…
Publication | Explore disciplinary core ideas with the help of computer simulations that can be projected to promote engagement.
Publication | This paper introduces SketchMiner, which uses drawing topologies to automatically interpret learner-generated sketches.
Product for Educators | The Concord Consortium has developed 19 activities for teaching and learning algebra that are available online or as an app for iPad or Android tablet computers. These activities—which cover a variety of algebra topics, from linear…
Publication | We conduct qualitative analyses of one of the lesson sequences, in which a popular simulation was used in eight high school physics class sections, half in whole class discussion and half in small groups.
Publication | This paper presents WriteEval, a hybrid text analytics method for analyzing student-constructed responses.
Presentation | This webinar, led by Edith Gummer (formerly of NSF), discusses the guidelines outlined in the report co-authored by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.
Publication | This paper presents a novel application of the soft cardinality text analytics method to support assessment of text.
Publication | Effective for Proposals Submitted or Due On or After February 24, 2014. For proposals submitted prior to February 24, 2014, the guidelines in NSF 13-1 apply.
Presentation | A PPT presentation on Articulating the Components of Inclusive STEM High Schools. Presented at STEMx Conference.
Publication | This paper presents a set of authoring tool design principles such as leveraging UI workflows, collaboration, and automation.
Publication | Though addressing sources of uncertainty is an important part of doing science, it has largely been neglected in assessing students' scientific argumentation. In this study, we initially defined a scientific argumentation construct in four…
Presentation | The NSF Nuts & Bolts webinar, hosted by CADRE and led by NSF Program Officer David Campbell on November 20, 2014 at 3:30PM EST, was designed to introduce DR K-12 awardees to the ins and outs of project management—including information on…
Publication | The NSF’s Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program is one potential source of funding for the needed research on the educational effectiveness of gaming and simulations. The DR K-12 program seeks to enhance the teaching and learning of STEM in…