DRK-12 Research and Products

Elements of Proximal Formative Assessment in Learners’ Discourse about Energy
The Use of Illustrations in Large-Scale Science Assessment: A Comparative Study
A Design-based Approach to Fostering Understanding of Global Climate Change
Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy
Knowledge Integration and WISE Engineering
Enhancing the Authenticity of a Web-Based Module for Teaching Simple Inheritance
Intuitive Ontologies for Energy in Physics
Taking Educational Games to the Afterschool: Teens and Researchers on a Quest in Collaborative Design-Based Research
Using Interactive Technology to Support Students’ Understanding of the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Promoting Proximal Formative Assessment with Relational Discourse
Can Generating Representations Enhance Learning With Dynamic Visualizations?
Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Liquid Crystals: p-Alokxybenzoic Acids
The Role of Language in the Teaching of Energy: The Case of ‘Heat Energy’
Towards an Empirically Grounded Theory of Action for Improving the Quality of Mathematics Teaching at Scale
Professional Development for Technology- Enhanced Inquiry Science
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…
Practice-Engaged Research and Development in Education
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Connecting Class Talk with Individual Student Writing
Researching design practices and design cognition: contexts, experiences and pedagogical knowledge-in-pieces.
Development of Illustrations as Image Supports for English Language Learners in Large-Scale Testing: A Report on the Procedure for Designing Vignette Illustrations
Preparation and Characterization of a Monolithic Column for use in HPLC: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment
Preparation and Characterization of a Polymeric Monolithic Column for Use in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Publication | The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) experiment, most often done in the undergraduate analytical instrumentation laboratory course, generally illustrates reversed-phase chromatography using a commercial C18 silica column. To avoid…
Evaluation of a Learning Trajectory for Length in the Early Years
Presentation | Measurement is a critical component of mathematics education, but research on the learning and teaching of measurement is limited, especially compared to topics such as number and operations. To contribute to the establishment of a research…
Math and Science Education with English Language Learners: Contributions of the DR K-12 Program