Research Toolkit

This toolkit offers education research tips, resources, and tools on research design, theory & frameworks, methodologies, instrumentation, human subjects, and data management.

Research Design 

• Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development (2013) | IES and NSF 
  • Companion Guidelines on Replication & Reproducibility (2018)
  • FAQs
  • Checklists for the Common Guidelines
• Doing Research: A New Researcher's Guide (2023) | James Hiebert, Jinfa Cai, Stephen Hwang, Anne K. Morris, and Charles Hohensee
• Posing Fundable Questions in Mathematics and Science Education (2020) | Article by Karen D. King, Robert J. Ochsendorf, Gregg E. A. Solomon, and Finbarr C. Sloane
• Spotlights on Project Design & Implementation | CADRE
  • Adapting Research Amid COVID-19 
  • Conferences and Workshops Organized by DRK-12 Projects 
  • DRK-12 CAREER Awards
  • DRK-12 Collaborative Projects 
  • DRK-12 Impact Studies
  • Exploratory Research
  • Replication & Building Evidence
• Select Citations/Resources on Design-based Research  | Curated by CADRE co-PI Terrell Morton
• The Value of Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Research: Webinar Recording & Slides  (2022) | EQR Hub
• Using Video in Education Research | CADRE Learning Series

Theory & Frameworks

• The Use of Theory in Research on Broadening Participation in PreK–12 STEM Education (2018) | CADRE

Methodologies

• CADRE Learning Series: Designing Case Study Research (2022) | CADRE
• NEW! Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Survey Design and Methodology: Workshop Slides (Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3) and Nonresponse Bias Calculator with Example (2022) | EQR Hub
• Methodology Webinar Series Designed for the DRK-12 Program | AIR
  Topics:
  • Evidence Standards for Evaluating Math and Science Programs (2019)
  • Measuring Program Implementation (2019)
  • Systematic Literature Reviews (2020)
  • Meta-Analytic Techniques (2020)
  • Social Network Analysis (2020)
• A Primer for Analyzing Nested Data: Multilevel Modeling in SPSS using an Example from a REL Study (2014) | Article by Laura O’Dwyer and Caroline Parker
• Citations/Resources on Positionality | Curated by CADRE co-PI Terrell Morton
• Quantitative Methods Guides | IES
• Methods and Approaches Video Training Recordings  | IES

Instrumentation

• Compendium of Research Instruments for STEM Education (2012, addendum 2013) | CADRE
  • Part 1: Teacher Practices, PCK, and Content Knowledge
  • Part 2: Measuring Students’ Content Knowledge, Reasoning Skills, and Psychological Attributes
• Datasets and Tools  | IES
• Ten Steps in Scale Development and Reporting: A Guide for Researchers (2018) | Article by Serena Miller-Carpenter

Human Subjects Research

• Human Subjects | NSF
  • FAQs and Vignettes

Data Management

• Data Management for NSF EHR Directorate Proposals | NSF
• Data Management Planning | ATE Central