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This practice brief makes a case for substantive partnerships between STEM education R&D projects and districts and schools.
Produced by a CADRE work group of NSF-supported researchers and…
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Mathematics
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Elementary
McCool, J.
Cullen, C.
Barrett, J…
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The proposal for the Geniverse project. This project was proposed as NextBio; the name was subsequently changed to Geniverse.
The proposal for the Geniverse project. This project was proposed as NextBio…
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Professional Development
Teacher Attitudes/Beliefs
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The session summarizes the results of research identifying pivotal experiences of career science teachers and suggests implications and applications for professional development delivery.…
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Mathematics
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Babette Moeller
2009
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The minus sign is a mathematical symbol that is multi-functional. Yet, how often is its use explicit to the non-mathematician, or more importantly the learner, who is expected to interpret the symbolism appropriately, when…
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DRK–12 projects at all stages, from early design work through completion, can benefit from an awareness and understanding of the challenges of knowledge use, so that what is designed can be suitably adapted and scaled…
Honing Diagnostic Practice: Toward a New Model of Teacher Professional Preparation and Development (Vokos)
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Professional Development
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Stamatis Vokos…
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Classroom Practice
Mathematics
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Mathematics
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Elementary
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David Yopp
Elizabeth Burroughs…
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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…
Illustrations with Graphic Devices in Large-Scale Science Assessments: An Exploratory Cross-Cultural Study of Students’ Interpretations
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In this exploratory, cross-cultural study, we examined students’ interpretations of graphic devise-based illustrations used in science tests. Graphic devices are visual components (e.g., arrows, dotted lines) intended to…
Including English Language Learners in the Process of Test Development: A Study on Instrument Linguistic Adaptation for Cognitive Validity
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This paper reports preliminary results from an investigation, still in progress, on the use of verbal protocols among native Spanish-speaking, English language learners (ELLs) of various proficiency levels and background…
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Technology
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Elementary
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Kimberle Koile…
Integrating Innovative Technologies in Inquiry Science: Professional Development for Teachers and the Impacts on Teacher and Student Learning (Dorsey, Linn, Ryoo, Gerard)
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This session presents results from four studies investigating professional development support for teachers’ use of innovative technologies in inquiry science and the impacts of support on learning…
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Heat transfer is widely taught in secondary Earth science and physics. Researchers have identified many misconceptions related to heat and temperature. These misconceptions primarily stem from hunches developed in…
Investigating How Setting Up Cognitively Demanding Tasks is Related to Opportunities to Learn in Middle-Grades Mathematics Classrooms
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In this paper we focus on what happens when a task is first introduced to students as a crucial phase of instruction. We report on an empirical study of 132 middle grades mathematics teachers' instruction—in particular,…
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Science
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Elementary
Middle
Fred Goldberg
2009
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Maps at four levels of scale—global, national, regional, and local—provide a context for mathematical investigations that help teachers learn about their students.
Maps at four levels of scale—global,…
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Science
Professional Development
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Elementary
Betty Young…
Learning to Teach Mathematics in Urban High Schools: Untangling the Threads of Interwoven Narratives
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In this article, the authors explore learning about equity pedagogy in mathematics by focusing on the experiences of a teacher and teacher educator within the Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth…
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If you are submitting a proposal to lead a session at the DR K-12 PI Meeting, please use this form to check that lead presenters are invited to the meeting. This form can also be used for finding fellow invitees to…
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Educational Technology
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This interactive session examines the different data sources for evidence of PCK in biology
teachers involved in professional development experiences linked to educative curriculum
materials.…
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In this session, the presenters discuss findings and experiences regarding technology-embedded assessment and how to support teachers in using it effectively.
Assessment…
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To investigate the contribution of the DR K‐12 portfolio to the knowledge base on math and sciencelearning among ELLs, CADRE designed a study to explore the ELL work that is being conducted in theDR K‐12 projects. This…
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Shared in three sessions (Gaming Arcade, Interactive Visualizations-Simulations-and Games, and Friday morning poster session), this poster addresses the gaps identified in the Math Snacks project, and the approach to…
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This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachers’ use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on – but not restricted…
Mathematics Teachers Teaching English Language Learners: What Knowledge Do They Need? (Driscoll, Heck, Chval)
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Mathematics teachers of English language learners (ELLs) are increasingly expected to help ELLs learn academic language. This session focuses on the question, What knowledge do teachers of mathematics need in order to…
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Systems Reform
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In this article, we present an analytical approach for documenting the identities for teaching that mathematics teachers negotiate as they participate in two or more communities that define high-quality teaching…
Negotiation of the "presence of the text": How might teachers' language choices influence the positioning of the textbook?
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Chapter in Mathematics Teachers at Work: Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom Instruction.
Chapter in Mathematics Teachers at Work: Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom…
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In this pdf are STEM education networks and social media sources that may be of interest to DR-K12 grantees for the purposes of (1) disseminating knowledge and products and (2) developing partnerships with…
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This paper represents measurement methods of projects developing and testing intelligent learning environments.
This paper represents measurement methods of projects developing and testing intelligent…
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The Chemistry Education Research (CER) Doctoral Scholars Program trains a diverse group of graduate students how to develop assessments of secondary and tertiary students’ understandings of core concepts in chemistry.…
Planning Evaluations for DRK-12 Design Projects: An Evaluative Framework Using Evidence-Centered Design (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 5)
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Evaluation work is presented and discussed in terms of evaluative requirements from the National Science Foundation, and in terms of five fundamental issues that undergird practical program evaluation: social programming,…