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Prompting meaningful analysis from pre-service teachers using elementary mathematics video vignettes
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By altering the framing conditions that accompany video clips posted to the Everyday Mathematics Virtual Learning Community, this study examined whether more deeply analytical comments could be elicited from pre-service…
Family-school partnerships in a context of urgent engagement: Rethinking models, measurement, and meaningfulness
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This commentary highlights key themes across the five chapters of this volume, as well as offers specific recommendations concerning future directions for inquiry on the issue of family–school connections…
Secondary Science Teaching for English Learners: Developing Supportive and Responsive Learning Contexts for Sense-Making and Language Development
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This book focuses on the preparation of secondary science teachers to teach science to English Learners (EL) and is based on the SSTELLA (Secondary Science Education with English Language and Literacy Acquisition) project…
Analysis of Pre-service Teachers’ Generalization and Justification Strategies in Solutions to Figural Pattern-generalization Tasks
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We analyzed 37 PSTs’ written solutions to four figural pattern generalization tasks, video recordings of class discussions, and audio-recordings of problem-based interviews during which the PSTs were asked to solve one…
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In this study we investigated eighth grade students’ informal justification for the circle area formula to expand accounts of the measurement knowledge for middle-school age students.
In this study we…
Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Lessons Using Particulate Level Models To Develop High School Students’ Understanding of Conceptual Stoichiometry
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The study, an action research project carried out by a teacher enrolled in a long-term professional development program, has implications for the value of rigorous materials design and evaluation framed by the chemistry…
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Calls for increased focus on mathematical argumentation in school mathematics are critical for teacher educators charged with preparing prospective K-8 teachers (PST) to foster mathematical argumentation in their future…
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In the current study, we advance this research by using EVT as a framework to examine the STEM attitudes of young students directly. We hypothesize that students’ academic-related expectancies for success and subjective…
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This paper investigates the potential role of emotional costs and computer self-efficacy in the connection between computer use at home and students’ computer use patterns.
Previous research has…
Invaluable values: an expectancy-value theory analysis of youths’ academic motivations and intentions
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In this study we seek to better understand some of the factors that might contribute to or potentially mitigate early STEM pipeline leaks, specifically, high school graduation and college entrance leaks…
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The article outlines some academic knowledge and intern experiences that will help prepare the next generation of researchers in mathematics education once a doctoral program has been entered.
There are…
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This study reports data gathered from over 500 doctoral graduates in mathematics education from 23 institutions in the USA from 1997 to 2014 as they self-assessed their research preparation during their doctoral program…
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This article highlights the production of doctorates in mathematics education for the past fifty years.
Institutions in the United States have been producing PhDs in mathematics education for more than…
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This commentary focuses on doctoral programs and doctoral preparation in mathematics education.
Arguments for significantly improving doctoral programs have long been made, both nationally (Bender, 1997…
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Effective as of January 2018, NSF's Prospective New Awardee Guide includes information on federal requirements, NSF points of contact and frequently asked questions, grantee standards, and indirect costs…
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This AERA structured poster session shed light on the DRK-12 portfolio of transformative research in mathematics education.
Students need basic mathematics to fully participate in and contribute to…
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List of postdoc opportunities and related resources.
This non-exhaustive list provides details about postdoc opportunities and related resources in the field of STEM education research and development…
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List of non-academic organizations in the field of STEM education research and development.
This non-exhaustive list provides details about non-academic organizations in the field of STEM education…
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Large Scale Scientific Modeling Practices that Can Influence Science Instruction at the Unit and Lesson Levels
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In this study we articulate a multi-level scientific Modeling Practices Framework derived from expert studies on model based teaching strategies in classrooms and examine its usefulness in an actual classroom context…
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This study investigates strategies teachers use to support mental imagery during model-based science class discussions.
This study investigates strategies teachers use to support mental imagery during…
Co-Constructing Models in High School Physics: Comparing Degrees of Teacher and Student Participation in Whole Class Discussions
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In this study, we analyzed the participation of teachers and students during their co-construction of explanatory models for concepts in circuit electricity in two high school physics classes.
In this…
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Explore disciplinary core ideas with the help of computer simulations that can be projected to promote engagement.
Price, N., & Clement, J. J. (2014). Generating, evaluating, and modifying…
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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…
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Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices was developed for K–12 science teachers, curriculum developers, teacher educators, and administrators. These authors and many…
MoDeLS: Would you drink the liquid that came from this dirty water? A 5th grade unit on evaporation and condensation investigating the phenomenon of a solar still
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A curriculum unit developed through a collaboration between Michigan State University, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, Wright State University and 5th grade teachers from Kinawa 5th-6th public school…
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This tool is designed for early career STEM education researchers to offer tips for writing grant proposals. The advice largely comes from National Science Foundation-funded awardees who have graciously shared information…
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This guide is for DRK-12 awardees to learn about the support and resources on the cadrek12.org site.
Welcome to our network of DRK-12 awardees! The CADREK12 website is a tool for you that provides…
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The CADRE Early Career Guide offers advice from experienced DR K-12 awardees on becoming a successful researcher in the field of STEM education. The guide also profiles a support program, the CADRE Fellows, for doctoral…
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This tool is designed for early career STEM education researchers to offer tips for pursuing careers in academia. The advice largely comes from National Science Foundation-funded awardees who have graciously shared…
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This tool is designed for early career STEM education researchers to offer tips for pursuing careers outside of academia. The advice largely
comes from National Science Foundation-funded awardees who have graciously shared…
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This tool is designed for early career STEM education researchers to offer tips for writing for publication. The advice largely comes from National Science Foundation-funded awardees who have graciously shared information…
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This tool is designed for early career STEM education researchers to offer tips for building professional networks. The advice largely comes from National Science Foundation-funded awardees and early career researchers and…
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Three middle school science curricular units on the topics of genetics, ocean biodiversity & discourse, and solar ovens & design critiques.
Three middle school science curricular units on the…
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The Practicum Academy to Improve Science Education (PRACTISE) is a professional learning program to support scientific argumentation in grades 3-5. This handbook provides detailed information on how to conduct a series of…
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To understand the mathematics writing of students, we conducted a synthesis to evaluate empirical research about mathematics writing. We identified 29 studies that included a mathematics-writing assessment, intervention,…
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This guide delivers all the tools you need to get serious about mathematical argumentation and bring well-planned, well-constructed mathematical discourse to life in your classroom.
Get them talking:…
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This article discusses the use of the Think Aloud strategy at the beginning of a lesson to model to students both the type of thinking that develops conceptual understanding, as well as how to share one’s thinking…
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This article presents an instructional strategy called Mathematical Bet Lines that was designed to promote classroom discourse and sense-making for all students, in particular English Language Learners…
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Submitting a proposal to NSF's DR K-12 Program? Read the latest solicitation.
Read the latest NSF DR K-12 Solicitation (17-584). Proposals are due November 14, 2017.
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A guide for preparation and submission of NSF applications via grants.gov. Effective January 30, 2017.
A guide for preparation and submission of NSF applications via grants.gov. Effective January…
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The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) is comprised of documents relating to the National Science Foundation's proposal and award process for the assistance programs of NSF.…
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NSF program director provides information on the DR K-12 program and solicitation in this webinar series.
Recordings:
August 31, 2017 Webinar
September 11, 2017 Webinar
Read NSF responses to…
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Find resources to help manage your NSF project.
Find resources to help manage your NSF project.
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Awardee Guide to Using CADREK12.org | CADRE
Managing Your NSF Grant: Webinar Slides and…
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This tool is designed to offer tips to principal investigators for the preparation and submission of reports to the National Science Foundation (NSF).
In this brief, CADRE has compiled tips on preparing…
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In this October 25th webinar, NSF Program Officer Rob Ochsendorf introduced DR K-12 grantees to the ins and outs of NSF DR K-12 project management.
In this October 25th webinar, NSF Program Director Rob…
Emerging Design Principles for Online and Blended Teacher Professional Development in K-12 STEM Education
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Following the launch of Spotlight on Online & Blended Professional Development (PD), CADRE convened awardees representing 11 DRK-12 projects in a series of activities designed to elicit and form consensus around…
Early Childhood Educators’ Self-Efficacy in Science, Math, and Literacy Instruction and Science Practice in the Classroom
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Quality early science education is important for addressing the low science achievement, compared to international peers, of elementary students in the United States. Teachers’ beliefs about their skills in a content area…
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To make sense of the Common Core State Standards mathematical practice (MP) 8, this article illustrates what “repeated reasoning” means, why looking for and expressing regularity in it is such a valuable mathematical habit…
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A first-year algebra student’s curiosity about factorials of negative numbers became a starting point for an extended discovery lesson into territory not usually explored in secondary school mathematics…