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"Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education" is the 2016 National Education Technology Plan released by the Office of Educational Technology. The plan "articulates a vision of equity, active use…
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In November, CADRE worked with the STELAR and Cyberlearning resource centers to organize an NSF-supported forum, "Next Generation STEM Learning for All." The Forum was the kick-off event for the White House Next Generation…
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Share your work! Join us for this year’s video showcase, Advancing STEM Learning for All!
How? Share your cutting-edge work in a 3-minute video.
When? May 17th – 23rd 2016. See additional deadlines below.
Who? NSF EHR-…
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The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 16-1 is comprised of documents relating to the Foundation's proposal and award process. It consists of two parts: the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)and the…
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It seems like there are new tech and social media tools coming out every day. So what’s out there? And how can these tools be used to enhance your work?
CADRE has compiled a toolkit of resources related to social media and…
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Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and organized by CADRE, this event will focus on standards-based instructional materials.
ABOUTJoin educators, administrators, researchers, industry representatives, policy…
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When: Thursday, January 21, from 3 to 4 pm Eastern
At the NSF-supported Next Generation STEM Learning for All Forum in November, seven presenters described how their work connects STEM learning with communities in…
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Apply for an R+P Travel Fellowship up to $2000!
Interested in helping build more equitable relationships across research and practice? Want to meet others doing similar work?
Apply for a 2016 R+P Travel Fellowship of up…
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The Spring 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon from February 29th - March 1st, 2016. This two-day conference will be hosted by Portland State University at the Portland…
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The National Science Foundation has recently announced the following employment opportunities within the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings' (DRL) Directorate for Education and Human Resources…
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At the NSF-supported Next Generation STEM Learning for All Forum in November, seven presenters described how their work connects STEM learning with communities in need, how their work could shape schools of the future, and…
Levels of Participatory Conceptions of Fractional Quantity Along a Purposefully Sequenced Series of Equal Sharing Tasks: Stu's Trajectory
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Current intervention research in special education focuses on children's responsiveness to teacher modeled strategies and not conceptual development within children's thinking. As a result, there is a need for research…
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Tzur, R. & Hunt, J. (2015). Iteration: Unit fraction knowledge and the French fry tasks. Teaching Children Mathematics, 22(3), 149-157.
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Exploratory Study of Informal Strategies for Equal Sharing Problems of Students With Learning Disabilities
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Little to no information exists explaining the nature of conceptual gaps in understanding fractions for students with learning disabilities (LD); such information is vital to practitioners seeking to develop instruction or…
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In this article Jessica Hunt explores the use of clinical interviews to gain a deep understanding of students' knowledge. Examples of clinical interviews are provided and advice for planning, giving and interpreting the…
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Practitioner-focused article connecting research on argumentation to teachers' practice.
Research leads to a framework modifying Toulmin's model of argumentation to help teachers interpret classroom…
Examining Elementary School Science Achievement Gaps Using an Organizational and Leadership Perspective
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There is the tendency to explain away successful urban schools as indicative of the heroic efforts by a tireless individual, effectively blaming schools that underperform for a lack of grit and dedication. This study…
Professional development aligned with AP Chemistry curriculum: Promoting science practices and facilitating enduring conceptual understanding
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The recent revisions to the advanced placement (AP) chemistry curriculum promote deep conceptual understanding of chemistry content over more rote memorization of facts and algorithmic problem solving.…
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Learn more about the conference at: http://amte.net/conferences/conf2016
DR K-12 Presenters:
Charles Hohensee, University of Delaware; AnnaMarie Conner, University of Georgia; Eva Thanheiser, Portland State University;…
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To learn more, visit: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2016.html
DR K-12 Presenters:
Justin Pratt, Jorge Torres, Linh-Thuy Vu, Cassandra Sandvick, Sara Nielsen, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University (…
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This paper argues that successful practice-based teacher education requires innovations in assessment that can better inform preservice teachers and those who prepare them. Such assessments must focus directly on specific…
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This paper explores the potential of integrating critical and place-based perspectives supported by mobile, digital technologies in secondary mathematics. The paper describes two curricular modules: Local Lotto,…
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Learn more at http://www.nctm.org/Conferences-and-Professional-Development/Research-C…
DR K-12 Presenters:
Laura Van Zoest, Western Michigan University; Shari Stockero, Michigan Technological University; Keith Leitham and…
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Rubel, L. & Hall-Wieckert, M. (2015, July 30). How kids are learning math, maps and spatial justice. Retrieved from www.mediashift.com.
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Learn more at https://www.narst.org/annualconference/2016conference.cfm
DR K-12 Presenters:
Christina Schwarz and Laurie Van Egeren, Michigan State University (Project: Cluster Randomized Trial of the Efficacy of Early…
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Williams, S., Deahl, E., Rubel, L., & Lim, V. (2014). City Digits: Developing Socially-Grounded Data Literacy Using Digital Tools. Journal of Digital and Media Literacy, 2(2). www.jodml.org…
Science for All: A new breed of schools is closing achievement gaps among students and may hold the key to a revitalized 21st-century workforce
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Lynch, S.J. (2015, Aug. 1). Science for All: A new breed of schools is closing achievement gaps among students and may hold the key to a revitalized 21st-century workforce. Scientific American.…
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The Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry (ITSI) project is a learning portal with hundreds of free, customizable science, math, and engineering activities funded by the National Science Foundation…
To customize or not to customize? Exploring science teacher customization in an online lesson portal
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New technologies are increasingly giving science teachers the ability to access and customize science lessons. However, there is substantial debate in the literature about whether and under what…
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Research and Development Conference: Preparing and Implementing Successful Mathematics Coaching Programs
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To learn more, visit http://www.vmsiresearchconference.com/.
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This project uses plots from books by Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and others to teach STEM concepts.
Berdik, C. (2015, December 16). A Novel Way to Teach Kids About Engineering. Slate. Retrieved from http…
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To examine the value of the electronic teacher guide (eTG) as a curriculum planning and teaching tool,
it was important to study it in the contexts of teachers’ actual planning, teaching, and reflecting.
This paper…
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An effective curriculum helps you support students' science learning, understanding, and achievement. But what does "effective" mean? This video gives you the inside scoop on what makes a curriculum effective and flags…
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"Content coherence"--ideas presented in a connected, sequential way--plays a big role in effective science instruction. Watch this video to find out how it works and how students benefit!…
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No one curriculum can meet the needs of all students and teachers. This video describes why a teacher might want to modify a curriculum and how he or she would go about it.
No one curriculum can meet…
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‘‘I want my robot to look for food’’: Comparing Kindergartner’s programming comprehension using tangible, graphic, and hybrid user interfaces
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Robotics in the early childhood classroom: learning outcomes from an 8-week robotics curriculum in pre-kindergarten through second grade
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To learn more, visit http://www.usasciencefestival.org/.
DR K-12 Project:
Marina Bers (DevTech Research Group), Tufts University (Projects: Ready for Robotics: The Missing T and E of STEM in Early Childhood Education;…
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Dear Colleagues:
Happy New Year!
We are starting the year with a commitment to disseminating your findings and resources in many different ways.
We have begun soliciting participants for the second annual…
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The Notre Dame Center for STEM Education (the Center) is pleased to announce the Rev. James A. Burns, CSC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Burns Post-Doc) that can begin in either summer or fall 2016. The Burns Post-Doc is part…