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CADRE's Winter 2015 Newsletter features a spotlight on early career R&D, an announcement of an upcoming webinar on CAREER grants, newsbites from DR K-12 projects and other NSF networks, and more!
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Date/Time: February 24, 2015 / 1:00 PM ESTPresenters: Alicia Alonzo, Tina Grotzer, Karen King, Gloriana González Rivera
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the…
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The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-…
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Exploring students' problem solving within an integrated engineering and literacy activity
Problem scoping—determining the nature and boundaries of a problem—is an essential aspect of the engineering…
Design Practices of Preservice Elementary Teachers in an Integrated Engineering and Literature Experience
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Examining discourse of a team of pre-service teachers within an IEL engineering design challenge
The incorporation of engineering practices and core ideas into the Next Generation Science Standards at…
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. For many teachers,…
Sticky Ions: A Student-Centered Activity Using Magnetic Models to Explore the Dissolving of Ionic Compounds
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Understanding what happens at the particulate level when ionic compounds dissolve in water is difficult for many students, yet this understanding is critical in explaining many macroscopic observations. This article…
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Understanding how games create a sense of flow and engagement can help teachers make better choices about their instructional use of games.
Ault, M., (2014). How games can engage students and improve…
The effectiveness of Reason Racer, a game designed to engage middle school students in scientific argumentation
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Reason Racer is an online, rate-based, multiplayer game that applies specific game features inorder to engage middle school students in introductory knowledge of and thinking related toscientific argumentation. Game…
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A symmetric polynomial is a polynomial in one or more variables in which swapping any pair of variables leaves the polynomial unchanged. For example, f(x, y, z) = xy +xz + yz is a symmetric polynomial. If we interchange…
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This sample postdoctoral mentoring plan was featured in CADRE’s Spotlight on Early Career in STEM Education R&D.
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Our early career spotlight now features a podcast on mentoring and a sample postdoctoral mentoring plan: http://cadrek12.org/spotlight-early-career
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The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-…
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In this webinar led by NSF PO Karen King, CAREER grant awardees Alicia Alonzo, Tina Grotzer, and Gloriana Gonzalez Rivera share their experiences as first-time PIs on both preparing their proposals and leading their…
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Georgia Tech Postdoctoral Fellow Position Available: Modeling and Research in Education
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with interest and experience in education, modeling, andsimulation to join our diverse team…
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To further scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the United States, an Implementing Arrangement was signed on July 13, 2012 to enable U.S.-based scientists and engineers with NSF-…
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The Graduate School of Education and the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside are offering a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Education Policy and School Improvement. The ideal candidate…
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The second National Science Foundation Grants Conference of the fiscal year will be held in Tampa, Florida, on June 1-2, 2015, and hosted by the State University System of Florida.
Key representatives from the…
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Mobile Technology and Early Math Learning: A Design-Based Implementation Research Approach
Date: 03/12/2015Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. ETFree Online Event
The Research+Practice Collaboratory will host a free webinar, "Mobile…
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DR K-12 PI Jere Confrey was recently featured in an NSF Discoveries video on her work as a math education researcher: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=134453&WT.mc_id=US…
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Are you new to filming and editing videos? Read our tips below!
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Videos can be a powerful way to tell a story about your work. And they do not need to be big budget productions to be…
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Have you been wondering how to creatively disseminate your work to a wide audience? Here’s your chance…
2015 TEACHING & LEARNING VIDEO SHOWCASEImproving Science, Math, Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology…
Effective, Sustained Inquiry-Based Instruction Promotes Higher Science Proficiency Among All Groups: A 5-Year Analysis
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Student’s performance in science classrooms has continued to languish throughout the USA. Even though proficiency rates on national tests such as National Assessment of Educational Progress are higher for Caucasian…
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The Next Generation Science Standards can transform how teaching and learning unfold in the classroom. Here's what they look like —and how you can get started.
Whether your state has adopted the Next…