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Lessons learned from an initial effort to bring a Quantified Self "meetup" experience to a new demographic
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Quantified Self “meetup” groups appear to be appeal largely to middle-aged white males. What happens when the target demographic is changed to high school-aged Latina girls? This paper summarizes two lessons learned from…
CAREER Spotlight
This project will design and analyze a video club PD using a novel video tagging tool to support preservice teachers’ noticing and interpreting of student multimodal (verbal, gesture, action) algebraic thinking. The…
Poster
Elementary School
Science
Broadening Participation
Classroom Practice
Curriculum
Pedagogical Content Knowledge…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
More than 40 DRK-12 projects presented videos in the recent STEM For All Video Showcase. It isn’t too late to view those videos to learn about current work! For those considering submitting a proposal for…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
As we near the end of 2022, CADRE is taking a look back at the past year of DRK-12 ideas and resources that made an impact and taking note of some of the important influences on STEM education research.…
Poster
Pre-Kindergarten
Science
Young children engaged in observation, experimentation, exploration, and conversations about their natural world can…
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This section presents an overview of critical developments in technology-driven, classroom-based innovative assessment practices. It uses a framework organized around cognitive constructs, assessment functionality, and…
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Public Agency
http://www.ilce.edu.mx/2010/
El Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa, es un organismo internacional autónomo, sin fines de lucro y orientado a…
Partnership Building as a Broadening-Participation Strategy: Helping Researchers and Developers Bridge the Gaps in STEM Education
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This brief examines the continued underrepresentation of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds in STEM fields; explains the benefits of collaboration around broadening…
AERA 2017 Poster: Beginners' Skills With Interpreting Students' Thinking: Preservice Teachers' Inferences and Their Use of Supporting Evidence
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Abstract
Objectives: In many contexts, teacher education is being designed to focus more directly on the practice of teaching which entails focusing much more on doing key aspects of the work. In…
Can Dynamic Visualizations Improve Middle School Students’ Understanding of Energy in Photosynthesis?
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Ryoo, K. & Linn, M.C. (2012). Can Dynamic Visualizations Improve Middle School Students’ Understanding of Energy in Photosynthesis? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 49(2), 218-243.
ABSTRACT:
Dynamic…
PI Meeting Session
Topical Session
Concurrent Session
Math
Technological Innovations
Learn about technology for teacher…
Fellows Alumni
Gomez
Carlos Nicolas Gomez
Doctoral Student
University of Georgia (UGA)
Clemson University
Assistant Professor…
Facilitating the Participation of Latino English language Learners: Learning from an Effective Teacher
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Throughout my career, I have collaborated with dedicated and hard-working teachers who have opened their classrooms so that others could learn from them. Yet, one teacher, Sara, stood out from all the others. From the…
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This list of currently funded projects was last updated April 2020. Explore both current and past Earth Science and environmental education projects. View our Spotlight on DRK-12 Environmental/Earth Science Projects and…
Announcement
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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Free, standards-aligned, and research-based inquiry curricula that address NGSS 3D proficiency. Includes Interactive scientific models plus hands-on activities, personalized guidance, and rich embedded…
Poster
Elementary School
Science
Broadening Participation
Professional Development
Despite widespread agreement about the…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month we begin accepting applications for the CADRE Fellows Program. We’ve made some exciting changes to the program. We’re combining the Fellows and Postdoc programs this year and inviting…
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Dear Colleagues,
This month’s newsletter includes a Spotlight on projects researching artificial intelligence (AI) in STEM teaching, learning, and assessment. It sheds light on directions in AI education research and…
Poster
Elementary School
Middle School
Mathematics
This project aims to examine how teachers' beliefs about the origins of mathematical…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month’s Spotlight on Research and Practice Partnerships highlights current DRK-12 project work and the pivotal role of partnerships in advancing our understanding of effective teaching and learning…
Justice-Centered STEM Education with Multilingual Learners: Conceptual Framework and Initial Inquiry into Pre-service Teachers’ Sense-Making
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Our conceptual framework for justice-centered STEM education engages all students in multiple STEM subjects, including data science and computer science, to explain and design solutions to pressing societal challenges and…
Organization
Bridging the Gap Between High School and College Physics: An Exploratory Study
PI Meeting Session
Plenary
Guest Speaker Session
Participants are invited to look into the future with our panelists and consider a research agenda for STEM education that responds to the…
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This article presents a framework for calculating statistical power for moderator effects at all levels for two- and three-level CRTs.
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of cluster…
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S. B. McKagan, R. E. Scherr, E. W. Close, and H. G. Close, "Criteria for Creating and Categorizing Forms of Energy," C. Singh, M. Sabella, and Engelhardt (Eds.), AIP Conf. Proc. (2011 Physics Education Research Conference…
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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…
Announcement
Join the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) National STEM Learning Resource Center, National Science Foundation staff, and ITEST Principal Investigators for a Q&A session on developing…
Fellows Alumni
Solís
Jorge Solís
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz)
University of Texas at San Antonio…
Resource
This article provides a cultural-historical (CHAT) analysis of the practices used by an effective teacher of Latino/a children previously classified as “underachieving” and “beginning/novice” English Language Learners.…
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…
Design Considerations in Multisite Randomized Trials Probing Moderated Treatment Effects Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
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The purpose of this study is to develop a statistical framework and tools for the effective and efficient design of multisite randomized trials (MRTs) probing moderated treatment effects.
Past research…
NEW: Black and Latinx Parents Leading chANge and Advancing Racial (PLANAR) Justice in Elementary Mathematics (NSF #2046856)
CAREER Spotlight
This project aims to increase solidarity among parents, community organizers, and teachers to advance racial justice in PreK-5 mathematics education. Research objectives include understanding the lived experiences of…
The Quest for Sustainable Futures: Designing Transformative Learning Spaces with Multilingual Black, Brown, and Latinx Young People Through Critical Response-ability
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In this paper we argue for the need to design and develop transformative learning ecologies that explicitly position the diverse voices of youth from nondominant communities as central to re-defining and re-envisioning…
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Science involves changing the scale of objects—particularly scales of size, time, and intensity—from what is experienced in the world. Similar to investigations conducted in science laboratories, classroom investigations…
Adapted Measure of Math Engagement: Designing Self-Report Measures of Mathematics Engagement for Black and Latina/o Middle School Students (Collaborative Research: Holquist)
Poster
Middle School
High School
Mathematics
A three year, mixed-methods, critical participatory action research project to develop a culturally…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
CADRE introduces our new report, Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives. This report highlights the latest insights from DRK-12 program-funded research and underscores the…
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Here in New England, where CADRE is headquartered, spring is trying hard to break through winter’s hold. We hope that as many of you head out for spring conferences, you encounter great weather for travel…
“I Really Got to Think About My Background, Their Background, and How Do We Come Together on Something?”: One Emergent Mathematics Teacher Leader's Reflexive Journey with Social Justice Mathematics
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This 2-year qualitative case study focuses on one emergent mathematics teacher leader, Mr. Miller, and his conceptualization of Social Justice Mathematics (SJM). SJM is a justice-oriented pedagogical approach where…
Newsletter
Happy 2025 DRK-12 PI Community!
Letter from NSF Program Directors
It is hard to believe we are already three weeks into 2025! In this new year, we want to take a moment to thank you for all the work you are doing to…
Re-imagining a curriculum guide for teachers in digital format: A collaboration crossing geographical, disciplinary and culture boundaries
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The goal of the Electronic Teacher Guide project was to redesign the print teacher guide for the genetics unit of Foundation Science: Biology as an exemplar of a cybertool that would support the implementation of the…
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The 2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar was held Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM EST.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science…
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Nurturing Mathematics Dreamkeepers
Multimodal Science: Supporting Elementary Science Education through Graphic-enhanced Communication
The…
Challenges to Using the Regression Discontinuity Design in Educational Evaluations: Lessons from the Transition to Algebra Study
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This article describes the use of RD design to evaluate the impact of a supplemental algebra-readiness curriculum, Transition to Algebra, on students’ mathematics outcomes.
Interest in the regression…
Announcement
The CADRE Fellowship is a competitive program providing a significant professional development experience for early career researchers and developers currently working on a DR K-12 project. Through program activities,…
Announcement
Excelencia in Education will release Finding Your Workforce: STEM, a new report revealing the Top 25 colleges graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math fields in 2009-10 and sharing selected evidence…
Newsletter
This special edition newsletter shares resources from the 2018 DRK-12 Meeting, held June 6-8, 2018.
The Keynotes
NSF Welcome (Robert Ochsendorf, National Science Foundation) and Nexus of Change: Exploring the…
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The 2020 DRK-12 PI Meeting has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19.
We are sorry to miss the opportunity to meet with you, explore successful approaches to common challenges, and learn…