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This month's Spotlight focuses on improving science and mathematics education in rural America. Though rural areas differ, they often share similar assets (e.g., community orientation) that can…
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This article elaborates a theoretical, methodological, and analytical approach intended to highlight the materiality and reciprocity of noticing in mathematics classrooms.
This article elaborates a…
Developing and Piloting a Tool to Assess Culturally Responsive Principles in Schools Serving Indigenous Students
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This article presents a tool and discusses the rationale for the authors’ development of a tool designed to assess the alignment of culturally responsive schooling principles within schools serving predominantly…
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The project builds upon prior successful work using the Cultural…
Centering Educators’ Voices in the Development of Professional Learning for Data-Rich, Place-Based Science Instruction
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This self-reflective case study describes our project team’s efforts to promote equity in science professional learning (PL) by centering the voices of educators in the PL design process and within the course itself. In…
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NSF program officer and DRK-12 program lead, Michael Steele, opens our year-end newsletter with a message for the DRK-12 community.
To the Discovery Research PreK-12 PI Community,
What a long, strange year it’s been…
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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,
CADRE is excited to announce that we’re now accepting applications for the 2023 CADRE Fellows program! This program offers mentorship and community building for early career scholars and seeks to increase…
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Broadening participation in STEM requires a…
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As part of our Spotlight on Early Childhood Education, 14 DRK-12 projects describe their work in early learning and share their challenges, findings, instruments, and products.
Featured Projects:
Building a Grades K-2…
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The CADRE Fellows program provided a small number of emerging researchers and developers with the opportunity to attend the 2009 DR-K12 PI meeting and engage in ongoing professional support throughout the year. At the PI…
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Dear Colleagues,
As summer winds down and the school year is upon us, we hope you’ve had some time to relax and are happily anticipating the opportunities ahead. In that vein, CADRE is excited to announce the 2023…
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In many schools across the world, students experience mathematical concepts as ideas empty of wisdom and possibility. In this paper the authors analyze a philosophical conversation in which fifth-grade students were caught…
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Making science accessible is an important and worthy goal, but for many students, science is inaccessible because what counts as science in the classroom is narrowly defined as what is known as western science, rooted in…
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While the Arctic may seem bleak and inhospitable, indigenous people have successfully lived there for thousands of years. In this issue, learn how the Inuit of northern Canada, Inupiat of arctic Alaska, and Sami of…
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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…
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The CADRE Fellows program provided a small number of emerging researchers and developers with the opportunity to attend the 2009 DR-K12 PI meeting and engage in ongoing professional support throughout the year. At the PI…
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Dear Colleagues,
NSF receives many Design and Development proposals but fewer DRK-12 proposals for Exploratory projects. This month we're featuring a Spotlight on Exploratory Research, where in addition to highlighting…
Strengthening Teaching in “Rural,” Indigenous-Serving Schools: Lessons from the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
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This article reports on the first three years of a teacher-led professional development program on the Navajo Nation. We draw on both quantitative and qualitative data from our end-of-year surveys to highlight some of the…
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Dear Colleagues,
As we end 2023, we want to thank all of you who shared your research and what you’re learning about preK-12 STEM education (e.g., through project Spotlights, the DRK-12 PI Meeting, and the assessment…
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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…
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Dear Colleagues,
News keeps coming in from NSF! They recently announced a number of ways that researchers can positively influence the future of preK-12 STEM education research: a new STEM education advisory panel (…
“You are Never too Little to Understand Your Culture”: Strengthening Early Childhood Teachers through the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
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This article describes one effort to strengthen early childhood teaching in schools on the Navajo Nation that centers the work of two teachers within a program attempting to support teachers in the development of…
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Dear Colleagues,
Happy summer, and welcome to the most recent new awardees! For those preparing to submit proposals for the next DRK-12 deadline (October 5, 2022), we invite you to listen to our recent informational…
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Dear Colleagues,
The DRK-12 program has funded projects that research innovative approaches to providing equitable and high-quality STEM education opportunities to rural students, such as place-based learning, online…
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Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations to those of you who submitted a DRK-12 proposal. We have our fingers crossed for your success. If you didn't submit, we encourage you to consider serving in a reviewer capacity. It's not…
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Dear Colleagues,
This month's Spotlight on Games in STEM Education showcases innovative research into the role of gaming as a powerful tool to boost engagement and learning in STEM classrooms. Two blog posts featured in…