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CoP Meeting 3: How to Position Your Work for NSF DRK-12 Program STEM Education Research and Design Funding Opportunities
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The Evidence Quality and Reach Hub (EQR), in partnership with Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, is offering a free, four-part virtual community of practice to build aspiring DRK-12 grantees’, particularly…
CoP Meeting 4: How to Position Your Work for NSF DRK-12 Program STEM Education Research and Design Funding Opportunities
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The Evidence Quality and Reach Hub (EQR), in partnership with Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, is offering a free, four-part virtual community of practice to build aspiring DRK-12 grantees’, particularly…
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Thank you for participating in the CADRE Learning Series on Rural Partnerships! Your feedback is essential to us as we strive to create valuable and engaging webinars. Please take a few minutes to provide your feedback on…
Project Spotlight
This Spotlight features projects that are integrating social studies with STEM learning and practices.
In this Spotlight, three projects describe their interdisciplinary approaches to the development of…
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Dear Colleagues,
This month’s Spotlight on Social Studies and STEM Integration showcases how educators and researchers are melding history, geography, economics, and civics with STEM to support real-world applications,…
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) Full Proposal Deadline
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Learn more at https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/improving-undergraduate-stem-….
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEMEdIPRF) Full Proposal Deadline
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Learn more at https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-technology-engineerin….
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST HBCU-RISE) Full Proposal Deadline
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Learn more at https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/centers-research-excellence-s….
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Using Videos as a Tool for Self-Reflection: The Nature of In-Service Elementary Teachers’ Reflections on Their Ability to Facilitate Argumentation-Focused Discussions in a Simulated Classroom
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CADRE Fellows
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Jamie N. Mikeska (2010-11 CADRE Fellow) published this Journal of Science Education and Technology article with…
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CAREER Awardees
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Karoline Smucker, Francisco Sepúlveda, Travis Weiland (CAREER Awardee) Susan Cannon (CAREER Awardee), Stephanie…
Balancing Teachers’ Needs in Times of Crisis: Investigating How Computer Science Instructional Coaches and Teachers Navigated Remote Professional Development During COVID-19
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CADRE Fellows
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Naomi Blaushild (2023 CADRE Fellow), Raisa Blazquez, Steven McGee, and Randi McGee-Tekula co-authored this article in…
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Carlos Nicolas Gómez Marchant (2014-15 CADRE Fellow; CAREER Awardee), Alexandra R.…
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Rachel Juergensen (2020-21 CADRE Fellow) was awarded a five-year, $1.06 million U.S. Department of…
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This counterstory (Delgado, 1989; Martinez, 2020) is based on field notes (Oct. 19 & Nov. 1, 2022) from our collective’s ethnographic project working with upper elementary Latiné learners and their transition to middle…
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Despite interest in how students’ implicit theories—their growth and fixed mindsets about their own learning—affect students as learners, relatively little research on mindset has looked at teachers as learners. This study…
Can Generative AI and ChatGPT Outperform Humans on Cognitive-Demanding Problem-Solving Tasks in Science?
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This study aimed to examine an assumption regarding whether generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools can overcome the cognitive intensity that humans suffer when solving problems. We examine the performance of…
STEM Role Models for Students with Disabilities: A Systematic Review Highlighting Recommendations for the Classroom and Future Research
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Shannon Locke, Jessica Rodrigues (CAREER Awardee), and Lindsey G. Mirielli published this article in School Science…
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Teacher-facilitated whole-class conversations can help elementary students apply the full power of the NGSS science and engineering practices to an engineering design process. In this article we describe and provide…
Elementary Teachers’ Knowledge of Using Language as an Epistemic Tool in Science Classrooms: A Case Study
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Language is a fundamental tool for learning science. This study highlights the importance of teacher knowledge in utilising language as a tool for knowledge generation in the classrooms. This case study examines elementary…
Embodied, Dramatizing Performances in Science Class: Multimodal Spaces and Places of Knowledge and Identity Construction
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We explored the semiotic choices children in grades 1–6 made that nurtured embodied, dramatizing performances in science classes at urban public schools, serving predominantly students of color in a large US city. We…
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In this paper, we describe three challenges (conflict between multiple dimensions of science proficiency, authentic data, and grade-appropriate graphing tools) that we faced when designing for a specific Next Generation…
Reasoning About Data in Elementary School: Student Strategies and Strengths when Reasoning with Multiple Variables
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The need for data literacy is an increasingly pressing priority in society, but most of the work in data-centred education has focused on developing skills at the middle school, secondary, and post-secondary levels, with…
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This study examines secondary mathematics teachers’ anticipations of student responses related to a series of cognitively demanding mathematics tasks from multiple mathematical domains presented in the context of voluntary…
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The authors are developing a model for rural science teacher professional development, building teacher expertise and collaboration and creating high-quality science lessons: technology-mediated lesson study (TMLS…
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This study applied the many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM) to assess students’ knowledge-in-use in middle school physical science.
This study applied the many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM) to assess…
Investigating Teacher–Teacher Feedback: Uncovering Useful Socio-pedagogical Norms for Reform-based Chemistry Instruction
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Teacher–teacher feedback is an important feature of professional learning. However, deeply ingrained socio-pedagogical norms may affect both the nature and content of feedback, constraining its effectiveness. Prior studies…
Elementary Science Teacher Educators Learning Together: Catalyzing Change With Educative Curriculum Materials and Vignette Writing
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In this article, we describe a professional learning community (PLC) for science teacher educators that supported changes in pedagogy through educative curriculum materials and vignette writing.
In this…
Related Paper Set: Designing, Supporting, and Enacting Elementary Science Units for Teacher Phenomenon Adaptation
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Paper set on designing, supporting, and enacting elementary science units for teacher phenomenon adaptation from 2023 NARST conference.
Cook Whitt, K., Harris, E., Kenyon, L., Kenyon, F. L., Hanson, A…
How It All Happened: Cause and Effect as a Lens and Thinking Tool to Observe and Make Sense of Two Puzzling Phenomena
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This article uses cause and effect as a lens and thinking tool to observe and make sense of phenomena in elementary science.
Mohan, L., Harris, E., & Guy-Gaytan, C. (2023). How it all happened:…
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In this article we introduce a National Science Foundation-funded research project called TecRocks that has developed new interactive simulations and an innovative online curriculum module that weaves rock formation and…
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The Innovate to Mitigate (I2M) project poses challenges for secondary-school students to design feasible, innovative strategies that mitigate CO2 emissions and thus global warming. Design is informed by research on problem…
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Open innovation challenge to mitigate global warming.
Puttick, G., Drayton, B., & Gasca, S. (2023). Open innovation challenge to mitigate global warming. Connected Science Learning, 5(5…
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CADRE has compiled tips from DRK-12 awardees on building partnerships, acknowledging context and history, nurturing relationships and the work, and adapting to change.
CADRE has compiled tips from DRK-…
Navigating Socio-emotional Risk Through Comfort-Building in a Physics Teaching Community of Practice: A Case Study
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This descriptive case study examines the process of productively navigating socio-emotional risks and interpersonal tensions encountered by a veteran and pre-service physics teacher during one episode of discussing physics…
Responsive Professional Development: A Facilitation Approach for Teachers' Development in a Physics Teaching Community of Practice
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Providing high-quality professional development for teachers with diverse backgrounds and classroom experience is a challenging task. In this work, we investigate the Illinois Physics and Secondary Schools (IPaSS)…
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A School Science and Mathematics Journal editorial.
Bostic, J. (2023). Engaging hearts and minds in assessment research. School Science and Mathematics Journal, 123(6), 217-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/…
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Women and many people of color continue to be minoritized in STEM and notably in physics. We conducted two studies demonstrating that exposure to counternarratives about who does physics and why one does physics…
Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of DRK-12 Awards: Tips and Tools for Writing Successful NSF Grant Proposals
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This NARST preconference workshop will comprise relevant information for writing and refining an NSF DRK-12 grant proposal. The participants will the chance to engage various resources and materials created by the leaders…
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The project research team developed two active learning lessons examining the diverse profiles of individuals who earned a bachelor’s degree in physics, and issues of marginalization of women in physics. After…
Engagement in the InSTEP Professional Learning Platform: Developing Expertise to Teach Data and Statistics
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In this study, 82 middle and high school teachers engaged with the InSTEP online professional
learning platform to develop their expertise in teaching data science and statistics. We
investigated teachers’ engagement…
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The InSTEP professional learning platform aims to support grades 6-12 teachers’ professional learning in teaching statistics and data science through a personalized online learning platform. While statistics and data…
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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…