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October 2018 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Concurrent to our release of two new products focused on broadening participation in STEM education (see below), the National Academies has announced…
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November 2018 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
October was National Disabilities Awareness Month, and December 3 is International Day of Disabled Persons. So this month, CADRE is featuring DRK-12…
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December 2018 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
In 2018 ... Approximately 56.6 million students were expected to attend elementary and secondary schools—the majority of whom are nonwhite. Public…
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January 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Happy new year. As the government shutdown continues, we want to remind you that NSF announced that it is still accepting project reports. NSF has…
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February 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
In this newsletter, we feature current DRK-12 projects doing research on assessment and learning technologies, as well as share a framing piece by…
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March 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month, we are celebrating International Women's Day and Women's History Month by highlighting women and girls in STEM (@UN_Women; #WomenInScience…
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April 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We are saddened to share the news that Julio Lopez-Ferrao passed away on March 25. Julio had been a DRK-12 program officer since the inception of the…
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May 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Save the date! The 2020 DRK-12 PI Meeting will be held June 3-5, 2020, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Invitations will…
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June 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Many of you may be thinking about your next NSF DRK-12 proposal submission now that the deadline (November 13, 2019) is less than five months away. This…
Poster
Developing Understanding of the Number Line in Grades K-2
Elementary School
Mathematics
Poster presented at the REL…
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July 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month's Spotlight focuses on improving science and mathematics education in rural America. Though rural areas differ, they often share similar assets…
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August 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The 2019 DRK-12 grants have been awarded, and new projects are beginning. Welcome to all the new members of the CADRE community! We send a special…
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September 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month we are featuring DRK-12 projects with a focus on STEM pathways. Though there may not be consensus of what constitutes a STEM job, we might…
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October 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce the 2019-20 CADRE Fellows, selected from an outstanding pool of applicants. We look forward to learning more about their…
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November 2019 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month, we spotlight research on supporting teachers in choosing, adapting, and/or developing STEM instructional materials. Teachers are…
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December 2019 Newsletter
Looking Back ...
There were some exciting STEM achievements in 2019, such as the imaging of a black hole and the first all-female spacewalk. NSF managed to make a lot…
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January 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We are greatly saddened to share the news that Dr. Karen King passed away in December. Among her many accomplishments, Karen was a key DRK-12 and…
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February 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
DRK-12 projects are out and about sharing their work. In this month's Spotlight, read about projects focused on improving STEM education for…
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March 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Since our lives are saturated with COVID-19 concerns, we're starting this newsletter with good news. CADRE is happy to announce the early career…
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April 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The current pandemic is making it impossible to ignore the health, economic, and educational disparities in our country. At the same time, current…
Poster
CAREER: Proof in Secondary Classrooms: Decomposing a Central Mathematical Practice
High School
Geometry
Mathematics…
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May 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations and a warm welcome to the newest DRK-12 award winners. Also, congratulations to DRK-12 STEM for All Video Showcase award winners and all…
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June 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbert, and Rayshard Brooks, as well as countless others, have shone a spotlight on the…
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July 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
In 2018, NSF and IES released a companion to the Common Guidelines which identifies principles to help education stakeholders design and report…
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August 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The demand for data skills is growing across industries and disciplines. Understanding how to analyze and interpret data will not only be critical for…
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September 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The CADRE Fellows nominations are open! Please spread the word about this professional growth opportunity for early career researchers.…
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October 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Building strong foundations for STEM literacy, one of the goals outlined in the federal STEM education strategic plan, includes investing in our…
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November 2020 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The new CADRE Fellows are getting to know each other this week at the virtual program orientation. Selecting a cohort of 2020-21 Fellows from among a…
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December 2020 Newsletter
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…
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January 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We’re happy to welcome a new year with optimism: optimism, in part, that we will be able to continue to respond to aspects of our recent national…
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February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
As schooling during the pandemic has moved from classrooms to online learning, students with disabilities may be facing particular challenges with…
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March 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Registration for the 2021 DRK-12 PI Meeting has opened! If you are the PI of a project that will be active in June, check your inbox for the invitation…
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April 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
On the heels of Earth Day and the White House’s climate summit, we’re featuring a Spotlight on Earth and Environmental Science that discusses…
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May 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
This month we’re featuring DRK-12 CAREER awardees. The next deadline for CAREER proposal submissions is July 26. We encourage you to explore resources in…
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June 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
With over 500 registrants, the 2021 DRK-12 PI Meeting was our largest meeting ever! Aspiring, new, and experienced DRK-12 awardees, NSF staff, and guests…
Poster
Advancing Coherent and Equitable Systems of Science Education
Pre-Kindergarten
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
Poster
An Efficacy Study of a Comprehensive Middle School Science Curriculum that Integrates Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts
Middle…
Poster
Anchoring High School Students in Real-Life Issues that Integrate STEM Content and Literacy
Middle School
High School
Mathematics…
Poster
Assessing College-Ready Computational Thinking (Collaborative Research: Brown and Wilson)
High School
Post-secondary
Computer Science…
Poster
CAREER: Designing and Enacting Mathematically Captivating Learning Experiences for High School Mathematics
High School
Mathematics…
Poster
CAREER: Fraction Activities and Assessments for Conceptual Teaching (FAACT) for Students with Learning Disabilities
Elementary School
Middle School…
Poster
Design Research on the Teaching and Learning of Conceptual Understanding in High School Chemistry Though the Use of Dynamic Visualizations of Physical and Chemical Changes
High School…
Poster
Developing an Online Game to Teach Middle School Students Science Research Practices in the Life Sciences (Collaborative Research: Gagnon, Baker, and Metcalf)
Middle School…
Poster
Developing and Evaluating Assessments of Problem Solving (Collaborative Research: Bostic and Sondergeld)
Elementary School
Middle School…
Poster
Developing and Validating a Scalable, Classroom-focused Measure of Usable Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics: The Classroom Video Analysis Instrument
Elementary School…
Poster
Early Emergence of Socioeconomic Disparities in Mathematical Understanding
Pre-Kindergarten
Mathematics
This poster…
Poster
Fostering Equitable Groupwork to Promote Conceptual Mathematics Learning
Middle School
Mathematics
Broadening Participation…
Poster
From Access to Sustainability: Investigating Ways to Foster Sustainable Use of Computational Modeling in K-12 Science Classrooms
Middle School…
Poster
Improving Grades 6-8 Students' Mathematics Achievement in Modeling and Problem Solving through Effective Sequencing of Instructional Practices
Middle School…
Poster
Investigating Productive Use of High-Leverage Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research: Peterson and Stockero)
Middle School
High School…