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AI for Tackling STEM Education Challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI), an emerging technology, finds increasing use in STEM education and STEM education research (e.g., Zhai et al., 2020b;…
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Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers
This list contains STEM education-related publications that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees for the purposes of (1)…
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We Strive: Initial Explorations of STEM Teachers' Successes and Challenges in Implementing Socioscientific Issues
This study explores two teachers participating in professional…
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MindHive: An Online Citizen Science Tool and Curriculum for Human Brain and Behavior Research
MindHive is an online, open science, citizen science platform co-designed by a team of educational…
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The Role of Inclusion, Discrimination, and Belonging for Adolescent Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Engagement In and Out of School
Women and ethnic minoritized individuals are…
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Applying Machine Learning to Automatically Assess Scientific Models
Involving students in scientific modeling practice is one of the most effective approaches to achieving the next generation…
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Strengthening Teaching in “Rural,” Indigenous-Serving Schools: Lessons from the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
This article reports on the first three years of a teacher-led…
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Eliciting and Refining Conceptions of STEM Education: A Series of Activities for Professional Development
Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is…
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Beyond Content: The Role of STEM Disciplines, Real-World Problems, 21st Century Skills, and STEM Careers within Science Teachers’ Conceptions of Integrated STEM Education
Understanding…
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Impacts of Attending an Inclusive STEM High School: Meta-analytImpacts of Attending an Inclusive STEM High School: Meta-analytic Estimates from Five Studiesic Estimates from Five Studies…
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The Curious Construct of Active Learning
The construct of active learning permeates undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but despite its…
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Insight from DRK-12 CAREER Awardees
This resource contains advice from CAREER awardees in the DRK-12 portfolio about how to develop a competitive proposal and successfully manage a CAREER…
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Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)
Integrated approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and…
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Beyond the Basics: A Detailed Conceptual Framework of Integrated STEM
Given the large variation in conceptualizations and enactment of K-12 integrated STEM, this paper puts forth a detailed…
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Taking STEM Enrichment Camps Virtual: Strategies & Reflections from Quick Pivot Due to COVID-19
Since COVID-19 began spreading in the US and quickly established as a global pandemic in…
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“You are Never too Little to Understand Your Culture”: Strengthening Early Childhood Teachers through the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
There is international and widespread…
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Computational Participation and the Learner‐Technology Pairing in K‐12 STEM Education
The role of technology in STEM education remains unclear and needs stronger operational definition. In…
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K–12 DREAMS to Teach Program at Morehouse College
This study explores the pathways to K–12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics instruction among Black/African American males in…
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Impact of Graph Technologies in K-12 Science and Mathematics Education
Graph technologies are now widely available in K-12 science and mathematics classrooms. These technologies have the…
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Examining Temporal Dynamics of Self-Regulated Learning Behaviors in STEM Learning: A Network Approach
From a network perspective, self-regulated learning (SRL) can be conceptualized as…
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Early Childhood Educators’ Declarative Knowledge of the Next Generation Science Standards
Hapgood, S., Heuring, J. & Wilson, G., Czerniak, C. (Accepted for January 2020). Early Childhood…
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WISE: Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE)All WISE units are research-tested and aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Each unit is…
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Development and Validation of a High School STEM Self‐Assessment Inventory
The development of inclusive STEM high schools that have no academic admission requirements has been a national goal…
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3DLA: Three Dimensional Learning Architecture Instructional Planning Tool
Hapgood, S., Wilson, G., Heuring, J. & Czerniak, C. M. (Accepted for January 2020). 3DLA: Three dimensional…
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Scientific Inquiry for Young Children: Linking Teacher Professional Development and Family Engagement to Improve Student Achievement
Hapgood, S., Paprzycki, P., Czerniak, C.M. (2019).…
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Coordinating between Graphs and Science Concepts: Density and Buoyancy
Graphs illustrating complex scientific relationships require students to integrate multiple concepts and visual features…
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CRIS 7e Lesson Plan Template
The CRIS “7e” lesson plan template, adapted from the Next Generation Science “5e”, centers the importance of including Elders and Environment in Indigenous STEM…
Longitudinal Impact of Early Childhood Science Instruction on Middle Grades Literacy and Mathematics
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Longitudinal Impact of Early Childhood Science Instruction on Middle Grades Literacy and Mathematics
Czerniak, C. M., Paprzycki, P., Hapgood, S., & Kaderavek, J. (2019). Longitudinal…
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Longitudinal Impact of Early Childhood Science Instruction on 5th Grade Science Achievement
Czerniak, C. M., Kaderavek, J., Paprzycki, P., Hapgood, S., Mentzer, G., Molitor, S., &…
Fostering Video Sharing and Discourse Among STEM Educational Researchers in a Multimodal Environment
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Fostering Video Sharing and Discourse Among STEM Educational Researchers in a Multimodal Environment
Multimedia environments provide multiple resources for expression, collaboration, and…
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Developing Student 21st Century Skills in Selected Exemplary Inclusive STEM High Schools
There is a need to arm students with noncognitive, or 21st Century, skills to prepare them for a more…
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Curriculum and Instruction at Exemplar Inclusive STEM High Schools
In recent years, prominent organizations have released large-scale policy reports on the state of science, technology,…
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Integrating STEM into Preschool Education: Designing a Professional Development Model in Diverse Settings
High quality early childhood education and science, technology, engineering, and…
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Considerations for STEM Education from PreK through Grade 3
Research Says Early Learning in Science and Mathematics MattersQuality early STEM experiences provide a critical foundation for…
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#BlackGirlMagic: The identity conceptualizationof Black women in undergraduate STEM education
Much of the research in science education that explores the influence of a racial and gendered…
STEM starts early: Grounding science, technology, engineering, and math education in early childhood
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STEM starts early: Grounding science, technology, engineering, and math education in early childhood
Researchers and educators agree: Children demonstrate a clear readiness to engage in…
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Students making systems models: An accessible approach
Systems are a natural part of our world—from the smallest chemical system to the Earth's climate system. The Framework for K-12 Science…
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Graphing Research on Inquiry with Data in Science (GRIDS) Curricular Units
Three middle school science curricular units on the topics of genetics, ocean biodiversity & discourse, and solar…
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Use of Automated Scoring and Feedback in Online Interactive Earth Science Tasks
In formative assessment, constructed response questions are typically used for scientific argumentation, but…
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Invaluable values: an expectancy-value theory analysis of youths’ academic motivations and intentions
Ball, C., Huang, K., Cotten, S. R., Rikard, R. V., & Coleman, L. O. (2016). Invaluable…
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Supporting secondary students in building external models to explain phenomena
Supporting Secondary Students in Building External Models is a collaborative project with Michigan State…
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STEM-focused high schools as a strategy for enhancing readiness for postsecondary STEM programs
The logic underlying inclusive STEM high schools (ISHSs) posits that requiring all students to…
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Partnership Building as a Broadening-Participation Strategy: Helping Researchers and Developers Bridge the Gaps in STEM Education
This brief examines the continued underrepresentation of…
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Tracing the Development of a Haptically-enhanced Simulation for Teaching Phase Change
This paper traces the research-design-develop-test cycle of a haptically-enhanced science simulation…
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Why a Digital Teacher Guide?
Inquiry-based educative curricula and teachers who use these curricula as intended are major factors in achieving successful student learning outcomes in science.…
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Monday's lesson: Students making models
This brief article provides an overview of how to use the SageModeler systems modeling tool with an ocean acidification model as an example.…
To customize or not to customize? Exploring science teacher customization in an online lesson portal
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To customize or not to customize? Exploring science teacher customization in an online lesson portal
New technologies are increasingly giving science teachers the ability to access and…
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Learning with Sprout Pro: Reimagine what you can make
Sprout Pro was developed as a new kind of all-in-one computer that enables students to make, design, and customize the world around them.…
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Next Generation STEM Learning for All-envisioning advances based on NSF supported research
On November 9, 2015, an NSF-supported STEM Forum was held, organized by STELAR (the ITEST resource…
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The eight essential elements of inclusive STEM high schools
Background Inclusive STEM (traditionally known to stand for “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math”) high schools are emerging…