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‘Algorithms’ is a core CS concept included in the K-12 CS standards, yet student challenges with understanding different aspects of algorithms are still not well documented, especially for younger students. This paper…
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This study explores how teachers across the United States answer and reason on “teacher assessment tasks” designed to elicit content knowledge for teaching (CKT) about matter and its interactions. It leverages a think…
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The Responsive Math Teaching project has been developing and refining a model for the development of mathematics instructional leadership in a network of 13 urban under-resourced elementary schools. This report summarizes…
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Ed+gineering, an NSF-funded program, adapted hands-on robotics instruction for online delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative multiple case study shares the experiences of participating education…
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This essay, intended for faculty involved in small-scale projects, courses, or educational research, provides a step-by-step guide to the process of developing, scoring, and validating high-quality content knowledge…
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Mini-plenary Presentation Engineering Multilingual Learners Mathematics Science Technology Pre-…
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Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793 National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Opportunity Engineering…
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Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5474&org=EHR&sel_org=E… National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Opportunity…
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To learn more, visit https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/acs-meetings.html. DRK-12 Presenters: KatieMarie Magnone, Meng Yang Matthew Wu, and Ellen Yezierski, Miami University…
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CADRE Tips for Mentoring Early Career STEM Education Researchers and Developers provides guidelines that may help new mentors and mentees establish an effective and productive relationship. View…
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 Robot-math is a term used to describe mathematics instruction centered on engineering, particularly robotics. This type of instruction seeks first to make the mathematics skills useful for robotics-centered…
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In this report section, we discuss the importance of aligning classroom assessments with learning goals and instructional practices to both shape and evaluate students’ learning opportunities. In this…
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Learn more at https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ecrcore-edu-core-research National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Opportunity Thu, 10/02/…
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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…
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Learn about DRK-12 research and approaches to improving STEM learning for students classified as English Language Learners (ELLs).
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This exploratory study investigated 32 teachers’ use of knowledge resources in two mathematically similar tasks (one a paper and pencil task, the other a dynamic task) around proportional reasoning.…
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This study investigates facilitation of professional development to promote teacher learning when using animations and videos in a study group with five teachers. Providing opportunities for learning…
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The deadline for CAREER proposals is July 27, 2020. Read the solicitation, which includes a description of the NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Learn more about the CAREER program…
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Letter of Intent is due April 16, 2018. For more information, visit: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18548/nsf18548.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&W… National Science Foundation (NSF…
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Opportunity Ongoing The IES Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program aims to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the scientific…
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To learn more, visit https://www.sree.org/conferences/2014s/pages/theme.php. Society for Research on Edcuational Effectiveness (SREE) Conference…
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Science teachers must sometimes teach outside of their expertise, and this type of teaching assignment is referred to as being out-of-field. Among newly hired teachers, this type of assignment may have a detrimental impact…
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Blog Addressing EL Linguistic Heterogeneity. The performance of English language learners (ELs; students who are still developing English as a second language) on tests in English and in their first…
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On July 15-17, 2012 the United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction and Seoul National University held a joint Korea-U.S. workshop on Mathematics Teaching and Curriculum. The workshop was organized to…
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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…
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Students come to classrooms with diverse ways of knowing and communicating. The aim of this project is to work with teachers to create engaging and equitable opportunities for science discourse by bridging the resources…
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This study explores how secondary mathematics teachers can design lessons that spur student curiosity and captivate students with complex mathematical content. Six teachers designed lessons with researchers using the…
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Authors describe a complementary way of studying the connections between different aspects of noticing, one that stresses the content of teachers noticing. They report on a study in which participants were shown depictions…
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In this theoretical research paper we describe a collaborative effort between researchers and university faculty to improve how teachers are prepared to teach middle school mathematics. Courey, S.J.,…
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Bioinformatics—a rapidly developing discipline that integrates mathematical and computational techniques with biological knowledge for applications in medicine, the environment, and other important aspects of life—is an…
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To learn more, visithttp://www.rcml-math.org/upcoming-conference DRK-12 Presenters: Jonathan Bostic, Davis Gerber, and Gabriel Matney, Bowling Green State University (Project: Developing and Evaluating Assessments of…
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Quality early STEM experiences provide a critical foundation for learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in ways that facilitate later learning. Early childhood educators have a unique…
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Kali, Y., Markauskaite, L., & Goodyear, P. (2011). Researching design practices and design cognition: contexts, experiences and pedagogical knowledge-in-pieces. Learning, Media, & Technology. 36(2), 129-149…
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Learn more at https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505364&org=NSF&sel_org=EHR… National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Opportunity…
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View Slides | Watch Webinar Recording Social network analysis is an analytical approach – including theoretical perspectives and methodological techniques – that focuses on the relationships among actors in a system…
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The second National Science Foundation Grants Conference of the fiscal year will be held in Tampa, Florida, on June 1-2, 2015, and hosted by the State University System of Florida. Key representatives from the…
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P. A. Kraus and S. Vokos, "The role of language in the teaching of energy: The case of 'heat energy,'" Washington State Teachers' Association Journal (Spring 2011) ABSTRACT: This article describes the different terms that…
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Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5483&org=EHR&sel_org=E… Full proposal deadline for: Targeted STEM Infusion Projects (TSIP) National Science Foundation (…
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The goal of this project is to identify Algebraic Knowledge for Teaching (AKT) that is useful to develop students’ algebraic thinking. Through an exploration of U.S. and Chinese elementary expert teachers’ video-taped…
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Fraction Activities and Assessment for Conceptual Teaching (FACCT) increases access and advancement in fraction concepts for students with math difficulties and disabilities. Documented learning trajectories of the target…
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This project is examining how learning about a new STEM concept changes students’ reasoning about concepts that are not new to them and focuses mainly on mathematics concepts. We also examine how to teach new concepts in…
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For this project, we created an adaptation to lesson study. Teachers discussed animations made by the research team to get ideas for planning a problem-based lesson. We recorded the teachers’ implementation of the lessons…
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This project is exploring how to productively coordinate instruction around data, statistics, modeling, and inference in middle grades mathematics and science classes to support students to develop competencies in…
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News CADRE Postdocs Awards & Recognition Terrell Morton (2018 CADRE Postdoc) and ReAnna S. Roby (2018 CADRE Postdoc) were recently featured on…