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Conferences for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers
This file contains a listing of STEM education-related conferences that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees, such as for the…
Legitimation Code Theory as an Analytical Framework for Integrated STEM Curriculum and Its Enactment
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Legitimation Code Theory as an Analytical Framework for Integrated STEM Curriculum and Its Enactment
Recent reform initiatives in STEM disciplines inspired the development and implementation…
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Examining How Using Dichotomous and Partial Credit Scoring Models Influence Sixth-Grade Mathematical Problem-Solving Assessment Outcomes
Determining the most appropriate method of scoring an…
Mathematics and Science Teacher Educators' Use of Representations of Practice: A Mixed Methods Study
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Mathematics and Science Teacher Educators' Use of Representations of Practice: A Mixed Methods Study
This study sought to explore math and science teacher educators' use of various media…
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Finding the Right Grain-Size for Measurement in the Classroom
This article introduces a new framework for articulating how educational assessments can be related to teacher uses in the…
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Identifying the Roles of Science Teacher Leaders in Practice
Science teacher leaders have been identified as an important lever for the implementation of science education reform. However,…
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Increasing Student Confidence in Writing: Integrating Authentic Manuscript Writing into an Online 8-Week Research Program
In various formats, students at the secondary and postsecondary levels…
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Instructional Pathways to Considering Social Dimensions Within Socioscientific Issues
The Socioscientific Issues Teaching and Learning (SSI-TL) framework is a guide for developing an…
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Unpacking Response Process Issues Encountered When Developing a Mathematics Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Assessment
It is essential for items in assessments of mathematics’…
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Vygotskian Hybridizing of Motion and Mapping: Learning About Geometric Transformations in Block-based Programming Environments
Research on geometric transformations suggests that early…
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Young Philosophers: Fifth-Grade Students Animating the Concept of Space
In many schools across the world, students experience mathematical concepts as ideas empty of wisdom and possibility. In…
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Investigating the Presence of Mathematics and the Levels of Cognitively Demanding Mathematical Tasks in Integrated STEM Units
Effective K-12 integrated STEM education should reflect an…
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STEM Curriculum Development and Implementation
Review of the recent literature on integrated STEM curriculum development and implementation. Included are frameworks for integrated STEM…
Secondary Chemistry Teacher Learning: Precursors for and Mechanisms of Pedagogical Conceptual Change
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Secondary Chemistry Teacher Learning: Precursors for and Mechanisms of Pedagogical Conceptual Change
Despite years of research and practice inspired by chemistry education research, a recent…
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Investigating the Mangle of Teaching Oxidation–Reduction with the VisChem Approach: Problematising Symbolic Traditions that Undermine Chemistry Concept Development
Specific to the topic of…
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Usable STEM Knowledge for Tomorrow’s STEM Problems
We need STEM knowledge programs in formal and informal settings that guide learners in applying STEM learning to the creation of solutions.…
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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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Flip It: An Exploratory (Versus Explanatory) Sequential Mixed Methods Design Using Delphi and Differential Item Functioning to Evaluate Item Bias
The Delphi method has been adapted to inform…
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Advancing Social Justice Learning Through Data Literacy
Students need “critical data literacy” skills to help make sense of the multitude of information available to them, especially as it…
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Preparing for a Data-Rich World: Civic Statistics Across the Curriculum
Civic Statistics by its nature is highly interdisciplinary. From a cross-curricular perspective, teaching and learning…
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Leading for Justice, Leading for Learning: Conceptualizing Urban School Leadership for Antiracist Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Urban school leaders can support mathematics instruction…
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Effects of Game-based Learning Supports on Students’ Math Performance and Perceived Game Flow
Adopting a pretest–posttest experimental design with repeated measures, this study examined the…
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Exploring Students’ Learning Support Use in Digital Game-based Math Learning: A Mixed-Methods Approach Using Machine Learning and Multi-cases Study
Digital game-based math learning…
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Integrative Analysis Using Big Ideas: Energy Transfer and Cellular Respiration
Big ideas in science education are meant to be interpretive frameworks that empower student learning.…
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Socio-Scientific Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing In-person and Virtual Science Learning Using Model-Evidence Link Diagrams
Science learning is an important part of the K-12…
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What’s New in the 2023 DRK-12 Solicitation
The new DRK-12 solicitation (NSF 23-596) introduces several changes and updates compared to the previous solicitation (NSF 20-572). Proposal writers…
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Opportunities for Research within the Data Science Education Community
This webinar provided early career data science education researchers with information on the state of the field; tools,…
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Webinar Resources: Informational Webinars on DRK-12 Solicitation (23-596)
Resources from the NSF-led webinars on the new DRK-12 Solicitation 23-596.
2023 NSF Information Session on DRK-12…
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A Remote View into the Classroom: Analyzing Teacher Use of Digitally Enhanced Educative Curriculum Materials in Support of Student Learning
When integrated into online curriculum modules for…
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ChatGPT for Next Generation Science Learning
This article pilots ChatGPT in tackling the most challenging part of science learning and found it successful in automation of assessment…
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Developing Geo-Sequential Reasoning about Tectonic Processes Using Computational Simulations
Explaining phenomena associated with a system involves describing a system’s structure and…
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Myths, Mis- and Preconceptions of Artificial Intelligence: A Review of the Literature
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prevalent in nearly every aspect of our lives. However, recent studies…
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“Tia Was the Right One:” Mathematical Authority and Trust Among First Graders
Questions regarding the construction of mathematical authority have implications for learning, specifically for…
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Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
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This report takes stock of what we currently know as well as what we need to…
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Energy and Your Environment (EYE)
A 10-week, energy literacy curriculum unit for 6th grade students. Students will study energy use and transfer in their own school buildings. They will…
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Comparing How College Mathematics Instructors and High-School Teachers Recognize Professional Obligations of Mathematics Teaching when Making Instructional Decisions
This paper investigates…
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Refinement of an Instrument Measuring Science Teachers’ Knowledge of Language Through Mixed Method
Teachers must know how to use language to support students in knowledge generation…
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‘If You Wanted to Take this Model and Throw Nitrogen at It, It Would Fit’: Synthesis Approach to Modelling to Learn About Biogeochemical Cycles
The literature on scientific modelling practices…
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‘Me Hizo Sentir Como Científica’: The Expressed Science Identities of Multilingual Learners in High School Biology Classrooms
To make sound science-related decisions in a global society,…
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Student Outcomes of Teaching About Socio-scientific Issues in Secondary Science Classrooms: Applications of EzGCM
Science education literature has highlighted socio-scientific issues (SSI) as…
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Supporting Secondary Students’ Understanding of Earth’s Climate System and Global Climate Change Using EzGCM: A Cross-Sectional Study
Global climate change (GCC) is one of the greatest…
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Policy Translation in Assemblage: Networked Actors Mediating Science Teachers’ Policy Play
Educational policies exist as part of complex systems of many policies, all of which science teachers…
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Intersections of Teacher Noticing and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: A Conceptual Framework to Inform the Design of Teacher Learning
Teacher noticing scholars are just beginning to explore…
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NSF Proposal Toolkit
Learn more about NSF’s funding opportunities in education and explore resources to help you in the proposal preparation, submission, and review process.
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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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CS-STEM Network
The CS-STEM Network offers research-based curricula created by Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy that focus on teaching big ideas with robotics. Over 20 curriculum options…
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Research Toolkit
This toolkit offers education research tips, resources, and tools on research design, theory & frameworks, methodologies, instrumentation, human subjects, and data…
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Newcomer Emergent Bilingual Students’ Meaning-Making in Urban Biology Classrooms: A Communities of Practice Perspective
This study investigated how newcomer emergent bilinguals made meaning in…
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Mathematical and Scientific Argumentation in PreK-12: A Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis of Recent DRK-12 Projects
This review synthesizes insights from 23 NSF-funded projects, totaling $40…
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Modeling in Science Education: A Synthesis of Recent Discovery Research PreK-12 Projects
This review synthesizes findings from 18 NSF-funded projects, totaling nearly $22 million, that studied…