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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. A resource for integrating…
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News CADRE Fellows Publication María González-Howard (2015-16 CADRE Fellow), Lisa Marco-Bujosa, Katherine McNeill, Megan Goss,…
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This article examine geometry teachers' perspectives regarding realistic contexts during a lesson study cycle. I ask the following. (a) What are the participants' perspectives regarding realistic contexts that elicit…
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News CADRE Postdocs Publication Kimberly Carroll Steward, David Gosselin, Devarati Bhattacharya (2020 CADRE Postdoc), Mark Chandler, and Cory T.…
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Foregrounding climate education in formal science learning environments provides students with opportunities to develop critical climate-related knowledge and skills. However, research has shown many challenges to teaching…
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Middle School Mathematics Karen King Monica Mitchell
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This study explores the ways middle school mathematics teachers implement standards-based curriculum materials in urban schools. It takes the view that instructional materials are cultural tools and examines how…
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Standards Presentation Elementary Middle Karen King 2009
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This study offers a large-scale snapshot of middle-grades teachers’ views of their students’ mathematical capabilities in the context of instructional reform. Background: Research suggests that teachers…
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This project directly addresses middle school teachers' understanding, practice, and teaching of modern scientific practice. Using the Project GUTS program and professional development model as a foundation,…
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Learn about DRK-12-funded efforts to understand the impacts of the pandemic on STEM teaching and learning as well as the early results from a synthesis of NSF-funded research on STEM education during the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Learn about efforts to understand the impacts of the pandemic on STEM teaching, learning, and education research.
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In this article, we draw upon the Conceptual Profile Theory to discuss the negotiation of meanings related to the energy concept in an 11th grade physics classroom. In this article, we draw upon the…
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To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/risk_resilience/index.html. Science Education Resource Center (SERC) Workshop…
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This project will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities through professional…
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This project will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities through professional…
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This study addresses two open questions in mathematics education and teacher learning research related to groupwork monitoring. Using contemporary information visualization techniques and open-source tools,…
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This spotlight features products and findings from DRK-12 projects funded to educate the public about Ebola virus and other infectious diseases as well as support students, teachers, and administrators as consumers of…
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Explore tools and resources for teaching and learning about infectious diseases, including Ebola, influenza, measles, and COVID-19.
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News CAREER Awardees Publication Yasmin B. Kafai, Yue Xin, Deborah Fields, and Colby Tofel-Grehl (CAREER Awardee) published this Journal of…
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This project addresses three central challenges: 1) the tendency for students to not engage in real mathematical thinking as they use technologies; 2) the tendency for teachers to not enact pedagogically-…
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News CADRE Fellows Publication Casey Hord (2010-11 CADRE Fellow), Signe Kastberg, and Andrea L. Draeger published this article in School Science and…
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News CADRE Fellows Publication Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer (2012-13 CADRE Fellow) published this article in the…
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To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/teaching_at_scale/workshop2014/index.html. Science Education Resource Center (SERC) Workshop…
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A Research Design Conference: How Can Digital Resources Increase Collaboration and Support Teachers Implementing Standards? Learning Labs: Using Videos, Exemplary STEM Instruction and Online Teacher…
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Drawing on rich classroom observations of educators teaching in China and the U.S., this book details an innovative and effective approach to teaching algebra at the elementary level, namely, "teaching through example-…
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High-quality science education is essential for students to become scientifically literate. Model-Evidence Link (MEL) diagrams and build-a-MEL (baMEL) diagrams are instructional scaffolds that create an opportunity for…
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This project results in a training manual, web-based resources, and training opportunities in field-based ecology for high school teachers. The project is designed to increase teacher content knowledge in…
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Middle School High School Science Technology Melinda Daniels Nanette Marcum-Dietrich…
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
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This project will develop curricula for environmental/geoscience disciplines for high-school classrooms. The Model My Watershed (MMW) v2 app will bring new environmental datasets and geospatial capabilities into…
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This three-year exploratory research and development project is assessing how the use of resource activities and teaching strategies focused on human evolution will affect the understanding, teaching and…
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To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/geoethics/application.html. Science Education Resource Center (SERC) Workshop Earth Science…
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This session considers teachers’ transitions from teacher-centered mathematics to student-centered mathematics, including issues of meaning, coherence, and learnability, as well as the importance of working with colleagues…
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In this study we investigate the teaching of the associative property in a natural classroom setting through observation of classroom video of several elementary math classes in a large urban school district…
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In this study we investigate the teaching of the associative property in a natural classroom setting through observation of classroom video of several elementary math classes in a large urban school district…
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News CAREER Awardees Publication Eli Barnett and Meixia Ding (CAREER awardee) co-authored this article for Investigations in Mathematics Learning…
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This study is a case of using second-order models of students’ mathematical thinking to differentiate instruction, and it reveals that inquiring into research-based knowledge and inquiring responsively into students’…
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News CAREER Awardees Publication Amy Hackenberg (CAREER Awardee), Mark Creager, and Ayfer Eker published this Mathematical Thinking and Learning…
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While tragedy has struck an inordinate number of students in the past several years, not all areas of the country are at risk for every natural hazard all the time. To avoid having students feel like Chicken Little under a…
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Providing science instruction is an ongoing priority and challenge in elementary grades, especially in high-need rural schools. Nonetheless, few studies have investigated the factors that facilitate or limit teachers’…
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This project project is designed to enhance the capacity of elementary teachers in high-poverty urban communities for enacting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned science approaches using the…
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New York Times Video on the American Museum of Natural History's master's degree program in teaching, part of a broad national campaign to add 100,000 science, technology and math teachers by 2021.…
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10 NGSS-Plus-5E middle school lessons for teaching STEM with robotics. 10 NGSS-Plus-5E middle school lessons for teaching STEM with robotics. Engineering…
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22 Common Core State Standards-aligned middle school lessons for teaching STEM with robotics. 22 Common Core State Standards-aligned middle school lessons for teaching STEM with robotics…
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Using design-based research, with teachers as design partners, the project will create and refine project-based, hands-on robotics curricula such that science and math content inherent in robotics and related…
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Middle School Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Science Curriculum Disciplinary Content Knowledge…