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CADRE Fellows
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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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CADRE Postdocs
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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…
Poster
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
Teachers’ Views of Students’ Mathematical Capabilities: Challenges and Possibilities for Ambitious Reform
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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…
Teachers with GUTS: Developing Teachers as Computational Thinkers Through Supported Authentic Experiences in Computing Modeling and Simulation
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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,…
Project Spotlight
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…
Event
To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/risk_resilience/index.html.
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
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Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS) (Collaborative Research: Israel)
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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…
Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS) (Collaborative Research: Mak)
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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,…
Project Spotlight
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.
Teaching and Learning about Respiratory Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of Interventions in K-12 Education
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CAREER Awardees
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Yasmin B. Kafai, Yue Xin, Deborah Fields, and Colby Tofel-Grehl (CAREER Awardee) published this Journal of…
Teaching and Learning Algebraic Thinking Across the Middle Grades: A Research-based Approach Using PhET Interactive Simulations
Poster
Middle School
High School
Mathematics
Katherine Perkins
2016 PI Arcade
Teaching and Learning Algebraic Thinking Across the Middle Grades: A Research-based Approach Using PhET Interactive Simulations
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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-…
Teaching and Learning in Multiplicative Situations: A Case Study of Tutoring an Elementary School Student with a Learning Disability
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CADRE Fellows
Publication
Casey Hord (2010-11 CADRE Fellow), Signe Kastberg, and Andrea L. Draeger published this article in School Science and…
Early Career News
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CADRE Fellows
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Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer (2012-13 CADRE Fellow) published this article in the…
Teaching at Scale: Effective strategies for higher order learning in large, very-large and massive courses; Virtual Workshop
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To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/teaching_at_scale/workshop2014/index.html.
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
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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…
Teaching Early Algebra through Example-based Problem Solving: Insights from Chinese and U.S. Elementary Classrooms
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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…
Poster
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…
Teaching Environmental Sustainability - Model My Watershed (Collaborative Research: 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 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…
Early Career News
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CAREER Awardees
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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’…
Early Career News
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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’…
Teaching Science Outdoors: A Next Generation Approach for Advancing Elementary Science Teaching in Urban Communities
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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…
Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
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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…
Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
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Middle School
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Vikram Kapila…
Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
Poster
Middle School
Computer Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge…
Teaching Students to Reason about Variation and Covariation in Data: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Find Out?
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Post-secondary
Engineering
Mathematics
Science…