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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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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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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…
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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…
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Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Mathematics and Science A Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis of Recent DRK-12 Projects
This review synthesized insights from 27 NSF-funded projects,…
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Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Use of Students’ Incorrect Answers in Supporting Collective Argumentation
This study illustrates how two secondary mathematics teachers used students’ incorrect…
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The Development and Assessment of Counting-based Cardinal Number Concepts
The give-n task is widely used in developmental psychology to indicate young children’s knowledge or use of the…
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Standards-Aligned Instructional Supports to Promote Computer Science Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge
The rapid expansion of K-12 CS education has made it critical to support CS…
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Rethinking Online Science Learning: Creating Virtual Research Experiences using Digitized Museum Specimens
Butcher, K. R., Larson, M., Lane, M., & Power, M. (2022). Rethinking Online…
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Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Assessment Tasks that Measure Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter
Developing knowledge about science instruction is critical for…
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No Science Fair? No Problem. Engaging Students in Science Communication through Peer Review and Publication in a Remote World
Since March 2020, in-person science competitions have been…
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Beyond Assessing Knowledge about Models and Modeling: Moving toward Expansive, Meaningful, and Equitable Modeling Practice
Schwarz, C., Ki, L., Salgado, M., & Manz, E. (2022). Beyond…
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Fourth-Grade Students' Sensemaking during Multi-step Problem Solving
The purpose of this study was to investigate fourth-grade students’ sensemaking of a word problem. Sensemaking occurs…
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Curriculum Materials Designed for the Next Generation Science Standards Show Promise
This report describes initial findings from a study of middle school science curriculum materials that were…
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Twin Skin of Raza Learners: Race, Language, and Mathematics
Through a composite counter-story from the perspective of fifth-grade Raza learners, the authors show how race and language play a…
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ReLaTe-SA: An Effort to Understand Teachers’ Reasoning Language in Algebra
The purpose of the Reasoning Language for Teaching Secondary Algebra (ReLaTe-SA) project is to understand teachers'…
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Using 360-degree Video to Explore Teachers' Professional Noticing
Professional noticing is an essential skill for teachers that is enacted by teachers via their embodied senses (sight,…
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Representations of Practice Used in Mathematics Methods Courses
This preliminary study explored how many representations of standard videos, animations/comics, and 360 videos are being used in…
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Investigating Data Like a Data Scientist: Key Practices and Processes
With a call for schools to infuse data across the curriculum, many are creating curricula and examining students’ thinking…
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Digging into Data: Illustrating a Data Investigation Process
Lee, H.S., Mojica, G. M., & Thrasher, E. (2022). Digging into data: Illustrating an investigative process. Statistics Teacher…
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It's Challenging but Doable: Lessons Learned from a Remote Collaborative Coding Camp for Elementary Students
The COVID-19 pandemic shifted many U.S. schools from in-person to remote…
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“I Remember How to Do It”: Exploring Upper Elementary Students’ Collaborative Regulation While Pair Programming Using Epistemic Network Analysis
Background and Context
Students’ self-efficacy…