Research

This handbook provides detailed information on how to conduct a series of research-based professional learning sessions focused on helping elementary classroom teachers to facilitate science argumentation with their students. Each session is 2-3 hours long and focuses on topics such as:

Author/Presenter:

Emily Weiss

Craig Strang

Lead Organization(s):

University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Year:

2017

Short Description:

The Practicum Academy to Improve Science Education (PRACTISE) is a professional learning program to support scientific argumentation in grades 3-5. This handbook provides detailed information on how to conduct a series of research-based professional learning sessions focused on helping elementary classroom teachers to facilitate science argumentation with their students.

Resource(s):

Overview of the PRACTISE Handbook

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Instructional Scaffolding in STEM Education

Assessment

Research

Middle

This book uses meta-analysis to synthesize research on scaffolding and scaffolding-related interventions in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. Specifically, the volume examines the extent to which study quality, assessment type, and scaffolding characteristics (strategy, intended outcome, fading schedule, scaffolding intervention, and paired intervention) influence cognitive student outcomes.

Access Link:

http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02565-0

Author/Presenter:

Brian Belland

Lead Organization(s):

Utah State University (USU)

Year:

2017

Short Description:

This book examines the extent to which study quality, assessment type, and scaffolding characteristics (strategy, intended outcome, fading schedule, scaffolding intervention, and paired intervention) influence cognitive student outcomes.

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Future Research Priorities for DR K-12

Research

Other

Research Priorities Infographic

Author/Presenter:

CADRE Team

Year:

2016

Short Description:

DR K-12 project members' responses to the survey question: “What research questions or topics should be future priorities for the NSF’s DR K-12 program research agenda?”

Resource(s):

DRK-12 Research Agenda Field Input Summary 10-24-16.pdf

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Game-Based Learning Assessments: Using Data from Digital Games to Understand Learning

Assessment

Educational Technology

Gaming/Virtual Environments

STEM Categorization:

Day:

Thu

Discover how digital games can inform classroom teaching using data from innovative formative assessments from three different game-based projects.

Date/Time:

9:30 am to 11:00 am

Presenters:

Location:

Session Materials:

This session aims to open up a conversation about of how games can be used for formative assessment and how data from digital games can inform classroom teaching.

Session Types:

Concurrent Session

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Elementary Mathematical Writing Task Force Recommendations: Implications for Research and Classroom Implementation

STEM Categorization:

Day:

Thu

Learn about types of and purposes for elementary mathematical writing, and discuss implications for research and classroom implementation.

Date/Time:

9:30 am to 11:00 am

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Location:

Session Materials:

View The Task Force Recommendations Website

Although the mathematics education community long has emphasized the importance of discourse in teaching and learning mathematics, mathematical writing has not been clearly defined. Questions remain about how writing can leverage elementary students’ learning of mathematics. In October 2015, the Elementary Mathematical Writing Task Force came together and recommended four types of writing (exploratory, informative/explanatory, argumentative, and mathematically creative) and their respective purposes.

Session Types:

Concurrent Session

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Data-Intensive Research in Education: New Opportunities for Making an Impact

Assessment

Computer Science

Cyberlearning

Educational Technology

Measurement

Gaming/Virtual Environments

STEM Categorization:

Day:

Thu

Join a facilitated discussion about the application of data science to education, drawing on a recent NSF-sponsored report. Participants share insights from DR K–12 projects.

Date/Time:

9:30 am to 11:00 am

Presenters:

Location:

Session Materials:

The Computing Research Association’s report from an NSF-sponsored workshop describes seven next steps for data-intensive research in education:

Session Types:

Concurrent Session