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Event | 2023 CADRE New Awardee Welcome & Orientation Webinar
Participants met other recently awarded DRK-12 colleagues, learned about CADRE resources and programming to support and promote their work, and discussed common areas of interest related to project management and implementation. View Recording | Slides | Tips offered during the webinar  
Posted: Wednesday, September 06
Event | Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners
Panelists: Christopher Harris, WestEd; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; James Pellegrino, University of Illinois Chicago; Erin Furtak, University of Colorado at Boulder; Ryan Seth Jones, Middle Tennessee State University; Okhee Lee, New York University On September 26, 2023, editors and authors of the report, Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives,…
Posted: Tuesday, September 05
Event | CADRE Fellows Program Q&A Session Registration
This virtual session is an opportunity for potential applicants to anonymously ask questions about the 2024 CADRE Fellows program and application process. Prior to the session, please review the program description and criteria, the application guidelines, and the 2024 calendar of activities. For more information about the Fellows program, please visit the CADRE Fellows webpage. Potential…
Posted: Tuesday, September 05
Early Career News | Understanding Young Children’s Science Learning Through Embodied Communication Within an MR Environment
Xintian Tu, Joshua Danish, Megan Humburg (2021-22 CADRE Fellow), Mengxi Zhou, Nitasha Mathayas, Noel Enyedy, and Tessaly Jen co-authored this article for the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
Posted: Wednesday, August 30
Early Career News | Nonmajor Students’ Use of Reflection to Enhance Biology Understanding and Relevance
Nicole J. Thomas, Tina Vo (2016-17 CADRE Fellow), and Jaime Sabel published this article in the Journal of College Science Teaching.
Posted: Wednesday, August 30
Early Career News | Levels of Programming Concepts Used in Computing Integration Activities Across Disciplines
Lauren Margulieux (CAREER Awardee) published this Journal of Technology and Teacher Education article with co-authors Miranda C. Parker, Gozde Cetin Uzun, and Jonathan D. Cohen.
Posted: Wednesday, August 30
Early Career News | Interlocking Models in Classroom Science
Eve Manz (CAREER Awardee) and Chris Georgen published this Science Education article.
Posted: Wednesday, August 30
Posted: Monday, August 28
Announcement | Report and Webinar! Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Image CADRE is pleased to announce the release of a new report, which highlights the latest insights from DRK-12 program-funded research and underscores the union of classroom assessments with STEM education. This report takes stock of what we currently know as well as what we need to know to make classroom assessment maximally beneficial for the teaching and…
Posted: Monday, August 28
Resource | Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Image This report takes stock of what we currently know as well as what we need to know to make classroom assessment maximally beneficial for the teaching and learning of STEM subject matter in K–12 classrooms. It draws inspiration from the cumulative body of research on assessment in STEM education that has accrued over the last two decades, with particular…
Posted: Wednesday, August 23
Newsletter | August 2023 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, CADRE introduces our new report, Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives. This report highlights the latest insights from DRK-12 program-funded research and underscores the union of classroom assessments with STEM education. We encourage you to glance through the executive summary before diving into the full report. The 2023 DRK-12 solicitation has…
Posted: Wednesday, August 16
Event | CADRE Fellows Program Applications Due
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2024 Fellows program. The CADRE Fellows program provides professional growth opportunities for early career professionals in the field of preK-12 STEM education research. Through a series of capacity-building activities, the program offers Fellows the opportunity to gain insight into what it takes to be successful and effective in this field, become…
Posted: Monday, August 14
Announcement | Now accepting applications for the 2024 CADRE Fellows program!
CADRE is now accepting applications for the 2024 Fellows program. The CADRE Fellows program provides professional growth opportunities for early career professionals in the field of preK-12 STEM education research. Through a series of capacity-building activities, the program offers Fellows the opportunity to gain insight into what it takes to be successful and effective in this field, become…
Posted: Monday, August 14
Survey | CADRE Fellows Program Q&A Session Registration
Q&A Session: September 13, 2023 at 1:00-2:00 PM ET This virtual Q&A session is an opportunity for potential applicants to anonymously ask questions about the 2024 CADRE Fellows program and application process. Prior to the session, please review the program description and criteria, the application guidelines, and the 2024 calendar of activities. For more information about the Fellows…
Posted: Friday, August 11
Early Career News | 2022 CADRE Fellow Awarded NSF CAREER Grant
Janice Mak (2022 CADRE Fellow) at Arizona State University was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the role of computer science education state supervisors (CSEdSS) and ensure diverse, inclusive, and accessible CS educational pathways across schools and districts within states by informing the development of research-based resources and tools to support CSEdSS as they enact their roles.
Posted: Thursday, August 03
Early Career News | “The Work I Do Matters”: Cultivating a STEM Counterspace for Black Girls through Social-Emotional Development and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
Natalie S. King, Laura Peña-Telfer (2023 CADRE Fellow), and Shaeroya Earls co-authored this article for Education Sciences.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | “Tia Was the Right One:” Mathematical Authority and Trust Among First Graders
Bárbara Brizuela, Susanne Strachota, Sophia Raymond (2022 CADRE Fellow), Sofía Savid, and Maria Blanton published this article in Mathematical Thinking and Learning.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Summer Camps as Introductory STEM Teaching Experiences for Preservice Teachers
Rachel A. Sparks (2022 CADRE Fellow) published this Innovations in Science Teacher Education article with co-author Ashley L. Waring.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Co-making Against AntiBlackness
ReAnna S. Roby (2018 CADRE Postdoc), Angela Calabrese Barton, Edna Tan, and Day Greenberg published this Equity & Excellence in Education article.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Critical Race Theory and Its Relevance for Chemistry
Terrell R. Morton (CADRE Co-PI and 2018 CADRE Postdoc) published this article in Nature Chemistry.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Geometry, Groceries, and Gardens: Learning Mathematics and Social Justice Through a Nested, Equity-Directed Instructional Approach
Frances K. Harper (CAREER Awardee) and Queshonda J. Kudaisi published this article in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Gatekeeping in Mathematics for Social and Racial Justice: Reflections on a Conversation Among Colleagues
Michael Lolkus, Eric Cordero-Siy, and Frances K. Harper (CAREER Awardee) published this article in Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Motivation and Achievement in Undergraduate STEM Calculus: Applying Self-Determination Theory to Examine the Differential Impact of Learning Environments Across Demographic Groups
Benjamin Wiles (2009-10 CADRE Fellow) published this School Science and Mathematics article with co-author Chantal Levesque-Bristol.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Centering Humanity within Ethnographic Research: A Critical Read of Black Boys’ Lived and Everyday Experiences in STEM
Karina Méndez Pérez, Alexandra Aguilar, Amy Rae Johnson, Chandel F. Burgess, and Carlos Nicolas Gomez Marchant (CAREER Awardee, 2014-15 CADRE Fellow) published this article in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | Balloons and Weights: Integer Subtraction in Context
Christine Andrews-Larson, Jonee Wilson (2013-14 CADRE Fellow), Matthew Mauntel, Jessica Smith, and Thomeca Hawthorne-Glover published this Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 article.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Early Career News | A Social Cognitive Perspective of Educators’ Moral Agency
David B. Morris and Jason A. Chen (2011-12 CADRE Fellow) co-authored this article for Theory Into Practice.
Posted: Friday, July 28
Resource | “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 students’ views of themselves as mathematics learners and doers with valuable contributions. We consider the ideas proposed by eight first-grade students who had the most airtime during 12 lessons of a classroom teaching experiment. We noted when ideas were proposed and how those ideas…
Posted: Friday, July 28
Resource | 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 have found a significant amount of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding AI. To develop effective educational programs in the field of AI, it is vital to examine and understand learners' pre- and misconceptions as well as myths about AI. This study examined a corpus of 591 studies. 25…
Posted: Friday, July 28
Resource | Developing Geo-Sequential Reasoning about Tectonic Processes Using Computational Simulations
Explaining phenomena associated with a system involves describing a system’s structure and articulating the process through which the system’s structure changes over time. This paper defines geo-sequential reasoning in the context of plate tectonics and uses it to analyse how students explain the geological processes that occur along convergent boundaries as part of the plate tectonics system.…
Posted: Friday, July 28