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Resource | A Design Pattern for Observational Investigation Assessment Tasks (Large Scale Assessment Technical Report 2)
The significance of inquiry skills is widely acknowledged in science practice across many areas.  Unlike experimentation, another form of inquiry skill, observational investigation has been much ignored in science education and thus science assessment.  Drawing on reserach development in assessment design, this report provides a design pattern to help assessment designers create tasks assessing…
Posted: Tuesday, October 09
Resource | A Design Pattern for Experimental Investigation (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 8)
The significance of inquiry skills is widely acknowledged in science practice across many areas.  Carrying out experimental investigations is an indispensable element of scientific inquiry and, therefore, an important capability to assess. Drawing on research development in assessment design, this report provides a design pattern to help assessment designers create tasks assessing students'…
Posted: Monday, October 08
Resource | A cognitive apprenticeship for science literacy based on journalism
Abstract: The Science Literacy through Science Journalism (SciJourn) project aims to reframe the discussion of science literacy for citizenship, and explore how science journalism practices can be used to inform a cognitive apprenticeship that increases the science literacy of participants. This symposium features four paper presentations that report on the progress of the SciJourn project. We…
Posted: Monday, October 08
Resource | 2011 DR K-12 Program Webinar
NSF and CADRE hosted a series of webinars providing an overview of the DR K-12 funding program and reviewing this year's DR K-12 solicitation. Here is a sample of some of the questions that came up during the webinars: Can you explain cost sharing? For a collaborative proposal, do we submit one or two Letters of Intent? What is the difference between STEM focus and STEM discipline?  Both are…
Posted: Monday, October 08
Posted: Monday, October 08
Resource | "Muddying the clear waters": Teacher's take-up of the linguistic idea of revoicing
This article examines a collaborative study group's discussions about “revoicing,” an idea from linguistics that has been identified as an important discourse strategy in the teaching of mathematics as well as other content areas. This group, made up of eight middle grades (grades 6–10) mathematics teacher-researchers (TRs), one university professor, and two graduate students in the United States…
Posted: Monday, October 08
Survey | Websites, Publications and Presentations Survey
Please share your project websites, recent publications, upcoming presentations, and any recent products/tools developed through your DRK-12 work. Submit your info below.
Posted: Wednesday, October 03
Event | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Regional Conferences; Louisville, KY
For more information visit http://nctm.confex.com/nctm/demo/cfp.cgi
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Regional Conferences; Las Vegas, NV
For more information visit http://nctm.confex.com/nctm/demo/cfp.cgi
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Regional Conferences; Baltimore, MD
For more information visit http://nctm.confex.com/nctm/demo/cfp.cgi
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 National Conference on Education; San Diego, CA
For more information visit http://nce.aasa.org/
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 PDK Internation Summit; Orlando, FL
For more information visit http://www.pdkintl.org/member/summit.htm
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 STEMtech Conference; Atlanta, GA
For more information visit www.league.org
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2012 STEMtech Conference; Kansas City, MO
For more information visit http://www.league.org/stemtech/
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2012 ISDDE Conference; Utrecht, Netherlands
For more information visit https://sites.google.com/site/conferenceisdde/call-for-participation
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | American Educational Research Association 2013 Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA
For more information visit http://www.aera.net/2012AnnualMeeting.htm DR K-12 Presenters: Laurie Rubel, CUNY (Project: CAREER: Teacher Learning Communities: Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth) Katherine McNeill, Boston College and Rebecca Katsh-Singer, Maria Gonzalez-Howard, Jeremy F. Price and Suzanna Loper  (Project: Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle School…
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2014 AACTE Annual Meeting and Exhibits; Indianapolis, IN
For more information visit www.aacte.org
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 AACTE Annual Meeting and Exhibits; Orlando, FL
For more information visit http://aacte.org/2013
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit Show; Chicago, IL
For more information visit http://www.ascd.org/conferences/annual-conference/acproposalsfaqs.aspx
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | Games + Learning + Society 9.0 Conference; Madison, WI
For more information visit http://www.glsconference.org
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | Computer Using Edcuators 2013 Annual Conference; Palm Springs, CA
For more information visit http://www.cue.org/conference/present
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | Consortium of School Networking 2014 Conference; Washington, DC
For more information visit http://cosnconference.org/
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | Consortium of School Networking 2013 Conference; San Diego, CA
For more information visit http://www.cosn.org/ConferenceArchives/tabid/5570/Default.aspx
Posted: Tuesday, October 02
Event | 2013 International SITE Conference; New Orleans, LA
For more information visit http://site.aace.org/conf/
Posted: Monday, October 01