DRK-12 Research and Products

Computer-based Assessment (Horwitz)
Presentation | In this session, the presenters discuss findings and experiences regarding technology-embedded assessment and how to support teachers in using it effectively.
Standards in K-12 Tech Literacy & Engineering: Implications for Design & Research (Schunn)
Presentation | Join the panelists from the plenary presentation to continue conversations about common standards in each of the STEM disciplines.
Negotiation of the "presence of the text": How might teachers' language choices influence the positioning of the textbook?
Publication | Chapter in Mathematics Teachers at Work: Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom Instruction.
Using Practice as a Site to Learn Mathematics for Teaching: Developing Materials, Approaches, and Professional Community (Bass)
"Muddying the clear waters": Teacher's take-up of the linguistic idea of revoicing
Examining the Induction of Middle School Mathematics Teachers (McGraner)
Assembling Our Knowledge of Teacher Learning: The State of Our Understanding and Practices (Wilson)
Presentation | In this interactive talk, Wilson will ask each project to make explicit its assumptions about how teachers learn, the forces that matter the most, and how the logic and components of programs reflect those underlying assumptions. Wilson will…
Using Teaching Routines with Classroom Network Technology to Support Improved Classroom Assessment (Penuel, Schank)
Presentation | This interactive workshop introduces participants to teaching routines for use with a classroom network technology called Group Scribbles, which supports teachers’ invention of classroom assessment activities in Earth science.
Learning Progressions in Scientific Inquiry (Goldberg)
The Inquiry Project: Seeing Weight, Grasping Density (Doubler, Carraher, Asbell-Clarke)
Science in Global Issues: An Integrated High School Science Course (Nagle)
Educating About Statistical Issues Using Large Scientific Data Sets (Hammerman)
From Numerals to Intervals and Back: How Young Children Think About Measuring
The Role of the Institutional Setting in Teachers’ Development of Ambitious Instructional Practices in Middle-Grades Mathematics (Jackson, Cobb, McGraner)
Presentation | Three DR-K12 projects report findings on aspects of the institutional setting of teaching that affects teachers’ development of ambitious instructional practices in middle-school mathematics.
Videocases for Science Teaching Analysis (ViSTA) (Roth)
Data Games: Tools and Materials for Learning Data Modeling (Finzer)
Science Standards 2009: Themes, Implications, Metaphors (Songer)
Presentation | Join the panelists from the plenary presentation to continue conversations about common standards in each of the STEM disciplines.
Learning to Teach Elementary Science: From Preservice to Induction (Young)
Geniverse/NextBio Proposal
Publication | The proposal for the Geniverse project. This project was proposed as NextBio; the name was subsequently changed to Geniverse.
Defining Visions of High-Quality Mathematics Instruction
SciJourner Volume 1, Issue 1
Publication | The first print edition from summer 2009 of the student science news publication, in pdf format.
What Knowledge Mediates Teachers’ Appropriation of High Leverage Practices? (Cartier, Lancaster)
Presentation | This session presents an instrument for measuring preservice elementary teachers’ application of instructional planning practices and discusses the relationship between these practices and teachers’ knowledge.
Design Patterns for Assessing Model-Based Reasoning (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 6)
SciJourner Volume 1, Issue 2
Publication | The second print issue from summer 2009 of the student science news publication, in pdf format.
Growth of Empowerment in Career Science Teachers - Project Instrument Development (Hobbs, Moreland)
Presentation | The session summarizes the results of research identifying pivotal experiences of career science teachers and suggests implications and applications for professional development delivery.