DRK-12 Research and Products
Tool | "Content coherence"--ideas presented in a connected, sequential way--plays a big role in effective science instruction. Watch this video to find out how it works and how students benefit!
Presentation | An effective curriculum helps you support students' science learning, understanding, and achievement. But what does "effective" mean? This video gives you the inside scoop on what makes a curriculum effective and flags some common pitfalls to…
Publication | To examine the value of the electronic teacher guide (eTG) as a curriculum planning and teaching tool,
it was important to study it in the contexts of teachers’ actual planning, teaching, and reflecting.
This paper described two descriptive…
Publication | This project uses plots from books by Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and others to teach STEM concepts.
Publication | This paper explores the potential of integrating critical and place-based perspectives supported by mobile, digital technologies in secondary mathematics. The paper describes two curricular modules: Local Lotto, a mathematical…
Publication | Practitioner-focused article connecting research on argumentation to teachers' practice.
Tool | The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 16-1 is comprised of documents relating to the Foundation's proposal and award process. It consists of two parts: the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)and the NSF Award and Administration…
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of Tribal Colleges and Universities, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of HACUs, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Tool | This list provides the names and locations of HBCUs, along with links to STEM-related programs within these institutions.
Presentation | On October 13th, presenters talked about their effective mentoring experiences (giving both mentee and mentor perspectives). Research on early career STEM education researchers' mentoring needs and opportunities was also presented. The webinar…
Tool | CADRE Tips for Mentoring Early Career STEM Education Researchers and Developers provides guidelines that may help new mentors and mentees establish an effective and productive relationship.
Presentation | In this webinar, NSF Program Officer David Campbell introduces DR K-12 awardees to the ins and outs of project management, sharing information on evaluation and reporting, advisory boards, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), NSF Highlights, and…
Presentation | NSF Program Officer Karen King provides information on the DR K-12 program and solicitation in this webinar series.
Tool | DIA2 is a new visualization tool to search the NSF award database.
Publication | This CADRE brief looks at the key elements and broader impacts of mentoring a postdoctoral/early career researcher.
Tool | Three example mentoring plans from DR K-12 projects plus a mentee's feedback and evaluation of one mentorship. These resources are also featured in the Spotlight on Mentoring.