DRK-12 Research and Products
Product for Educators | Play nine math learning apps and dozens of hands-on activities at home or in the classroom. A digital Teacher's Guide supports use in the classroom, and a digital Family Fun Guide provides activities to do at home.
Publication | Lessons from the search for alien worlds.
Publication | This article describes the role of museums in supporting schools and teachers in addressing the demands of the NGSS.
Publication | In 2012, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City launched the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Urban Residency Program. Developing a teacher preparation program from scratch is a tall order, and the museum is learning a…
Publication | We conduct qualitative analyses of one of the lesson sequences, in which a popular simulation was used in eight high school physics class sections, half in whole class discussion and half in small groups.
Publication | Explore disciplinary core ideas with the help of computer simulations that can be projected to promote engagement.
Publication | In this article, we review knowledge about student engagement and look ahead to the future of study in this area.
Publication | Modeling and argumentation are two important scientific practices students need to develop throughout school years. In this paper, we investigated how middle and high school students (N=512) construct a scientific argument based on evidence from…
Publication | Though addressing sources of uncertainty is an important part of doing science, it has largely been neglected in assessing students' scientific argumentation. In this study, we initially defined a scientific argumentation construct in four…
Publication | This paper presents a set of authoring tool design principles such as leveraging UI workflows, collaboration, and automation.
Publication | This paper presents a novel application of the soft cardinality text analytics method to support assessment of text.
Publication | This paper presents WriteEval, a hybrid text analytics method for analyzing student-constructed responses.
Publication | This paper introduces SketchMiner, which uses drawing topologies to automatically interpret learner-generated sketches.
Publication | In recent years, educational robotics has become an increasingly popular research area. However, limited studies have focused on differentiated learning outcomes based on type of programming interface. This study aims to explore how successfully…
Publication | This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori early education classroom.
Publication | One of the many challenges that teachers face in mathematics classrooms is determining how much of the verbal and written explanations help students accomplish instructional goals. The challenge is greater in linguistically diverse classrooms…