DRK-12 Research and Products

The Role of Language in the Teaching of Energy: The Case of ‘Heat Energy’
Professional Development for Technology- Enhanced Inquiry Science
Developing symbol sense for the minus sign
Publication | Research on how students make sense of and use the minus sign indicates that students struggle to understand the multiple meanings of the minus sign. Teachers can support students in developing robust understanding of each interpretation of the…
Agreeing to Disagree: Challenges with Ambiguity in Visual Evidence
Connecting Class Talk with Individual Student Writing
Researching design practices and design cognition: contexts, experiences and pedagogical knowledge-in-pieces.
Development of Illustrations as Image Supports for English Language Learners in Large-Scale Testing: A Report on the Procedure for Designing Vignette Illustrations
Bridging Multiple Expertise in Collaborative Design for Technology-Enhanced Learning
Teaching to design educational technologies
Negotiating Identities for Mathematics Teaching in the Context of Professional Development
Evaluation of a Developmental Progression for Length Measurement using the Rasch Model (Clements, Sarama, Barrett, Cullen, van Dine)
Presentation | This is a research paper presentation.
Analyzing Educational Policies as Designs for Supporting Learning
The District Pacing Guide: A Mediator in Enacting Connected Mathematics in an Urban District
Presentation | Poster presented at the DRK-12 Principal Investigators Meeting in Washington, DC.
Communities of Practice
Refining a Vision of Ambitious Mathematics Instruction to Address Issues of Equity
Evidence-Centered Design in Large Scale Science Assessment
Appraising lexical bundles in mathematics classroom discourse: Obligation and choice
The Evidence Games - Poster Session 2010
Preparing Middle School Mathematics Teachers: Rethinking Engagement and Learning
Publication | In this theoretical research paper we describe a collaborative effort between researchers and university faculty to improve how teachers are prepared to teach middle school mathematics.
Networks and Social Media for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers
Research on Student Understanding of Data Organization
Presentation | As part of the Data Games project, we are researching how students record and organize multivariate data. This research is informing the design of new software interfaces for Fathom and TinkerPlots that will allow students to explore and…
DR K-12 Projects Overview
Publication | This report is an overview of the projects in the DR K-12 portfolio.
Science & Mathematics Integration for Literacy Enhancement (Project SMILE)
STEM ELL Publications Updated 9/22/10
Tool | STEM ELL Publications
Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom Project: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developed by a Collaboration of Scientists and Educators from Three Different Minority Communities