DRK-12 Research and Products

Situated Assessments Using Virtual Environments : The SAVE Science Project
Presentation | This is the final poster that was presented at the PI conference in Washington, DC. it was part of the DRK 12 Sims & Games session proposal of 12 posters.
TED TALK -- Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
Presentation | Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises…
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.
Communities of Practice
Evidence-Centered Design in Large Scale Science Assessment
Negotiating Identities for Mathematics Teaching in the Context of Professional Development
Analyzing Educational Policies as Designs for Supporting Learning
Appraising lexical bundles in mathematics classroom discourse: Obligation and choice
Refining a Vision of Ambitious Mathematics Instruction to Address Issues of Equity
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.
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.
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.
The Evidence Games - Poster Session 2010
Astrobiology in the Secondary Classroom Project: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developed by a Collaboration of Scientists and Educators from Three Different Minority Communities
Science & Mathematics Integration for Literacy Enhancement (Project SMILE)
STEM ELL Publications Updated 9/22/10
Tool | STEM ELL Publications
DR K-12 Science Curriculum SIG Synthesis
2010 DR K-12 PI Meeting Poster
Fostering Knowledge Use in STEM Education: A Brief on R&D Partnerships with Districts and Schools
Publication | This practice brief makes a case for substantive partnerships between STEM education R&D projects and districts and schools.
Best Practices for Metrics Collection and Analysis
Cyber-enabled Learning: Digital Natives in Integrated Scientific Inquiry Classrooms
Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length (Cullen, Barrett)
Publication | Cullen, C. J., & Barrett, J. E., (2010) Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length. In M. Pinto & T. Kawasaki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of…
Planning Evaluations for DRK-12 Design Projects: An Evaluative Framework Using Evidence-Centered Design (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 5)
Publication | Evaluation work is presented and discussed in terms of evaluative requirements from the National Science Foundation, and in terms of five fundamental issues that undergird practical program evaluation: social programming, knowledge construction…