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Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Navigational Expertise When Designing Multimodal Representations of Practice: A Semiotic Analysis
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Gil Schwarts, Patricio Herbst, Daniel Chazan, Orly Buchbinder (CAREER Awardee), Lawrence M. Clark, Rob Wieman, and…
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Lisa Darragh, Karin Brodie, Anjum Halai, Núria Planas, Despina Potari, Manuel Santos-Trigo, Thorsten Scheiner, and…
What Do We Know About the Extent of Teacher Shortages Nationwide? A Systematic Examination of Reports of U.S. Teacher Shortages
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Tuan D. Nguyen, (CAREER Awardee) published this AERA Open article with co-authors Chanh B. Lam and Paul Bruno…
Utilizing Trust to Examine Pre-Service Teachers’ Challenges When Learning to Implement Mathematics Tasks
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Tracy E. Dobie, Erin Smith, Naomi Jessup, Jennifer Ward, Katherine Baker, Kathleen Nitta, and Monica Gonzalez (2014-15…
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Jenny M. Dauer (2012-13 CADRE Fellow) and Joel Alejandro Mejia (2013-14 CADRE Fellow) received NSF DUE…
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Carlos Gómez Marchant (2014-15 CADRE Fellow), Casey Hord (2010-11 CADRE Fellow), and Janice Mak (2022…
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Salvador Huitzilopochtli (2017-18 CADRE Fellow) and Sandra Zuñiga Ruiz (2022 CADRE Fellow) received…
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Studying moths is an excellent way to include students in science practices by introducing them to a ubiquitous but under-appreciated animal group that can be found in their local places, including urban, suburban,…
Engaging Elementary Students in Science Practice: Strategies for Helping Children Plan Investigations
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This article presents a tool that teachers can use to support children in planning science investigations. Using an extended example from a second-grade investigation into seed dispersal, we describe strategies for…
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Teaching science to elementary school students is complex, and teacher preparation programs must support preservice teachers’ learning to communicate science content and practices with children. Science teachers bring the…
Transforming Learning Opportunities in Linguistically Diverse Secondary Classrooms Through Promoting Discussions: Results of an Intervention
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This article presents results from a design experiment intended to develop students’ understanding of linear functions and rates of change in a linguistically diverse ninth grade classroom. The intervention focused on…
Understanding Variation in Integrated STEM Practice as Measured by the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP)
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To better understand integrated STEM education, this work explored scores on the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP), a newly developed observation protocol for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The goals of…
Using Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistants to Guide Students in Solar Energy Engineering Design
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Engineering projects, such as designing a solar farm that converts solar radiation shined on the Earth into electricity, engage students in addressing real-world challenges by learning and applying geoscience knowledge. To…
Contextual Resources Supporting the Co-evolution of Teachers' Collective Inquiry and Classroom Practice After the Grant Ended
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We explored how various contextual resources accumulated over multiple years operated together to facilitate a team of high school teachers' sustained and agentive learning after a 4-year research–practice partnership (RPP…
Development of a Questionnaire on Teachers' Beliefs, Preparedness, and Instructional Practices for Teaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners
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The limited availability of research instruments that reflect the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) restricts the field's understanding of whether and how teachers are making instructional shifts…
Does Use of a Hypothetical Learning Progression Promote Learning of the Cardinal-Count Concept and Give-n Performance?
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The general aim of the research was to conduct a rare test of the efficacy of hypothetical learning progressions (HLPs) and a basic assumption of basing instruction on HLPs, namely teaching each successive level is more…
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Although there has been increasing attention to the importance of teacher agency in professional development, there has been little attention to what it takes to facilitate collaborative work that both centers teachers’…
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The ISE Equity Visionaries program is now open for applications (due December 19)! This cohort-based program, hosted by the REVISE Center, is a succession of educational, networking, and supportive workshops and…
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Dear Colleagues,
This month's Spotlight on Games in STEM Education showcases innovative research into the role of gaming as a powerful tool to boost engagement and learning in STEM classrooms. Two blog posts featured in…
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CADRE analyzed findings from open-ended questions included in the 2024 DRK-12 Portfolio survey sent to 309 DRK-12 principal investigators (PIs) (n = 154 total respondents). The survey included…
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Getting Unstuck Together: Creating Personally Authentic Programming Projects in a 4th Grade Classroom
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Teachers play a central role in designing structures which encourage the development of students’ individual creative capacity and the classroom’s sense of community. We offer considerations for designing engaging and…
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The purpose of this study was to explore the problem-solving behaviors of middle-school students with learning disabilities (SLD). Think-aloud interviews were performed with 20 seventh- and eighth-grade students who had…
Artificial Intelligence, Learning Games, and the Potential to Connect, Engage, and Support STEM Learners
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If you are as old as I am, or at least familiar with games as old as I am, you’ll know that many of the early computer games were text adventures. These games involved setting you on a narrative…
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Learn about both the frontier of games leveraging artificial intelligence and a range of projects in the DRK-12 portfolio that use games to strengthen mathematics and science teaching and learning.
This…
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This report characterizes forms of dialogic support that a sixth-grade teacher generated during whole-class and small-group conversations to help students develop a practice of statistical modeling.…
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Join us on January 24, 2025 (1-2:30 PM ET) to engage in a discussion with the authors of two upcoming briefs on artificial intelligence (AI) in STEM teaching and learning. They will talk about the current state of AI…
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Join us January 24, 2025 (1-2:30 PM ET) for a webinar on Generative AI in STEM Teaching and Learning: Now and in the Future, featuring authors of two upcoming briefs: Generative AI in STEM Teaching: Opportunities and…
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Artificial intelligence can strengthen the role of narratives in games for learning. In the NSF-funded AI Institute for Engaged Learning (EngageAI), we’re working across disciplines and with…
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CADRE is pleased to offer a series of webinars on AI in STEM Education Research.
Generative AI in STEM Teaching and Learning: Now and in the Future | January 24, 2025, 1-2:30 PM ET
Join us in January 2025 for the upcoming…
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Join us in January to discuss the current state of AI in STEM education and AI's potential for supporting STEM teaching and improving STEM learning.
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Learn about the frontier of games leveraging AI and DRK-12 projects using games to strengthen STEM teaching and learning.
Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
2024 has been an eventful year. Alongside other national and global influences on education, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a widely adopted tool. We encourage you to explore CADRE’s brief Toward…
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The second of two information sessions about the Discovery Research PreK-12 Program’s solicitation 24-602, which calls for a Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation is now available on this…
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Please submit your proposal online no later than 11:59 pm ET February 26, 2025. View the Call for Session Proposals.
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The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), the resource network for NSF DRK–12 awardees, is pleased to host the 2025 DRK–12 PI Meeting…
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All PI meeting participants are invited to present a poster with information about their project. In addition to the in-person poster hall at the PI Meeting in Arlington, VA, participants will have a virtual space to share…
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In this CADRE brief, the authors Jeremy Price and Shuchi Grover explore the exciting possibilities and critical challenges of generative AI (GenAI) for STEM teaching. They examine how GenAI may shape STEM classrooms in the…
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Join NSF for an information session about a new grant funding opportunity being offered by the Swedish Research Council. The primary aim of the grant is to support long-term research collaboration between Swedish and US…
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Please share your project-related websites and social media URLs, recent publications, and upcoming presentations. If you have multiple projects, please submit a separate survey for each project.
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Happy 2025 DRK-12 PI Community!
Letter from NSF Program Directors
It is hard to believe we are already three weeks into 2025! In this new year, we want to take a moment to thank you for all the work you are doing to…
Project Spotlight
This Spotlight features new briefs on AI in STEM teaching and learning, seven projects using AI in their DRK-12 work, and additional projects, publications, and blogs.
In this month’s Spotlight, we are…
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NSF is posting updates related to the Implementation of Recent Executive Orders on their website. Check back often for updates.
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Join NSF for an information session about a new grant funding opportunity being offered by the Swedish Research Council. The primary aim of the grant is to support long-term research collaboration between Swedish and US…
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Please submit this request by February 26. We encourage you to fill in as much information as possible below. Those that submit this request have an extension on session proposals until March 7.