Luncheon for Beginning Researchers/Developers, and Their PIs
Joan Ferrini-Mundy welcomed the beginning researchers and developers, along with the PIs who nominated them.
(By Invitation Only) Session proceedings

Poster Set-Up (for ’07 & ‘08 awardees only)

Nuts & Bolts Session (for new PIs)
NSF Program Directors John Bradley and James Dietz guided new PIs through the basic components and practical aspects of leading a DR-K12 project. Session PPT presentation 1 | Session PPT presentation 2 | Session PPT presentation 3 | Session proceedings

Rooms Available for PI-initiated Discussions
To support networking and informal conversations, participants were able to reserve a meeting room for anyone who wanted to participate in a discussion of a particular topic.

Working Dinner
Welcome from NSF and EDC                       
Presentation: Transforming STEM Education Through Research
Speaker: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Division Director of DRL, NSF
Respondent: David Rose, DR-K12 PI and Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Poster Session (featuring posters from ’07 &’08 awardees only)
Informal Networking

Registration
Informal Networking

Working Breakfast
An opportunity to meet with DR-K12 Program Officers

Presentation: Cyberlearning in the Classroom
Speaker: Marcia Linn, DR-K12 PI and Professor, Berkeley Graduate School of Education
The recent NSF report on Fostering Learning in the Networked World identifies new opportunities and challenges for education. Linn discussed relevant findings and suggested new directions for research, especially as they relate to her innovative work with cyberlearning. She has found that dynamic, interactive visualizations of scientific processes, such as graphing the impacts of global climate change; exploring the stages of mitosis; representing the movement in plate tectonics; and linking symbolic, graphical, and molecular representations of chemical reactions have had a significant impact on student learning in mathematics and science. Through a series of longitudinal and comparison studies with over 12,000 students, she has been able to show how and when cyberlearning can succeed, and her studies of over 100 participating teachers identify how teachers contribute to this success. Linn presented the results of these studies and discussed implications for designers of professional development and curriculum materials. Bio and related resources | Session PPT presentation | Session proceedings

Concurrent Sessions
Transformative STEM Education Research: Student and Teacher Learning

Challenges and Approaches for Supporting the Work of Teacher Educators Through Materials Design: Kara Suzuka, University of Michigan

Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP): Michael Lang, Maricopa Community Colleges; Dale Baker, Arizona State University

Discourse: An Effective Change Instrument: Rita Kabasakalian, Fordham University

Helping K–12 Teachers Assess Student Learning: Lillian McDermott and Peter Shaffer, University of Washington

Industry-Education Partnerships: Research to Practice:Sandra Harpole, Mississippi State University

An Investigation of Elementary Teachers’ Learning, Understanding, and Use of Research-based Knowledge About Students’ Mathematical Thinking: Michael Battista, Ohio State University

A Longitudinal Study of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Synthesizing Research on Content, Pedagogy, and Practice: Valerie Otero and Steven Pollock, University of Colorado

PolarTREC: A Successful Model for Attaining Broad Educational Impacts with Interdisciplinary Polar Science: Janet Warburton and Kristin Timm, ARCUS

Project NEXUS, Year 3: Investigating an Afterschool Informal Science Education Internship for Diverse Upper Elementary/Middle School Teacher Education Majors: J. Randy McGinnis and Phyllis Katz, University of Maryland

Scaffolding Science and Science-Writing Instruction for Teachers and Students: Betsy Rupp Fulwiler, Seattle Public Schools
Respondents: Jeff Winokur and Karen Worth, Education Development Center, Inc.

Videocases for Learning and Teaching Geometry: Promoting an Understanding of Similarity: Nanette Seago, WestEd; Mark Driscoll, Education Development Center, Inc.

VITAL: A Web-based Video Analysis System for Teaching University-level Courses in Early Childhood Mathematics Education: Frank Moretti and Herb Ginsberg, Columbia University

Worldviews of Exemplary African-American Teachers: Linda Coats, Mississippi State University

Young Children Reinvent Newton’s Laws at the Practical Level: Rheta DeVries, University of Northern Iowa

Working Luncheon
Presentation: DR-K12 Program and Project Evaluation: What PIs Need to Know
Speaker: James Dietz, Program Director, DRL, NSF
NSF increasingly faces external accountability demands and expectations that programs will use ongoing forms of data to manage and improve projects. These expectations require that the NSF evaluate programs as a whole (e.g., DRK-12).  In addition, PIs are required to evaluate their own projects and discuss plans for this within their proposals.  This session was designed to briefly summarize the expectations that the NSF has for projects to participate in a range of data and evaluation activities. Bio and related resources | Session PPT presentation | Session proceedings

Documenting Teacher Practices: Mary Kennedy, Michigan State University
What are the problems that face us when we want to document teaching practices in our research and in our program evaluations? During this session, Kennedy looked at alternative approaches to coding and capturing classroom events and weighed the strengths and weaknesses of each. Bio and related resources | Session PPT presentation | Session handout 1 | Session handout 2 | Session proceedings

Measuring the Impact of STEM Education Programs: Challenges and Possibilities of Experimental Design: Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University; Barry Fishman, University of Michigan; Leona Schauble, Vanderbilt University
Are randomized trials the “gold standard” for measuring impact? In this session, a study of elementary science provided the context for examining the challenges and possibilities of randomized trials. Full session description | Session PPT presentation | Session proceedings

Methodological Issues in an Urban Study: Okhee Lee and Randall Penfield, University of Miami
This session addressed challenges and opportunities in conducting research and development with elementary school teachers of diverse student groups, especially English language learners, in urban schools. Full session description | Session PPT presentation | Session proceedings

Media Panel
Panelists:
Maria Zacharias, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Legislative & Public Affairs, National Science Foundation
Pamela Hines, Senior Editor, Science Magazine
Sean Cavanagh, Reporter, Education Week
Erin Uy, STEM Reporter, Education Daily
Members of the media who write and report about education research discussed the kind of stories that interest them; what readers need to understand about education research; and how coverage of this topic has changed over the years. This was an interactive session where panelists responded to researchers’ questions and concerns. Bios | Session proceedings

Concurrent Sessions
Transformative STEM Education Research: Design and Methodology

Addressing the Challenges of Measuring Fidelity of Implementation: Jeanne Rose Century, University of Chicago

Challenges of Conducting Research in the Real World: Janet Carlson, BSCS; Julie Gess-Newsome, Northern Arizona University

Documenting Teacher Actions During Inquiry-based Instruction with the Analysis of Inquiry Rubric: April Adams, Northeastern State University

Documenting Teacher Practices: Continued Discussion: Mary Kennedy, Michigan State University

High School Mathematics Curricula and College Level Mathematics Performance: Thomas Post, University of Minnesota and Michael Harwell, University of Minnesota

Math Panel: Russell Gersten, Instructional Research Group

Methodological Issues of Data Collection, Management, and Representation in a Complex Policy Research Project: Carol Stuessy and Toni Ivey, Texas A&M University

Open-access Publishing: A Story of Putting Research in the Hands of Teachers: Julie Luft, Arizona State University

Putting Pieces Together: A View of Learning to Teach Elementary Science: Betty Young, University of Rhode Island

Relating Teacher Value-added Estimates to Videotapes of Classroom Practice: An Exploration of Sampling and Design Issues: Nicole Kersting, LessonLab Research Institute

SUMA: Transforming STEM Teaching and Learning Using a District-based Building Capacity Model: Cathy Kinzer, New Mexico State University

Using Video Analysis to Develop Shared “Words-to-Images” Language for Describing Science Teaching: Kathy Roth, LessonLab Research Institute

Using Web Metrics to Analyze the Use and Impact of Education Digital Libraries: Kimberly Lightle, Ohio State University

Poster Set-up (for all projects awarded before ’07)
Beginning Researchers and Developers Group
Informal Networking (Meeting rooms were available by reservation)

Poster Session and Reception (Light refreshments were served)
Group 1 (5:15–6:00)
Group 2 (6:15–7:00)
(Poster time and location assignments were announced by email prior to the session.)

Working Breakfast
An opportunity to meet with DR-K12 Program Officers.

NSF Update, Future Directions, and Response to the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning
Speaker: Cora Marrett, Assistant Director, EHR, NSF

Note: Due to a change in Cora Marrett’s schedule, she was unable to attend the meeting. Arlene de Strulle presented in her place.

Fostering Learning in a Networked World
Speaker: Arlene De Strulle, Program Director, EHR, NSF

Session proceedings

Concurrent Sessions
Transformative STEM Education Research: Curriculum & Assessment

Along the Continuum: A Discussion of Standards and Expectations: Susan Jansen Varnum, Temple University; George DeBoer, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Bridging the Gap Between Physics and Mathematics Through PUM Curriculum: Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

Challenges to Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum: Data Literacy and Divergent Process Standards: Karen Swan, Research Center for Educational Technology

Crafting Research Tools to Establish a Learning Progression on Measurement Knowledge: Jeff Barrett, Illinois State University

Designed Curriculum in the Cyber-Age: Jackie Miller and Fred Gross, Education Development Center, Inc.

Designing Coherent Middle School Science Curriculum to Promote Integrated Understandings of Core Ideas: Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan

From Fractions to Rational Number Reasoning: Building Student-Centered Diagnostic Assessments: Jere Confrey and Alan Maloney, North Carolina State University

How Is Our Learning Progressing?: David Carraher, TERC; Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University; Nancy Butler Songer, University of Michigan; Brian Reiser, Northwestern University

Pathway: Web-based Just-in-Time Delivery of Pedagogy for Teaching Physics: Dean Zollman, Kansas State University

Preparing Teachers to Become Leaders of Mathematics Professional Development*: Hilda Borko, Stanford University
In this session, Borko discussed the successes and challenges in the first year of preparing teachers to facilitate the Problem-Solving Cycle model of mathematics professional development. Full session description | Session PPT presentation | Session proceedings

STEM Curriculum Development and Implementation: How Do Materials Written by Researchers and Classroom Teachers Compare: Deborah Herrington, Grand Valley State University

The Use of Formative Assessment in University-Level Mathematics Courses: Judith Stull, Temple University

Using Animated Classroom Scenarios in Teacher Education: Pat Herbst, University of Michigan

Fieldwork as a Method of Instruction: Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth

Working Luncheon (Regional seating groups)
Presentation: The Next Four Years: STEM Legislative Activity and Options
Speakers:
Della Cronin, Vice President, Legislative and Public Affairs, Washington Partners, LLC
Jodi Peterson, Co-Chair, STEM Education Coalition; Assistant Executive Director, Office of
Legislative and Public Affairs, National Science Teachers Association
Samuel M. Rankin III, Chair, Coalition for National Science Funding; Associate Executive Director, Head of Washington Division, American Mathematical Society
Jim Wilson, Staff Director, Research and Science Education Subcommittee, House Science and Technology Committee  
What is the present status of federal legislation and funding for STEM education research? How might that change as a result of the election? Wilson began this session by providing an overview of federal legislation, such as the America Competes Act, that supports STEM research, infrastructure, and programs. Then Brown and Peterson from the STEM Education Coalition and Rankin from the Coalition for National Science Funding updated participants on the coalitions’ work. They provided information on federal budgets, funding levels, and appropriations for STEM education and research. The panelists ended the session with a look to the future: what to pay attention to and how to get involved. Bios and related resources | Session proceedings