Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE): Expanding the Reach and Impact of Innovations in STEM Education

该项目来自促进教育发现研究社区（CADRE），将为发现研究K-12（DRK-12）项目提供援助，以在全国范围内传播DRK-12项目的研发贡献。该项目将加强能力，推进研究，扩大DRK-12项目和研究人员在评估，学习和教学方面的影响。通过这一努力，CADRE将通过响应DRK-12获奖者之间以及获奖者与教育系统之间对沟通，协作和创新的持续需求，推进DRK-12计划在preK-12正式STEM教育中的目标。DRK-12计划旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具，显着提高preK-12学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议项目提供了理论和经验依据。CADRE的目标是加强能力，推进研究，并扩大活跃的DRK-12项目和相关研究人员的影响力，旨在促进preK-12 STEM教育的改善。在此项目期间，CADRE将继续在三个主要领域开展工作：（1）支持DRK-12社区，（2）连接获奖者以支持知识生成，以及（3）连接到更大的教育研究，政策和实践社区。此外，CADRE将汇集实践社区，综合DRK-12项目的研究，以确定成功项目的关键主题。CADRE将通过专门的指导计划支持早期职业研究人员和博士后研究员。 他们还将启动一个社区合作伙伴计划，旨在招募更多样化的潜在DRK-12研究人员进入社区。CADRE旨在汇集（虚拟和面对面）不同的受众，为DRK-12项目的工作做出贡献并从中受益，从而进一步增加对STEM学科循证教育的参与。CADRE将努力确保DRK-12项目所产生的知识和产品以及与DRK-12项目一起产生的知识和产品能够广泛地为各种利益攸关方所利用。CADRE将通过各种媒体，包括信息图表和播客，向更广泛的教育从业者，研究和决策社区传播研究，模型，资源和技术-无论是在计划内部还是外部。发现研究preK-12计划（DRK-12）旨在显着提高科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的preK-12学生和教师，通过研究和开发创新的资源，模型和工具。DRK-12项目中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究以及为拟议项目提供理论和经验依据的先前研究和开发工作的基础上。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project from the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) will provide assistance to Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12) projects in national dissemination of the R&D contributions of the DRK-12 program. This project will strengthen the capacity, advance the research, and amplify the impact of DRK-12 projects and researchers working in the assessment, learning, and teaching strands. Through this effort, CADRE will advance the goals of the DRK-12 program in preK-12 formal STEM education by responding to the continuing need for communication, collaboration, and innovations among DRK-12 awardees and between awardees and the education system. The DRK-12 program seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. CADRE's goals to strengthen the capacity, advance the research, and amplify the influence of active DRK-12 projects and associated researchers are designed to contribute to improvements in preK-12 STEM education. During this project, CADRE will continue its work in three main areas: (1) supporting the DRK-12 community, (2) connecting awardees in support of knowledge generation, and (3) connecting to the larger community of education research, policy, and practice. In addition, CADRE will bring together communities of practice to synthesize research across DRK-12 projects to identify critical themes in successful projects. CADRE will support early-career researchers and postdoctoral fellows through dedicated mentoring programs. They will also launch a Community Partners program designed to recruit a more diverse set of prospective DRK-12 researchers into the community. CADRE seeks to bring together (virtually and in-person) diverse audiences to contribute to and benefit from the work of DRK-12 projects, thereby further increasing engagement in evidence-based education in the STEM disciplines. CADRE will work to ensure that the knowledge and products produced by and with DRK-12 projects are broadly accessible to a varied group of stakeholders. CADRE will disseminate the research, models, resources, and technologies--both within the program and outside--to the broader education practitioner, research, and policymaking communities through a variety of media, including infographics and podcasts.The Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.