CADRE Spotlight: DRK12 Collaborative Projects: PIs Deborah Hanuscin & Jamie Mikeska https://cadrek12.org/spotlight/drk-12-collaborative-projects 

Mikeska, J.N., Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., Hanley, D., Castellano, K., Cisterna, D., & Melton, J. (2020, May). Developing tools to assess and build elementary pre-service teachers’ content knowledge for teaching (CKT) about matter and its interactions. Video presented as part of the 2020 NSF STEM for All Video Showcase.

Van Orman, D. S., Melton, J., Hanley, D., Castellano, K. E., Mikeska, J. N., Hanuscin, D., & Borda, E. (2025). Supporting elementary preservice teachers' content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 62(4), 1103-1131.  https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21994 

Melton, J. C., & Mikeska, J. N. (2025). Variation in the implementation of educative curriculum materials for elementary science teacher educators in two course contexts: An exploratory case study. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2025.2467469 

Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., Melton, J., & Mikeska, J. N. (2024). Designing Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators: Supporting Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Content Knowledge for Teaching About Matter and Its Interactions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-024-10453-7 [view paper]

Castellano, K.E., & Mikeska, J.N. (2023). Developing and using a scalable assessment to measure preservice elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Early online view. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.21894   

Asim, S., Davis, J., Kinskey, M., Lavender, H., Murray, J., Obery, A., Sherwood, C.-A., & Voss, S. (2023). Elementary Science Teacher Educators Learning Together: Catalyzing Change With Educative Curriculum Materials and Vignette Writing. Innovations in Science Teacher Education, 8(3). Retrieved from https://innovations.theaste.org/elementary-science-teacher-educators-learning-together-catalyzing-change-with-educative-curriculum-materials-and-vignette-writing/ 

Mikeska, J.N., Cisterna, D., Lakhani, H., Bookbinder, A.K., Myers, D.L., & Vaval, L. (2022). Examining elementary science teachers’ responses to assessment tasks designed to measure their content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions. Science Education, 1-37. Advance online publication. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sce.21779 

Castellano, K.E., Mikeska, J.N., Moon, J.A., Holtzman, S. Gao, J., & Jiang, Y. (2022). Do the tenets of answer changing research hold for an innovative assessment? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 31, 528-541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09971-2   

Cisterna, D., Bookbinder, A. K., Mikeska, J.N., & Lakhani, H. R. (2022). Elementary preservice teachers’ perceptions of assessment tasks that measure content knowledge for teaching about matter. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2021.2015831 

Mikeska, J., Cisterna, D., & Castellano, K. (4 March 2024) Exploring the Use of an Online Instrument to Assess Elementary Science Teachers’ Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions. ASTE Virtual Interactive Workshop. Registration. 

Hanuscin, D., Mikeska, J.N., Melton, J., Obery, A., Kinskey, M., Asim, S., Voss, S., Murray, J., Lavender, H., Davis, J., & Sherwood, C. (2024, January 10-13). Uncovering preservice teachers’ content knowledge for teaching (CKT) with formative assessment classroom tasks. [Workshop.] Association for Science Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Castellano, K., Mikeska, J.N., Irribarra, D.T., & Cisterna, D. (2024, January 16). Putting research into the world: An example of translating a research instrument into a public tool. [Presentation]. ETS’s Lunch and Learn Series.  

Mikeska, J.N., Irribarra, D.T., & Cisterna, D. (2023, December 4). Using a validated instrument to assess elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions. [Presentation]. NARST Virtual Event. https://youtu.be/GXF_YEqF5uY

Hanuscin, D., Mikeska, J.N., & the CKT project participants. (2022, May 25). Supporting elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter.NARST Research to Practice Webinar Series.

Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., Melton, J., & Mikeska, J.N. (2021, January). Resources for supporting the development of elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education. Online.  

Hanuscin, D. et al. (2020, January 3-6) Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter: Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education. San Antonio, TX.

Mikeska, J.N., Castellano, K., Cisterna, D., Hanuscin, D., & Melton, J. (2024, January 10-13). Exploring the use of an online assessment to measure elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions. [Exploratory session.] Association for Science Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

Hanuscin, D., & CKT Project Team (2023, October). Content Knowledge for Teaching Matter(s): Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Education & Professional Development. Poster presented at the NSTA National Conference on Science Education. Kansas City, MO. [poster]

Hanuscin, D., & CKT Project Team (2023, June) Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators: Building Elementary Teachers’ Content Knowledge for Teaching About Matter. Presentation at the NSF DRK12 CADRE PI Meeting. Washington, DC.  [poster]

Mikeska, J.N., & Castellano, K. (2023, June 28-30). Developing and validating assessments to measure and build elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions within teacher education settings. [Poster presentation.] 2023 NSF DRK-12 PI Meeting, Crystal City, VA.

Hanuscin, D., Mikeska, J.N., & de Araujo, Z. (2023, June 28-30). Conceptualizing your dissemination plans to create broader impacts. 2023 NSF DRK-12 PI Meeting, Crystal City, VA.

Van Orman, D.S.J., Melton, J., Hanuscin, D., Hanley D., Castellano, K.E., Mikeska, J. M., Borda, A. (2023, April) Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Science Content Knowledge for Teaching (CKT) Paper presented at the annual meeting of NARST. Chicago, IL

Hanuscin, D. & Melton, J. (2023, April) Educative Curriculum Materials for Science Teacher Education: Teacher Educators’ Use and Perceptions of Different Types of Educative Supports. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NARST. Chicago, IL.

Hanuscin, D., Fick, S., Asim, S., Lavender, H., & Borda, E. (2023, January) A Professional Learning Community (PLC) for Science Teacher Educators to Support Changes in Curriculum, Pedagogy, & Assessment. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education annual conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Sherwood, C.A., Kinskey, M., & Voss, S. (2023, January) Science Teacher Educator Learning Through Educative Curriculum Materials. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education annual conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Murray, J., Mikeska, J.N., & Glen, N. (2023, January) Eliciting preservice elementary teachers’ CKT through scenario-based tasks. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education annual conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Obery, J., Davis, J., & Melton, J. (2023, January) Educative curriculum materials to support teacher educators in developing preservice elementary teachers’ CKT. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education annual conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Hanuscin, D.., Melton, J., Borda, E., & Mikeska, J. (2022, March 27-30) Variation in the Implementation of Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators in Two Course Contexts. Paper presented at the NARST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Mikeska, J.N., Lakhani, H., & Cisterna, D. (2022, March 27-30). Exploring the nature of challenges preservice elementary teachers experience about matter content and content teaching. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. [poster]

Melton, J., & Borda, E. (2021, October 28-30). A Matter of Understanding: Teaching About Teaching Matter in the Elementary Grades. NSTA Area Conference on Science Education. Portland, OR.

Cisterna, D., & Mikeska, J.N. (2021, June 15-17). Developing and validating assessments to measure and build elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions within teacher-educator settings. Paper presented at the CADRE NSF DRK-12 PI Meeting, Online.

Hanuscin, D., Mikeska, J.N., Cisterna, D., & Melton, J. Cisterna, D., & Mikeska, J.N. (2021, June 15-17). Developing and validating assessments to measure and build elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter and its interactions within teacher-educator settings. CADRE NSF DRK-12 PI Meeting, Online.

Castellano, K.E., Mikeska, J.N., Moon, J.A., Holtzman, S., Gao, J., & Jiang, Y. (2021, June 9-11). Do the tenets of answer-changing research hold for an innovative assessment?  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Online. [poster]

Mikeska, J.N., & Castellano, K. (2021, April 9-12). National field test results examining elementary preservice teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter. Paper presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Virtual conference. [presentation]

Cisterna, D., Mikeska, J.N., Castellano, K., & Lentini, J. (2021, April 7-10). Exploring science teacher educators’ evaluation of a score report to support content knowledge for teaching. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Virtual conference. [poster]

Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., Melton, J., & Mikeska, J.N. (2021, April 7-10) Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators: Building Content Knowledge for Teaching About Matter. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NARST. Online. [video]

Mikeska, J., Cisterna, D., Melton, D.,Orlandi, E., Castellano, K., Hanuscin, D., & Borda, E. (2020, January 3-6) Creating a Summative Assessment to Measure Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education. San Antonio, TX.  [poster]

Hanuscin, D. et al. (2020, March 13-18) Designing Educative Curriculum Materials for Teacher Educators: Supporting Elementary Teachers’ Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter. Poster presented at the annual meeting of NARST. Portland, OR. (conference canceled) [poster]

Mikeska, J.N., Cisterna, D., Lakhani, H., Vaval, L., Bookbinder, A.K., & Myers, D. (2020, March 13-18). Knowledge in use: Examining elementary teachers’ content knowledge for teaching about matter using scenario-based assessments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Portland, OR. (conference canceled) 

Cisterna, D., Mikeska, J.N., Bookbinder, A.K., Myers, D.L., Lakhani, H., & Vaval, L. (2020, March 13-18). Elementary pre-service teachers’ perceptions of assessment tasks to measure content knowledge for teaching about matter. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Portland, OR. (conference canceled) [poster]

• Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., & Melton, J., Morrison, W., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Student ideas about the small particle model of matter. [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials 

• Borda, E., Hanuscin, D., & Melton, J., Morrison, W., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Scientific modeling and the structure of matter. [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials 

• Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., & Melton, J., Morrison, W., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Investigating conservation of matter [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials

• Borda, E., Hanuscin, D., Morrison, W., Melton, J., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Scientific explanations of changes in matter. [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials

• Melton, J., Morrison, W., Hanuscin, D., Borda, E., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Instructional goals and big ideas for teaching about matter and materials. [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials

• Hanuscin, D., Morrison, W., Borda, E., Melton, J., & Mikeska, J. (2020). CKT science: Asking questions about matter. [Curriculum resource materials]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wwu.edu/cktscience/tools/instructional-materials