Author: SRI International
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Comer’s School Development Program In Chicago: A Theory-Based Evaluation
Using fifth through eighth-grade students, the Comer School Development Program was evaluated in 10 inner city Chicago schools over 4 years, contrasting them with nine randomly selected no-treatment comparison schools.
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Technology Supports For Student Participation In Science Investigations
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program was established to bring Gore’s vision to fruition three years later.
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Domain Metatheories: Enabling User-Centric Planning
In this paper, we argue that improved usability requires a new representational layer that captures metatheoretic properties of a planning domain.
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Implementation Of Technology In The Classroom: Which Goals Can It Serve And How Can It Be Effective?
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The Online Course Experience: Evaluation Of The Virtual High School’s Third Year Of Implementation
The Virtual High School (VHS) is a consortium of high schools that offer network-based courses taught by consortium teachers for students in participating schools. The VHS teachers, with the help of experts, design netcourses to be offered over the Internet, using the LearningSpace™ software.
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Assessing The Impact Of A Large-Scale Online Teacher Professional Development Community
In this paper, we review data collected from a survey that was recently sent to the educators in the community. Specifically, we examine how experiences in TAPPED IN affect teaching and teachers.
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The Online Evaluation Resource Library: Using Web-Based Technology To Enhance Evaluation Practice
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The Chemsense Knowledge Building Environment
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Basic Concepts Of Cryptography
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Work in Learning Communities
This paper proposes a collaborative approach to building knowledge that integrates theory and practice in diverse contexts. “Lesson study circles” (similar to learning circles and to ThinkQuest teams) are proposed as a strategy for professional knowledge building in education.
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Students Collaborating With Computer Models And Physical Experiments
This study examines the actions and discourse of students in a chemistry laboratory course as they interact with available social and material resources.
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Breaking The Mold: Technology-Based Science Assessment In The 21st Century
This article will focus solely on how technology is changing the world of educational testing.