Education & learning publications
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Examining Classroom Observation Rubric Data: Issues Emerging from Classroom Observation Rubric Data Submitted in August 2017
This short paper reviews classroom observation rubric data submitted by California State University (CSU) campuses participating in the Bechtel-funded New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI); it highlights patterns and issues…
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Implementing Classroom Observation Rubrics: How are NGEI Sites Identifying and Using Classroom Observation Rubrics to Prepare Effective Teachers?
This short paper highlights how select California State University (CSU) campuses participating in the Bechtel-funded New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI) identify and use rubrics to prepare effective teachers and…
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Linked learning and postsecondary transitions: A report on the early postsecondary education outcomes of linked learning students
This research brief compares the postsecondary outcomes of students in certified Linked Learning pathways with those of peers with similar demographic characteristics and prior achievement in traditional high school programs.
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Studying Implementation of Secondary Introductory Computer Science: Preliminary Results (Abstract Only)
Education researchers have extensively studied how secondary teachers adopt and adapt new curriculum and new teaching practices, especially in science and mathematics.
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Principled Assessment of Student Learning in High School Computer Science
In the US, the new K12 CS Framework and aligned CSTA standards, and the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards all include guidance related to computational thinking…
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Chat it up: Backchanneling to promote reflective practice among in-service teachers
This study examined the nature and quality of peer feedback exchanged in the digital medium and gauged graduate students’ impressions of the technology, with potential for carryover into their professional…
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A Framework for Using Hypothesis-Driven Approaches to Support Data-Driven Learning Analytics in Measuring Computational Thinking in Block-Based Programming Environments
The goal of this research is to explore hypothesis-driven approaches that can be combined with data-driven ones to better interpret student actions and processes in log data captured from block-based…
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Launching OER Degree Pathways: An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons
The Open Educational Resources Degree Initiative, led by Achieving the Dream, seeks to boost college access and student success by supporting the redesign of courses needed for a degree using…
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Impact of the New Teacher Center’s new teacher induction model on teachers and students
SRI Education’s evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s (NTC’s) Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant revealed positive impacts of NTC’s induction model on student achievement in mathematics and English language…
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Evaluating Digital Learning for Adult Basic Literacy and Numeracy
Through this research, we set out to understand how ABE programs might use these technologies to improve the instruction they offer, whether such technologies are effective with low-skilled adults and…
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation- Learning Brief 4
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Expanding STEM opportunities through inclusive STEM‐focused high schools
This study examines the central assumption behind these schools—that they provide students from subgroups underrepresented in STEM with experiences that equip them academically and attitudinally to enter and stay in…