Education & learning publications
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BaySci: A Partnership for Bay Area Science Education—August 2014 Evaluation Report
We examined how and to what degree science instruction changed in the classrooms of districts, schools, and individuals participating in BaySci programming. We sought evidence of changes in classroom practice,…
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Applying the Brakes: How Practical Classroom Decisions Affect the Adoption of Inquiry Instruction
If college science instructors are to use inquiry practices more in the classroom, they need both professional support to foster comfort with the pedagogy and practical ways to engage students…
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Methodology Considerations in School Mental Health Research
This paper reviews key steps needed to effectively study SMH research questions. Considerations around research designs, methods for describing effects and outcomes, issues in measurement of process and outcomes, and…
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Using Analytics for Improving Implementation Fidelity in a Large Scale Efficacy Trial
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A Design Inquiry: Bridging Assessment and Curriculum Frameworks to Engage Students in Science Practices
This reflective inquiry delves into the collaborative design process of a technology based middle school genetics unit. With a lens on science practices, we describe how bridging assessment and curriculum…
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Implementation of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Online Homework Support at Large Scale
In this paper, we describe an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based tutoring system—the ASSISTments—as support for homework.
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Implementation of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Online Homework Support in an Efficacy Trial
In this paper, we describe an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based tutoring system—the ASSISTments—as support for homework.
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Implementation Science in School Mental Health: Key Constructs in a Developing Research Agenda
In this paper, we propose an implementation science research agenda as it applies to school mental health (SMH).
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Problematizing the STEM Pipeline Metaphor: Is the STEM Pipeline Metaphor Serving Our Students and the STEM Workforce
This study interrogates the appropriateness of the STEM pipeline as the dominant frame for understanding and making policies related to STEM career trajectories.
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Blended Learning Report
With funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning studied the adoption of blended learning models in selected schools in California and Louisiana associated…
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Automatic Characterization of Speaking Styles in Educational Videos
We use crowd-sourcing to explore speaking style dimensions in online educational videos, and then propose techniques based solely on acoustic features for automatically identifying a subset of the dimensions.
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Postsecondary Pathways and Persistence for Stem Versus Non-Stem Majors: Among College Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, 2001–2009, a nationally representative sample of students in special education with an ASD who progressed from high school to postsecondary…