Education & learning publications
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Analysing Teachers’ Curriculum Implementation from Integrity and Actor-Oriented Perspectives
This paper compares how integrity analyses of implementation of curriculum materials and actor-oriented analysis of teachersâ curriculum use can help researchers, teacher educators, and curriculum designers interpret teachersâ decisions about what aspects of new…
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CalMHSA Student Mental Health Campus-Wide Survey: 2013 Summary Report
Report provides the results of a California survey of colleges and universities on mental health experiences and attitudes, perceptions of campus mental health services, and perceptions of overall campus climate…
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Young Youth Explore Geospatial Data for Citizenship Project: A case study
Whether in formal or informal science youthsâ engagement with data, particularly raw data, is threatened when supports are insufficient for drawing meaning from the data. For example, there may be…
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Designing Geospatial Exploration Activities To Build Hydrology Understanding In Middle School Students
We designed activities that gave students map-based data relevant to the water cycle processes of evaporation, condensation, runoff, and infiltration.
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Research Brief: Early Implementation of the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework
SRI International and its research partners Abt Associates, Nancy Brigham Associates, and J. Koppich and Associates are evaluating the implementation of the new Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework.
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Building evidence and building practice in Computer Science education
We recommend research in areas involving the early portion of the pathway to computer science as a profession: K-12 education. We propose the following as critical research topics to advance…
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Early childhood language interventions: An illustration of the model demonstration process
This project brief summarizes the characteristics, implementation experiences, and outcomes achieved by one of OSEPâs investments in model demonstration activitiesâa cohort of three grantees that demonstrated various approaches to implementing…
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A review of literature: Mix it up with blended learning in K-12 schools
The term âblended learningâ represents a wide spectrum of delivery options, tools, and pedagogies, but conceptually refers to instruction that is a mix or blending of traditional face-to-face (f2f) and…
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Long-Term Nicotine Treatment Down-Regulates Alpha 6 Beta 2* Nicotinic Receptor Expression and Function in Nucleus Accumbens
We therefore treated rats for 2â3Â months with nicotine and examined alterations in nAChR subtype expression and electrically evoked dopamine release in rat nucleus accumbens shell, a region key in addiction.
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Meeting 2020 Workforce Goals: The Role of IndustryâCollege Collaboration and Goals for Instructional Design
Since the 1990s, federal programs for workforce training have aimed to transform the role of community colleges from narrow contract training to a broader role that encompasses strategic instructional program…
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Evaluation of the Florida Master Teacher Initiative second formative report
The Florida Master Teacher Initiative (FMTI) partners have developed and implemented for 2 years a set of strategic programs to enhance early learning instruction for high-need students.
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Intelligent Learning Technologies: Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Contemporary and Emerging Educational Challenges