Education & learning publications
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Supporting K-12 Students in Online Learning: A Review of Online Algebra I Courses
The purpose of this report is to provide objective information about the online Algebra I courses available on the market today.
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Examining the Link between Forms of Bullying Behaviors and Perceptions of Safety and Belonging among Secondary School Students
Findings highlight heterogeneity in bullying behaviors and underscore the importance of prevention and intervention programming that addresses safety and belonging.
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Education & Learning: PreK-3 Professional Development
This evaluation brief describes professional development in McKnight’s grantee school sites, highlighting the benefits and challenges while offering recommendations for expanding and improving development opportunities for educators.
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Promoting access to college in an era of fiscal constraints: The University of California’s Early Academic Outreach Program
We compared outcomes for EAOP students both to similar students within their schools and to similar students in other schools. This analysis of student data reveals especially promising evidence regarding…
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Participation Among College Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, a nationally representative sample of students with an ASD in special education.
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Suppression of the Hanle Effect in Organic Spintronic Devices
We study carrier spin transport under a transverse magnetic field in organic structures.
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Shaping Professional Development to Promote the Diffusion of Instructional Expertise among Teachers
This study examines how high-quality professional development can promote the diffusion of effective teaching strategies among teachers through collaboration.
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Next Generation Preschool Math Demo: Tablet Games for Preschool Classrooms
This paper describes the Next Generation Preschool Math project, a $3 million, four-year research and development initiative funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Designing Early Childhood Math Games: A Research-Driven Approach
This paper describes the iterative research and development process used by the Next Generation Preschool Math project, which integrates content analysis, logic model processes, and iterative design and research approaches.
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Parent Support Services for Families of Children with Emotional Disturbances Served in Elementary School Special Education Settings: Examination of Data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study
Using data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study, we describe parent involvement and support activities in schools educating a nationally representative sample of students with emotional disturbances (EDs).
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Dynalabs for Teachers to Collaborate on Pedagogical Strategies
We report on new tools for teachers to construct, share, and iteratively refine idealized dialogues with imagined students.
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DynaLogue: Teacher Candidates Collaborating to Learn and Teach Proportional Reasoning
This demonstration focuses on one aspect of this hands-on curriculum, DynaLogue.