Education & learning publications
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Productive Dispositions For Math Teaching: An Exploratory Study Of Adaptive Expertise
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Can desirable difficulties overcome deceptive clarity in scientific visualizations?
In this chapter we explore ways that desirable difficulties can help learners overcome pitfalls associated with he deceptive clarity of visualizations.
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Evaluation of the Texas High School Project: First Comprehensive Annual Report
Data included in this report specifically come from the 2007-08 school year, when many THSP schools were just embarking on their THSP-related reform work.
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Thinking With Data: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach To Teaching Data Literacy And Proportionality
In this article, we describe our theoretical approach to designing and implementing the modules, report on student learning gains in mathematics, and describe teacher reactions to the materials.
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Synergistic Use of Evidence-Centered Design and Universal Design for Learning for Improved Assessment Design
The integration and application of evidence-centered design (ECD) and universal design for learning (UDL) in assessment design increases the likelihood that items and tasks will be well aligned with content…
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Designing the Logistics for Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trials: Six Strategies for Implementation at Scale
The Scaling Up SimCalc Project demonstrates how careful attention to logistics can permit use of a distributed data strategy in a set of large-scale experiments without compromising rigorous control and…
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Poster: Assessment Research to Inform Community College Instructional Goals
A poster presenting the team’s research on how to make visible, by means of assessment, the important, foundational knowledge in domain areas.
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Assessing Systems Thinking and Complexity in Science
This technical report provides support for designing tasks that assess systems thinking, in the form of a design pattern.
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Datasets for Inquiry in Geoscience: A Design Model
This article describes the results of a proof of concept project, Data Sets for Inquiry in Geoscience (DIGS), funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Scaling Up SimCalc Project Tech Report Series: Design and Development of the Student and Teacher Mathematical Assessments
This technical report documents the design and development of the student and teacher mathematical content assessment instruments for the Scaling Up SimCalc Project.
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Dynamics of North American Sector Ionospheric and Thermospheric Response During the November 2004 Superstorm
We present a study of ionospheric and thermospheric response during a November 9–10, 2004 major geomagnetic storm event (DsT ∼−300 nT).
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Using Knowledge about How People Learn to Define Learning Goals
How well are college general education classes preparing students to apply big ideas to real-world problems? What are the major steps of domain-specific assessment design? Presented at Innovations 2010.