Education & learning publications
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Challenges To Cross-Disciplinary Curricula: Data Literacy And Divergent Disciplinary Perspectives
In our increasingly data-driven society, data literacy is arguably an important civic skill and one that we should be developing in our students.
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Using Mixed-Effects Modeling To Analyze Different Grain-Sized Skill Models In An Intelligent Tutoring System
Student modeling and cognitive diagnostic assessment are important issues that need to be addressed for the development and successful application of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). ITS needs the construction of…
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Association of Tobacco Dependence and Quit Attempt Duration with Rasch-Modeled Withdrawal Sensitivity Using Retrospective Measures
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What Works, What We Think Works, and How It Can Work for You
This session will first provide an overview of our understanding of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards of evidence for determining the rigor and quality of research studies, and we…
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The Padi System As A Complex Of Epistemic Forms And Games
This analysis illuminates what new understanding about assessment design is generated in the PADI process, thus illustrating the relative value of the PADI process to individual designers and to the…
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Analyzing Online Teacher Networks: Cyber Networks Require Cyber Research Tools
The authors argue that conceptual and methodological limitations in existing research approaches severely hamper theory building and empirical exploration of teacher learning and collaboration through cyber-enabled networks.
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Extending The Methodology Of Teacher Work Sampling
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An Argument-Based Approach To Evaluating The Validity Of Inference Chains In Teacher Education
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Authentic Science Learning in Primary and Secondary Classrooms
Authentic science learning has gained increasing attention among educators and researchers as a promising means for promoting student achievement, interest, and motivation in science.
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The Microsoft Innovative Schools Program Year 1 Evaluation Report
The Year 1 Evaluation Report is the second in a series of annual reports. It describes the schools’ progress and challenges in their first full year of participation in the…
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Using Proc Report to Cross-Tabulate Multiple Response Items
A production system of SAS macro programs is described that modularize the generation of syntax to produce client quality reports of descriptive and inferential results in a PDF document.
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Multiple Roles for Nicotine in Parkinson’s Disease
Extensive studies in parkinsonian animals show that nicotine protects against nigrostriatal damage, findings that may explain the well-established decline in Parkinson's disease incidence with tobacco use.