Education & learning publications
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Catalyzing Network Expertise: Year 1 Report
The primary goal of this study is to examine change linked to new institutional pressures on schools brought about by the threat of sanctions under the federal No Child Left…
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An Unfinished Canvas – Arts Education in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Supplementary Status Report
The research supporting An Unfinished Canvas was undertaken to document the status of arts education in California schools and assess the extent to which schools were meeting state goals for…
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Build IT: Girls Developing Information Technology Fluency Through Design. Annual Report Year 2
BuildIT is an after school and summer youth-based curriculum for low income middle school girls to develop IT fluency, interest in mathematics, and knowledge of IT careers.
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Nanoscience: A Vehicle For A Goals-Oriented Science Education Final Report
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Adapting Scenario-Based Curriculum Materials To Community College Technical Courses
This 3-year case study examined how 7 instructors and 78 students in California and Texas responded to the changes involved in implementing one type of reform program—the scenario-based curriculum.
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A Systems View Of Nanoscience Education
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Designing Networked Handheld Devices To Enhance School Learning
We begin by discussing a simple but important factor: networked handhelds can allow a 1:1 student: device ratio for the first time, enabling ready-at-hand access to technology throughout the school…
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Can A Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Improve Student Learning Of Important Mathematics?
This project investigated the scale-up of an innovative integration of technology, curriculum, and teacher professional development aimed at improving mathematics instruction in grades 7 and 8.
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Studying how mobile computing with tablet PCs supports school and classroom changes in Singapore
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Caregiver Descriptions of the Developmental Skills of Infants and Toddlers Entering Early Intervention Services
The present study was conducted to describe the developmental skills of a national sample of infants and toddlers at entry into early intervention services.
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Reliability of Adult Retrospective Recall of Lifetime Tobacco Use
The present analyses examined the test–retest reliability of retrospective tobacco use measures, including details of first use, circumstances of first use, and initial subjective reactions.
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Assessing Students. Performance Longitudinally: Item Difficulty Parameter Vs. Skill Learning Tracking
We are engaged in an effort to investigate if we can do a better job of predicting a large scale test (MCAS) by modeling individual skills in different grain-sized skill…