Education & learning publications
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Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort
The study used an experimental design to assess the effects of technology products, with volunteering teachers randomly assigned to use or not use selected products.
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Sustaining A Community Computing Infrastructure For Online Teacher Professional Development: A Case Study Of Designing Tapped In
Based on more than nine years of design experience with Tapped In—an online community of practice for education professionals—we present a case study that discusses four design interventions that have…
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Designing Formative Assessment Software With Teachers: An Analysis Of The Co-Design Process
In this paper, we define co-design as a highly-facilitated, team-based process in which teachers, researchers, and developers work together in defined roles to design an educational innovation, realize the design…
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National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS) Final Report
This National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS) report presents the key findings from a national longitudinal study. This report summarizes some of the key findings from this 10-year study and…
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Can Nanoscience Be A Catalyst For Education Reform?
This essay explores the implications of national initiatives to prepare students with the science and engineering knowledge necessary to function in a highly technological society and to maintain the momentum…
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Dimensions of Behavior of Toddlers Entering Early Intervention: Child and Family Correlates
This study examined the nature and correlates of the behavioral characteristics of a nationally representative sample of 1612 toddlers 18–31 months of age entering Part C early intervention services in…
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Local Strategies And Practice For Using Technology In K-12 Education
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A Web Based Authoring Tool for Intelligent Tutors: Blending Assessment And Instructional Assistance
To help teachers make better use of their time, we are integrating assistance and assessment by utilizing a web-based system ("Assistment") that will offer instruction to students while providing a…
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Teaching and California’s Future: California’s Teaching Force 2006: Key Issues and Trends
This annual report discusses trends in the supply, demand, and distribution of California teachers; details the impact of state policy changes on the teacher development system; and highlights themes that…
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Infusing IT/STEM Skill Standards in Informal ITEST Learning
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Implications Of Evidence-Centered Design For Educational Testing (Technical Report 17)
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Assessing Local Item Dependence In Building Explanation Tasks (Padi Technical Report 14)
A common practice in the assessment of science education is to have a shared stimulus followed by a number of questions. In these cases, one might doubt the usual assumption…