Education & learning publications
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Globe: Using Padi Templates As An Alternative Structure For Specifying Globe Investigation Strategies
This paper begins by providing background on the PADI approach and GLOBE assessments. We then discuss the process by which GLOBE assessment resources were reverse engineered into a PADI task…
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Measuring Student Learning Gains In Conceptual Mathematics When Scaling A Technological Intervention For Middle School Mathematics
In this paper, we present our assessment development process, its rationale, and the data we have collected (and continue to collect) to support our argument for the instrument’s validity.
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Expert Panel Review of OERL’s Instructional Utility
The OERL team has adapted and integrated several evaluation methodologies to examine patterns of usage, customer satisfaction, and the instructional utility of the site. These methods include surveys of target…
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Oerl Survey Design, Methodology, Administration And Results
This paper documents the process employed to develop and administer a methodologically sound set of surveys to evaluate the Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) Web site.
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Teaching To The Test? A Comparison Of Two High Schools’ Responses To Mandated Testing
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Participatory, Example-Based Data Modeling In Padi (Padi Technical Report 4)
We describe a Web-based tool for modeling that creates and manipulates a simple data model without representing it in UML, while promoting collaboration and the use of examples to compare…
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Think Globally, Act Locally: An Analysis Of Community Participation Discourse In Education For All National Action Plans
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The Independent Evaluation of the Science Teachers Initiative (CASCITI): Year 1 Report
This evaluation describes the CSP’s work since from 2001-02 to 2003-04 and assesses whether it met its goals under CASCITI. This chapter first outlines the CSP’s background to enable the…
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An Introduction to Padi Task Templates (Padi Technical Report 3)
Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI) is a project supported by the National Science Foundation to improve the assessment of inquiry in science learning.
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Scaling Up Technology-Based Educational Innovations
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Teaching With Student Response System Technology: A Survey Of K-12 Teachers
The current questionnaire study is a first step toward understanding how teachers in K-12 settings integrate student response systems into their teaching.
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Evaluation Of The Intel Learn Program: Study Of A Design For The Scalability Of Digital Inclusion Programming