Education & learning publications
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Technical Appendix: The National School District And Network Grants Program: Year 2 Evaluation Report
The evaluation employs a multilevel, mixed-method design to examine the work and progress of the initiative.
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Implementation variation and fidelity in an inquiry science program: An analysis of GLOBE data reporting patterns
We examined associations among teachers’ responses to survey items to patterns in GLOBE data reporting to develop hypotheses about important contextual factors related to program implementation. Implications for the study…
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Supporting Member Collaboration In The Math Tools Digital Library: A Formative User Study
In this paper, we discuss a user study done at the formative stage of development of a Math Tools developers' community.
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Technology’s Contribution To Teaching And Policy: Efficiency, Standardization, Or Transformation?
We begin this chapter with a brief sketch of alternative perspectives on the ways in which technology can support education policy and practice. We will suggest that the connection between…
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Information Technology Research and Education, Teaching, and Learning Report on Two NSF-Funded Workshops
With support from the Experimental and Integrative Activities Division (EIA) of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF), SRI International conducted two…
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Closing The Digital Divide: Evaluation Of The World Links Program
The World Bank and, subsequently, the World Links organization provided schools in developing countries with networked computers and training that supports integration of ICT into teaching. The study examines the…
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Integrated Performance Assessments With Technology (IPAT): Design Model And Prototypes
This paper summarizes the design principles we have forged and some of the assessments we have developed that are particularly relevant to geoscience.
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Leveraging Handhelds To Increase Student Learning: Engaging Middle School Students With The Mathematics Of Change
Handheld computers are poised to build upon the success of graphing calculators in mathematics classrooms, as they share important characteristics such as small size and low cost, while increasing representational…
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Using Technology Evaluation To Enhance Student Learning
This volume interprets the research perspectives published in Evaluating Educational Technology: Effective Research Designs for Improving Learning to provide valuable insights for the successful use of technology in different classroom and curricular…
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Collaborative Modeling: Hiding UML And Promoting Data Examples In NEMo
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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The Role Of Research On Contexts Of Teaching Practice In Informing The Design Of Handheld Learning Technologies
In this article, we describe the realities we found and the implications we drew from them for our project, which we argue have broad import for the design of handheld…
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Preschoolers Demonstrate Emotional Growth in a Picture Pointing Task