STEM and computer science education publications
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Introduction to Build It Workshop
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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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A Systems View Of Nanoscience Education
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Scientifically-Based Research Studies Examining The Use Of Technology In Mathematics Education
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Can Technology-Based Representations Deepen Math Learning And Close The Gap? Research Findings From A Large Scientific Study
In this paper, Byron Henderson looks behind the scenes at the component drivers creating the wave pattern: demographic, economic, and structural. He examines the rules of production, the kinds of…
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Girls In Build It
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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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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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Infusing IT/STEM Skill Standards in Informal ITEST Learning
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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…
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Build IT: Girls Developing Information Technology Fluency Through Design. Annual Report Year 1
The goals for the first year of the Build IT project were to develop and implement the three units of the curriculum at four school sites reaching a total of…