Education & learning publications
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Can desirable difficulties overcome deceptive clarity in scientific visualizations?
In this chapter we explore ways that desirable difficulties can help learners overcome pitfalls associated with he deceptive clarity of visualizations.
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Synergistic Use of Evidence-Centered Design and Universal Design for Learning for Improved Assessment Design
The integration and application of evidence-centered design (ECD) and universal design for learning (UDL) in assessment design increases the likelihood that items and tasks will be well aligned with content…
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Poster: Assessment Research to Inform Community College Instructional Goals
A poster presenting the team’s research on how to make visible, by means of assessment, the important, foundational knowledge in domain areas.
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Designing the Logistics for Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trials: Six Strategies for Implementation at Scale
The Scaling Up SimCalc Project demonstrates how careful attention to logistics can permit use of a distributed data strategy in a set of large-scale experiments without compromising rigorous control and…
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An Analysis of Student Practices in Asynchronous Computer Conferencing Courses
The current study examined the online habits and “survival strategies” of 57 students enrolled in graduate-level distance education courses.
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Preparing Students for Future Learning with Teachable Agents
One valuable goal of instructional technologies in K-12 education is to prepare students for future learning. Two classroom studies examined whether Teachable Agents (TA) achieves this goal.
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Leveraging Evidence-Centered Design In Large-Scale Test Development (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 4)
This brief on Early Warning Systems is the first in a series of briefs being released this fall with key findings about these high school improvement strategies.
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Scaffolding knowledge communities in the classroom: New opportunities in the Web 2.0 era
This chapter reports two studies that used a wiki to deliver a new curriculum model that blends scripted inquiry activities with collaborative knowledge construction in secondary school biology.
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Climate Literacy in an Informal Setting
Who We Are: Project Background and Partners • InnovaTE³: Mission, Goals, Curriculum, Participants • STEM Continuum Programming • Strategies for Building Relationships • Youth Development Approach • Evaluation • Successes…
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Meeting Student Challenges to Innovative Instruction with Improved Assessment Techniques
Presentation of an R&D project focused on the assessment of project-based learning involving community college instructors, and engagement in some of the reflection activities that helped instructors identify and measure…
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Assessing Systems Thinking and Complexity in Science
This technical report provides support for designing tasks that assess systems thinking, in the form of a design pattern.
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Datasets for Inquiry in Geoscience: A Design Model
This article describes the results of a proof of concept project, Data Sets for Inquiry in Geoscience (DIGS), funded by the National Science Foundation.