Education & learning publications
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Scaling Up SimCalc Project Tech Report Series: Design and Development of the Student and Teacher Mathematical Assessments
This technical report documents the design and development of the student and teacher mathematical content assessment instruments for the Scaling Up SimCalc Project.
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Using Knowledge about How People Learn to Define Learning Goals
How well are college general education classes preparing students to apply big ideas to real-world problems? What are the major steps of domain-specific assessment design? Presented at Innovations 2010.
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Dynamics of North American Sector Ionospheric and Thermospheric Response During the November 2004 Superstorm
We present a study of ionospheric and thermospheric response during a November 9–10, 2004 major geomagnetic storm event (DsT ∼−300 nT).
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Design Pattern On Model Use In Interdependence Among Living Systems (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 13)
The report outlines the key elements of the design pattern, describes the design pattern development process, and illustrates with examples how the design pattern supports storyboard and item design for…
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Building Relationships That Foster a STEM Continuum for Girls
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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Girls InnovaTE3: Girls Innovating with Technology as Entrepreneurial Environmental Engineers
InnovaTE3 is part of our ongoing effort to create a six-year STEM continuum for middle and high school girls in an afterschool program.
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The Alignment of the Informal and Formal Organizational Supports for Reform: Implications for Improving Teaching in Schools
This article combines social network analysis with interview data to analyze how well the formal and informal aspects of a school’s social context are aligned.
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Managing inquiry-based science: Challenges in enacting complex science instruction in K-8 classrooms
In this article, we describe five interconnected management areas that need to be addressed when managing an inquiry-oriented K-8 science classroom. We introduce a pyramid model as a framework for…
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21st Century Skills in STEM Workforce Training Assessments
What skills do tech employers seek? A scenario-based learning approach for teaching STEM tech education is posited.
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Applying Evidence-Centered Design To Alternate Assessments In Mathematics For Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Alternate Assessment Design
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Leveraging Evidence-Centered Design In Large-Scale And Formative Assessment Practices
This paper depicts ECD as a series of integrated layers describing an assessment design process that includes analyzing and modeling domains, specifying arguments in terms of student, task and evidence…
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Ready Schools Miami: Year 2 Evaluation Findings
Since receiving support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2007, Ready Schools partners have made significant progress toward improving the systems in Miami-Dade. This report presents findings of the second…