Education & learning publications
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Designing Handheld Software To Support Classroom Assessment
Since 2002, Project WHIRL (Wireless Handhelds In Reflection on Learning) has investigated potential uses of handheld computers in K-12 science classrooms using a teacher involved process of software development and…
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ESCOT: Coordinating The Influence Of R&D And Classroom Practice To Produce Educational Software From Reusable Components
This testbed incorporated interactive learning tools from a variety of university, nonprofit, and commercial developers, and hosted decentralized authoring teams consisting of teachers, developers and educational technologists.
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Project Halo: Towards a Digital Aristotle
Project Halo is a multi-staged effort, sponsored by Vulcan Inc, aimed at creating the Digital Aristotle, an application that will encompass much of the world's scientific knowledge and be capable…
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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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National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study: Demographic Characteristics of Children and Families Entering Early Intervention. NEILS Data Report No. 3
The National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS) is being conducted to address some of the most important questions related to the implementation and outcomes of Part C of the Individuals…
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Unlocking the Learning Value of Wireless Mobile Devices
Many researchers see the potential of wireless mobile learning devices to achieve large-scale impact on learning because of portability, low cost, and communications features.
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Leverage Points For Improving Educational Assessment (Padi Technical Report 2)
This presentation first reviews an evidence-centered framework for designing and analyzing assessments. It then uses this framework to discuss and to illustrate how advances in technology, education, and psychology can…
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Unlocking The Learning Value Of Wireless Mobile Devices
At the moment ‘wireless mobile technologies for education’ are incredibly diverse and incompatible; to achieve scale, a strong vision will be needed to lead to standardisation, overcoming the tendency to…
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Using Cognitive Analyses To Understand Motivational And Situational Influences In Science Achievement
This study explores the relationship between students’ test perceptions, motivation and engagement in multiple-choice and performance assessment testing contexts.
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An Integrative Approach to Relating Science Inquiry Assessment Items to Science Curricula and National Standards
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Charting A Course: Evaluation Design Of The National School District And Network Grants Program
Likely to be one of “the most publicly scrutinized educational initiatives” in recent history, the foundation’s program is providing a catalyst to educators and policy makers to radically reshape secondary…