Publications Search

43 results

National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development: Year 4 Report
H. Alix Gallagher, Katrina Woodworth, Kristin Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Teresa McCaffrey, Kaily Yee, Haiwen Wang, Patrick Shields, Robert Murphy, & William Penuel

Final report on SRI's examination of changes in students’ writing proficiency, students’ writing practices, teachers’ instructional practices, and teachers’ professional communities in middle schools that have formed partnerships with Local Writing Project sites.

Jun, 2011 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships - Final Report (Executive Summary)
H. Alix Gallagher, Katrina Woodworth, Haiwen Wang, Jennifer Bland, Kristin Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Larry Gallagher, Amy Hafter, Teresa McCaffrey, Robert Murphy, & Patrick Shields

Final report on SRI's examination of the effects of partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document how partnerships were developed and implemented in participating schools and sites.

Sep, 2012 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships - Final Report (with Appendices)
H. Alix Gallagher, Katrina Woodworth, Haiwen Wang, Jennifer Bland, Kristin Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Larry Gallagher, Amy Hafter, Teresa McCaffrey, Robert Murphy, & Patrick Shields

Final report on SRI's examination of the effects of partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document how partnerships were developed and implemented in participating schools and sites.

Sep, 2012 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships - Final Report (without Appendices)
H. Alix Gallagher, Katrina Woodworth, Haiwen Wang, Jennifer Bland, Kristin Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Larry Gallagher, Amy Hafter, Teresa McCaffrey, Robert Murphy, & Patrick Shields

Final report on SRI's examination of the effects of partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document how partnerships were developed and implemented in participating schools and sites.

Sep, 2012 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
Notes on Classification Capacities
T. Cover

This is a working paper concerned with the problem of determining the information storage capacities of networks of linear threshold devices. Capacities for single element networks and low dimensional multielement networks are found, and bounds on capacities are discussed for general networks.

Oct, 1965 Journal Download PDF Details
On Acting Together
Hector J. Levesque, Philip R. Cohen, & Jose H. T. Nunes

Joint action by a team does not consist merely of simultaneous and coordinated individual actions; to act together, a team must be aware of and care about the status of the group effort as a whole.

May, 1990 Journal Download PDF Details
Ontology Construction Toolkit
Vinay K. Chaudhri, John D. Lowrance , Mark E. Stickel, Jerome F. Thomere, & Richard J. Waldinger

The goal of this project was to enable knowledge engineers to construct knowledge bases faster. We investigated two techniques: knowledge reuse and axiom templates. The results were demonstrated by developing a question-answering system for the crisis management challenge problem.

Jan, 2000 Journal Download PDF Details
Persistence, Intention, and Commitment
Philip R. Cohen, & Hector J. Levesque

This paper explores principles governing the rational balance among an agent’s beliefs, goals, actions, and intentions. Such principles provide specifications for artificial agents, and approximate a theory of human action (as philosophers use the term).

Feb, 1987 Journal Download PDF Details
Rational Interaction As The Basis For Communication
Hector J. Levesque, & Philip R. Cohen

This paper derives the basis of a theory of communication from a formal theory of rational interaction. The major result is a demonstration that illocutionary acts need neither be primitive, nor explicitly recognized.

Apr, 1988 Journal Download PDF Details
Ready Schools Miami: Year 2 Evaluation Findings
Shari Golan, Marjorie Wechsler, Ashley Campbell, C.J. Park, Dana Petersen, & Tracy Huang

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 that contribute to school readiness and success. This report presents findings of the second year of evaluation.

Jan, 2010 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Implementation Evaluation School + Community Partnerships School Improvement: Student Success