December 1, 2018
Generalizability of a Technology-Based Intervention to Enhance Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics
Three previously reported experiments found that a technology-enhanced intervention increased student conceptual understanding of mathematics in Texas. To investigate generalizability to broader populations and settings, we triangulate among three methods....
Tech Report March 1, 2017
How big is that? Reporting the Effect Size and Cost of ASSISTments in the Maine Homework Efficacy Study
...standardized mathematics assessment as compared with a control group that continued with existing homework practices.” (Roschelle, Feng, Murphy & Mason, 2016). We reported an effect size of g = 0.18...
Tech Report May 1, 2016
Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research
Prominent scientists in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning research came together with school, community, and policy leaders at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported STEM Forum, held on November...
Article December 1, 2015
Innovating Pedagogy 2015
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This fourth report proposes ten...
Tech Report August 1, 2015
Principals Discuss Early Implementation of the ASSISTments Online Homework Tutor for Mathematics
This report presents the findings from interviews with principals about their schools’ participation in the ASSISTments efficacy study on seventh-grade mathematics. The purpose of the interviews was to explore the...
Tech Report July 1, 2015
Strength of Research for Reasoning Mind
SRI Education reviewed a series of studies about Reasoning Mind, from 2003 to 2014. We found strong evidence supporting the quality of product design relative to design characteristics that have...
Article April 1, 2015
Using Technology and Evidence to Promote Cultures of Educational Innovation: The Example of Science and Mathematics Education
To increase the opportunities for students to learn the knowledge and skills that are valued in the 21st century, education must become more innovative. As numerous publications attest, societies value...
Article March 1, 2015
Scaling a Technology-Based Innovation: Windows on the Evolution of Mathematics Teachers’ Practices
This paper reports research on effects on teachers’ classroom practices resulting from their engagement in sustained professional development and classroom teaching of a resource that embeds carefully designed dynamic technology...
Article December 1, 2014
SimCalc: Democratizing Access to Advanced Mathematics
...(Hegedus & Roschelle, 2013), the representationally innovative design of SimCalc Mathworlds® has provided affordances for novel and effective approaches to teaching important algebraic and calculus-related ideas. When integrated with appropriate...
Article November 1, 2014
Radar Detectability Studies of Slow and Small Zodiacal Dust Cloud Particles. I. The Case of Arecibo 430 MHz Meteor Head Echo Observations
Recent model development of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud (ZDC) argues that the incoming flux of meteoric material into the Earth’s upper atmosphere is mostly undetected by radars because they cannot...
Article October 1, 2014
Investigating Why Teachers Reported Continued Use and Sharing of an Educational Innovation After the Research Has Ended
We investigated prospects for reported sustainable adoption and sharing of an educational innovation through survey research including online questionnaires and telephone interviews. This investigation is part of the Scaling-Up SimCalc...
Tech Report August 1, 2014
Recruiting Participants for Large-Scale Random Assignment Experiments in School Settings
Recruitment is a key challenge for researchers conducting any large school-based study, especially random assignment studies where researchers require certain level of control over experimental conditions and intervention implementation. Such...
