Author: SRI International
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Comer’s School Development Program In Chicago: A Theory-Based Evaluation
Using fifth through eighth-grade students, the Comer School Development Program was evaluated in 10 inner city Chicago schools over 4 years, contrasting them with nine randomly selected no-treatment comparison schools.
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Technology Supports For Student Participation In Science Investigations
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program was established to bring Gore’s vision to fruition three years later.
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Domain Metatheories: Enabling User-Centric Planning
In this paper, we argue that improved usability requires a new representational layer that captures metatheoretic properties of a planning domain.
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Implementation Of Technology In The Classroom: Which Goals Can It Serve And How Can It Be Effective?
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Assessing The Impact Of A Large-Scale Online Teacher Professional Development Community
In this paper, we review data collected from a survey that was recently sent to the educators in the community. Specifically, we examine how experiences in TAPPED IN affect teaching and teachers.
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The Online Course Experience: Evaluation Of The Virtual High School’s Third Year Of Implementation
The Virtual High School (VHS) is a consortium of high schools that offer network-based courses taught by consortium teachers for students in participating schools. The VHS teachers, with the help of experts, design netcourses to be offered over the Internet, using the LearningSpace™ software.
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Work in Learning Communities
This paper proposes a collaborative approach to building knowledge that integrates theory and practice in diverse contexts. “Lesson study circles” (similar to learning circles and to ThinkQuest teams) are proposed as a strategy for professional knowledge building in education.
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The Online Evaluation Resource Library: Using Web-Based Technology To Enhance Evaluation Practice
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Basic Concepts Of Cryptography
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Globe Year 5 Evaluation: Classroom Practices
Since GLOBE began in 1995, GLOBE students have entered millions of measurements into it’ archive and reviewed the resulting patterns and trends using tables, map visualizations, and graphing tools.
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Reusability And Interoperability Of Tools For Mathematics Learning: Lessons From The Escot Project
In this paper we describe our experience in creating interactive mathematics activities that incorporate interoperating tools from multiple sources.
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Students Collaborating With Computer Models And Physical Experiments
This study examines the actions and discourse of students in a chemistry laboratory course as they interact with available social and material resources.