Education & learning publications
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A Framework for Using Hypothesis-Driven Approaches to Support Data-Driven Learning Analytics in Measuring Computational Thinking in Block-Based Programming Environments
The goal of this research is to explore hypothesis-driven approaches that can be combined with data-driven ones to better interpret student actions and processes in log data captured from block-based…
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Launching OER Degree Pathways: An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons
The Open Educational Resources Degree Initiative, led by Achieving the Dream, seeks to boost college access and student success by supporting the redesign of courses needed for a degree using…
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Impact of the New Teacher Center’s new teacher induction model on teachers and students
SRI Education’s evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s (NTC’s) Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant revealed positive impacts of NTC’s induction model on student achievement in mathematics and English language…
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Evaluating Digital Learning for Adult Basic Literacy and Numeracy
Through this research, we set out to understand how ABE programs might use these technologies to improve the instruction they offer, whether such technologies are effective with low-skilled adults and…
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation- Learning Brief 4
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Expanding STEM opportunities through inclusive STEM‐focused high schools
This study examines the central assumption behind these schools—that they provide students from subgroups underrepresented in STEM with experiences that equip them academically and attitudinally to enter and stay in…
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Developing protocols to support collaborative teacher reflection and professional learning for science argument writing
This white paper describes the development of a suite of teacher reflection protocols that structure generative conversations among teachers about instruction in support of students’ written scientific arguments.
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Review of Research on Clinical Practice in Teacher Preparation: What Do We Know and How Can We Advance Knowledge?
We share what research points to in terms of high-quality clinical preparation and recommend a more productive path for future teacher preparation research.
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Examining Teacher Preparation Program Feedback from CSU Systemwide Survey Data: Using the CTQ Completer Survey to Support Data-Driven Continuous Improvement
This report provides background on the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) Completer Survey, describing how California State University (CSU) grantees of the New Generation of Educators (NGEI) initiative can use…
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Measuring Student Learning in Introductory Block-Based Programming: Examining Misconceptions of Loops, Variables, and Boolean Logic
This research aims to develop assessment items for measuring student understanding in introductory CS classrooms in middle school using a principled approach for assessment design.
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Learner Modeling for Adaptive Scaffolding in a Computational Thinking-Based Science Learning Environment
We develop a learner modeling and adaptive scaffolding framework for CTSiM –an open ended learning environment that supports synergistic learning of science and Computational Thinking for middle school students.
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Impact of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program in High-Need Rural Districts
This paper reports on a district-randomized controlled trial of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP), implemented in high-need rural districts in 10 states.