Education & learning publications
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Postsecondary Pathways and Persistence for Stem Versus Non-Stem Majors: Among College Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, 2001–2009, a nationally representative sample of students in special education with an ASD who progressed from high school to postsecondary…
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Using the Idea Manager to Promote Coherent Understanding of Inquiry Investigations
This study examines the ideas students generated during an online inquiry investigation and how students used these ideas to construct scientific explanations about everyday phenomena.
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Problematizing the STEM Pipeline Metaphor: Is the STEM Pipeline Metaphor Serving Our Students and the STEM Workforce
This study interrogates the appropriateness of the STEM pipeline as the dominant frame for understanding and making policies related to STEM career trajectories.
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Blended Learning Report
With funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning studied the adoption of blended learning models in selected schools in California and Louisiana associated…
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The Influence of Family Socioeconomic Status on the Post–High School Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities
Results show that SES had a statistically significant but relatively small effect on outcomes, to a sizable extent the effect of SES was mediated by other factors...
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Who is where? Characteristics of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in regular and special schools
A secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 database was conducted to examine differences in the characteristics of students who attended special schools, such as schools for the…
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Experimental Demonstration of a Broadband All-Dielectric Metamaterial Perfect Reflector
Here we present the demonstration of a single-negative all-dielectric metamaterial that possesses peak reflectance over 99% and an average reflectance over 98% across a 200 nm wide bandwidth in the short-wavelength…
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Computational thinking practices: Analyzing and modeling a critical domain in computer science education
This paper discusses the design process used to develop an assessment of computational thinking to support the adoption of a high school computer science curriculum.
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Computer-Guided Inquiry to Improve Science Learning
Engaging students in inquiry practices is known to motivate them to persist in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and to create lifelong learners. In inquiry, students initiate investigations,…
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Advice for Mathematical Argumentation
“Telling” can be an effective tool in helping students engage in intellectually demanding argumentation and productive behavior.
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Generalized Effective-Medium Theory for Metamaterials
We present an effective-medium model for calculating the frequency-dependent effective permittivity ε(ω) and permeability μ(ω) of metamaterial composites containing spherical particles with arbitrary permittivity and permeability.
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Simulations for STEM Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Brief)
This review addresses a gap in the current research literature on computer-based simulations for STEM learning.