Education & learning publications
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Teaching and Assessing Foundational Data Literacy
Our paper describes two NSF-funded research and development projects, Thinking with Data and Foundational Tools in Data Literacy, which have studied how school cultures, course content, and instructional methods can…
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Evaluating the Impact of Professional Development to Meet Challenging Writing Standards in High-Need Elementary Schools
The adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA) has brought a new prominence to writing instruction. Additionally, the CCSS-ELA increase the focus on argument and…
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Homeostasis, Complexity, and Educational Policy Informatics: Exploring Unanticipated Consequences and Unrealized Opportunities of Policy Decisions
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Evaluating the Impact of Professional Development to Meet Challenging Writing Standards in High-Need Elementary Schools: Executive Summary
SRI conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to estimate the effects of the SEED professional development on teachers’ writing instruction and student argument writing, while documenting the implementation of the…
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Technical Supplement to the Fourth-Year Evaluation Report
Technical supplement to SRI International’s fourth annual evaluation report on the California Linked Learning District Initiative. This document provides information and data supporting the analysis of student engagement and achievement…
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Disability Identification and Self-Efficacy Among College Students on the Autism Spectrum
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 to examine the prevalence and correlates of disability identification and self-efficacy among college students on the autism spectrum.
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Opening the “black box”: Organizational differences between charter schools and traditional public schools
Using survey data collected from teachers in Texas, this study explores differences in school organization that contribute to the experiences of charter school and traditional public school teachers.
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Does First Step to Success Have Long-term Impacts on Student Behavior? An Analysis of Efficacy Trial Data
The purposes of this study were to assess whether effects in student behavior and academics were maintained at follow-up and to examine the relationship of implementation fidelity to outcomes.
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Analysing Teachers’ Curriculum Implementation from Integrity and Actor-Oriented Perspectives
This paper compares how integrity analyses of implementation of curriculum materials and actor-oriented analysis of teachers’ curriculum use can help researchers, teacher educators, and curriculum designers interpret teachers’ decisions about what aspects of new…
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CalMHSA Student Mental Health Campus-Wide Survey: 2013 Summary Report
Report provides the results of a California survey of colleges and universities on mental health experiences and attitudes, perceptions of campus mental health services, and perceptions of overall campus climate…
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Young Youth Explore Geospatial Data for Citizenship Project: A case study
Whether in formal or informal science youths’ engagement with data, particularly raw data, is threatened when supports are insufficient for drawing meaning from the data. For example, there may be…
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Designing Geospatial Exploration Activities To Build Hydrology Understanding In Middle School Students
We designed activities that gave students map-based data relevant to the water cycle processes of evaporation, condensation, runoff, and infiltration.