Education & learning publications
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Investigating Collaborative Innovation in a Virtual World Task
In this paper we introduce a framework of innovation based on behaviours identified as being conducive to collaborative innovation. We also report on a study of a task designed to…
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Designing Scenario-Based Assessment Items Using An Evidence-Centered Design Framework
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Expanding The Model Of Item Writing Expertise: Cognitive Processes And Requisite Knowledge Structures
An understanding of test takers’ response processes and knowledge structures is used to predict the psychometric properties of the items. This same knowledge of test takers’ responses and knowledge structures…
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Developing The Area Of Design-Based Implementation Research
This paper provides an overview of the background and purposes of our workshop on design-based implementation research.
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Utilization of Services in a Randomized Trial Testing Phone- and Web-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation
No prior research, to our knowledge, has systematically compared the effectiveness of these three treatment modalities in a randomized trial.
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Behavior Problems in Learning Activities and Social Interactions in Head Start Classrooms and Early Reading, Mathematics, and Approaches to Learning
Early problem behavior in structured learning activities consistently predicted lower academic outcomes (early reading and mathematics ability) as well as lower motivation, attention, and persistence in academically focused tasks.
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Examining Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Over Three Enactments Of A Personally Consequential Elementary Science Unit
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Implementing Evidence-Centered Design To Develop Assessments For Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Guidelines For Creating Design Patterns And Development Specifications And Exemplar Task Templates For Mathematics (Alternate Assessment Design)
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Growth in Reading Achievement in a National Sample of Students with Disabilities Ages 7 to 17
Using data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study, this study estimated reading growth trajectories in a nationally representative sample of disabled students.
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Attention and Hyperactivity Symptoms at Kindergarten Entry Associated with Less Sleep in Preschool
To assess the association between sleep and attention and hyperactivity symptoms in preschool children.
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Are More Stringent NCLB State Accountability Systems Associated with Better Student Outcomes?
This study developed a comprehensive measure of the stringency level of NCLB states’ accountability systems, including the strength of their annual measurable objectives, confidence intervals, performance indexing, retesting, minimum subgroup…
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Implementing SRI’s Pashto speech-to-speech translation system on a smartphone
We describe our recent effort implementing SRI's UMPC-based Pashto speech-to-speech (S2S) translation system on a smart phone running the Android operating system.