Education & learning publications
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National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development: Year 2 Report
We begin the year 2 report with a brief review of the conceptual framework, the design, and the sample.
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What Happens When The Research Ends? Factors Related To The Sustainability Of A Research-Based Innovation
The Scaling Up SimCalc project is a multiyear longitudinal randomized experiment to test the efficacy of an intervention that integrates technology (our software, SimCalc MathWorlds) and curriculum to create opportunities…
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Using Evidence Centered Design For Learning (ECDL) To Examine the ASSISTments system
We introduce a design methodology – Evidence Centered Design for Learning (ECDL) that supports the design of educational systems in terms of evidentiary arguments.
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The Padi System As A Complex Of Epistemic Forms And Games
This analysis illuminates what new understanding about assessment design is generated in the PADI process, thus illustrating the relative value of the PADI process to individual designers and to the…
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What Works, What We Think Works, and How It Can Work for You
This session will first provide an overview of our understanding of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards of evidence for determining the rigor and quality of research studies, and we…
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Analyzing Online Teacher Networks: Cyber Networks Require Cyber Research Tools
The authors argue that conceptual and methodological limitations in existing research approaches severely hamper theory building and empirical exploration of teacher learning and collaboration through cyber-enabled networks.
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Extending The Methodology Of Teacher Work Sampling
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An Argument-Based Approach To Evaluating The Validity Of Inference Chains In Teacher Education
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A Nationally Representative Analysis of Naps in Child Care
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Implementing Data-Informed Decision Making in Schools–Teacher Access, Supports and Use
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Using Learning Decomposition To Analyze Instructional Effectiveness In The Assistment System
This paper presents a study determining the relative efficacy of different instructional content by applying an educational data mining technique, learning decomposition.
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Analyzing Teachers’ Professional Interactions in a School as Social Capital: a Social Network Approach
Our objective was to present and illustrate the application of social capital theory for analyzing the role of formal and informal teacher interactions in helping teachers enact changes to instruction…