Education & learning publications
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Analyzing Online Social Networking in Professional Learning Communities: 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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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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Testing Aerosol Properties in MODIS Collection 4 and 5 Using Airborne Sunphotometer Observations in INTEX-B/MILAGRO
We compare AATS retrievals of spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) and related aerosol properties with corresponding spatially coincident and temporally near-coincident measurements acquired by the MODIS-Aqua and MODIS-Terra satellite sensors.
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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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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…
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Beyond Accessibility: Evidence Centered Design For Learning (Ecdl) For Improving The Efficiency Of Instruction.
This paper illustrates how Evidence Centered Design (ECD) can be used to address the accessibility of learning-centered assessments, and how such efforts lay a critical foundation for improvements in other…
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Infant Sleep Characteristics in a Nationally Representative Sample: Concurrent and Prospective Relationships with Child Outcomes
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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online-Learning Studies
This finding suggests that the positive effects associated with blended learning should not be attributed to the media, per se.
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The Microsoft Innovative Schools Program Year 1 Evaluation Report
The Year 1 Evaluation Report is the second in a series of annual reports. It describes the schools’ progress and challenges in their first full year of participation in the…
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Using Proc Report to Cross-Tabulate Multiple Response Items
A production system of SAS macro programs is described that modularize the generation of syntax to produce client quality reports of descriptive and inferential results in a PDF document.
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Authentic Science Learning in Primary and Secondary Classrooms
Authentic science learning has gained increasing attention among educators and researchers as a promising means for promoting student achievement, interest, and motivation in science.