Education & learning publications
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STEM High Schools
The concept of secondary schools offering specialized curricula in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is not new.
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Teachers’ Use Of Student Data Systems To Improve Instruction: 2005-2007
This report describes an exploratory substudy on teachers’ thinking about data conducted in conjunction with the larger Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making data collection and the implications…
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Prospects For Transforming Schools With Technology-Supported Assessment
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Washington State Achievers Program: Influence of the Scholarship Program on Low-Income College Students’ Achievement and Aspirations
This qualitative study examined the personal experiences of scholarship recipients from the first cohort of the Washington State Achievers Program to determine the influence of the scholarship on students’ lives.
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Supporting the Art of Teaching in a Data-Rich, High Performance Learning Environment
Data-driven decision-making (DDDM) has become part of the school accountability and reform lexicon. The term commonly refers to policies and practices involving the use of student achievement and other data…
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Wiggling Into Traditional High School Curriculum
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Intel Teach Essentials Online: Global Pilot Evaluation Summary
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Adolescent Smoking Trajectories and Nicotine Dependence
The present study correlates empirically constructed prospective adolescent smoking trajectories with indicators of nicotine dependence assessed in adolescence and in adulthood.
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Gender Differences In Science
We present a review of research that looks at alternative explanations for these gender differences in science. Specifically, we consider the significance of girls’ science attitudes and the pervasive influence—both…
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Intel Teach Essentials Online: U.S. Formative Evaluation
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Representational Competence And Chemical Understanding In The High School Chemistry Classroom
This chapter reports on the use of representational resources within a computer-based environment, called ChemSense, to support high school chemistry students’ representational practices and their understanding of key chemical concepts.
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Can An Intelligent Tutoring System Predict Math Proficiency As Well As A Standardized Test?
We propose a new method of using students test scores from multiple years (referred to as cross-year data) for determining whether a student model is as good as the standardized…