Education & learning publications
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Insights into Alternative Certification: Initial Findings From a National Study
We test proponents’ and opponents’ assumptions about alternative certification against national data and data from the seven programs.
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What’s The Difference? Assessing The Impact Of Your Efforts
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Scientifically-Based Research Studies Examining The Use Of Technology In Mathematics Education
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Choosing Outreach Strategies to Increase Interest in IT Careers: An SRI International White Paper from the TRAILS Project
This white paper analyzes model outreach programs and offers a framework for helping a company identify the most appropriate strategies for helping reinvigorate interest in IT.
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Girls In Build It
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Sharing Best Practices In Youth Development
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A Web Based Authoring Tool for Intelligent Tutors: Blending Assessment And Instructional Assistance
To help teachers make better use of their time, we are integrating assistance and assessment by utilizing a web-based system ("Assistment") that will offer instruction to students while providing a…
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Teachers’ Use of Student Data Systems to Improve Instruction
The current brief is the second in a two-part series examining teachers’ access to and use of data from student data systems. The first brief indicated that about half of…
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Using Handheld Technology To Move Between Private And Public Interactions In The Classroom
We present three examples of handheld use that exploit these unique affordances, and discuss how the use of handheld computers can be used to bridge research across different metaphors of…
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Developing Fine-Grained Transfer Models In The ASSISTment System
In this article, we describe our attempt to create a fine-grained transfer model for 8th grade math based on the skills needed to take the Math MCAS exam and how…
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I Think It Makes Me Not Give Up On Dreams. What Students Say About Hero
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Ink, Improvisation, And Interactive Engagement: Learning With Tablets
Instructional models that reflective educators develop and share with their peers can primarily drive advances in the use of tablets in education. Communities that form around platforms such as Classroom…