Education & learning publications
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Analyzing Fine-Grained Skill Models Using Bayesian And Mixed Effect Methods
We compare the two results to identify benefits and drawbacks of either method and to find out if the two results agree. We report that both methods showed compelling similarity…
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Coordinating Networked Learning Activities With A General-Purpose Interface
Two approaches to making a Tuple Space-based computer architecture for connectivity into an inviting environment for the generation and creation of novel coordinated activities were attempted. The more satisfactory approach…
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Intel Teach Essentials Online: Interim Report For U.S. Formative Evaluation
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Report To The Ready To Learn Initiative: Review Of Research On Media And Young Children’S Literacy
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Scan Rate: A new metric for the analysis of reading behaviours in asynchronous computer conferencing environments
This article introduces a new computer conferencing metric called Scan Rate, which is a measure of students’ and instructors’ online reading speed.
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Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort
The study used an experimental design to assess the effects of technology products, with volunteering teachers randomly assigned to use or not use selected products.
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Sustaining A Community Computing Infrastructure For Online Teacher Professional Development: A Case Study Of Designing Tapped In
Based on more than nine years of design experience with Tapped In—an online community of practice for education professionals—we present a case study that discusses four design interventions that have…
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Teaching and California’s Future: California’s Teaching Force 2006: Key Issues and Trends
This annual report discusses trends in the supply, demand, and distribution of California teachers; details the impact of state policy changes on the teacher development system; and highlights themes that…
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Infusing IT/STEM Skill Standards in Informal ITEST Learning
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Mystery Powders: An Application Of The Padi Design System Using The Four-Process Delivery System (Padi Technical Report 15)
This report illustrates how the general principles and structural components of the PADI framework were applied to a Mystery Powders assessment demonstration project that was computer-based. The body of this…
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Implications Of Evidence-Centered Design For Educational Testing (Technical Report 17)
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Assessing Local Item Dependence In Building Explanation Tasks (Padi Technical Report 14)
A common practice in the assessment of science education is to have a shared stimulus followed by a number of questions. In these cases, one might doubt the usual assumption…