Education & learning publications
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Theorizing The Transformed Classroom: A Sociocultural Interpretation Of The Effects Of Audience Response Systems In Higher Education
This paper explores the theoretical framework needed to explain observed effects of classrooms in which instructors use audience response systems. We propose a sociocultural reinterpretation of the networked classroom in…
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Addressing The Testing Challenge With A Web-Based E-Assessment System That Tutors As It Assesses
Our hypothesis is that we can achieve more accurate assessment by not only using data on whether students get test items right or wrong, but by also using data on…
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Washington State Achievers Scholarship Program Case Study: Final Report
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Report On Sample Characteristics For The Tides Project
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The Status of the Teaching Profession 2005
This annual report provides an update on California’s teacher development and teacher quality policies; discusses trends in the supply of and demand for teachers; examines data on novice, underprepared, out…
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Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention
Results suggest that Part C early intervention provides important supports for families of young children with disabilities. The findings reinforce the need for experimental research to identify factors that are…
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Constructing Padi Measurement Models for the BEAR Scoring Engine (Padi Technical Report 7)
Connections among the task design, student work products, evaluation, and inferential reasoning are highlighted, and the BEAR Scoring Engine is presented as one example of how multidimensional item response modeling…
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Singapore Tablet PC Program Study: Executive Summary and Final Report, Volume 1, Technical Findings
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Singapore Tablet PC Program Study: Executive Summary and Final Report, Volume 2, Technical Appendicies
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Mapping The Distribution Of Expertise And Resources In A School: Investigating The Potential Of Using Social Network Analysis In Evaluation
This paper describes results of a study investigating the potential of using social network analysis to evaluate the capacity of a school to undertake a schoolwide educational reform.
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Task Templates Based on Misconception Research (Padi Technical Report 6)
This paper reports one such effort, motivated by assessments that elicit students’ qualitative explanations of situations that have been designed to provoke misconceptions and partial understandings. We describe four task-specific…
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Evidence-Centered Assessment Design: Layers, Structures, and Terminology (Padi Technical Report 9)
This presentation provides an overview of ECD, highlighting the ideas of layers in the process, structures and representations within layers, and terms and concepts that can be used to guide…