Education & learning publications
-
Effects of Oral Reading in Pre-School Children
-
The Case For Using Randomized Experiments In Research On Newer Educational Technologies: A Critique Of The Objections Raised And Alternatives
-
Policy And Planning Requirements For Designing Rigorous Evaluations Of Learning Technology
-
Design Patterns For Assessing Science Inquiry (Padi Technical Report 1)
This paper reports progress on one facet of PADI: design patterns for assessing science inquiry. Design patterns bridge knowledge about aspects of science inquiry that one would want to assess…
-
Portable Assessment Authoring: Using Handheld Technology To Assess Collaborative Inquiry
This article reports on pilot studies of teachers and students using handheld computers to assess the quality of a complex, hard-to-measure classroom activity: student group work.
-
The Virtual High School: Teaching Generation V
This book is a definitive study of an important emerging phenomenon: the use of virtual learning environments in U.S. pre-college education.
-
Evaluating Educational Technology: Effective Research Designs For Improving Learning
-
Handhelds Go to School: Lessons Learned
Wireless handhelds offer new opportunities for innovative user interaction, communication, and connection with sensors – both in the classroom and on field trips.
-
Using Technology To Assess Students’ Web Expertise
This study investigated the use of an online authentic assessment tool to evaluate students’ fluency with the World Wide Web (WWW). Using our online Web Expertise Assessment and accompanying WWW…
-
Geoscience Projects and the Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)
A Web-Based Tool to Support the Professional Development of Evaluators
-
Painting A Landscape Onto TAPPED IN 2
Starting in mid-2001, with new NSF funding, we began working with our partners and community to design a new TAPPED IN system that we call Tapped In Version 2.
-
National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study: Sampling and Weighting Procedures: Enrollment Form, Family Interview, Service Records. NEILS Methodology Report No. 1
This reports details how the NEILS sample design balances the requirements for a nationally representative, three-stage sample against a further crucial criterion.