STEM and computer science education publications
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Infusing IT/STEM Skill Standards in Informal ITEST Learning
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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…
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Build IT: Girls Developing Information Technology Fluency Through Design. Annual Report Year 1
The goals for the first year of the Build IT project were to develop and implement the three units of the curriculum at four school sites reaching a total of…
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No Child Left Behind and Science Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks
This article examines the opportunities, challenges, and risks that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) poses for science education in elementary and middle schools.
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Build It: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design
The Computer Science education and practice community has made clear the need to increase the size and diversity of US-trained computer science professionals.
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Mathematizing Middle School: Results From A Cross-Disciplinary Study Of Data Literacy
In this paper we discuss a pilot study in which we investigate bridging the disciplines of social studies and mathematics to help students learn important aspects of data literacy. We…
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The Many Challenges Of Designing And Teaching Nanoscience
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Measuring Middle School Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge Of Teaching Rate And Proportionality
We are investigating if teachers from across the state of Texas can use a specially designed replacement unit and SimCalc software to help their students learn mathematics important to the…
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Teaching Nanoscience To High School Students: A Tale Of The Nanosense Project
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Recruiting Middle School Girls Into It: Data On Girls’ Perceptions And Experiences From A Mixed Demographic Group
This chapter contains sections titled: Literature Review, Research on Recruiting, Research on Career Aspirations, Research Method, Findings, Discussion and Implications, Conclusion, Notes.
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Implementing Reading and Mathematics Software
This study explored software implementation issues through case study of a subset of the schools participating in the EETI experiment.
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The Case For An Integrated Design Framework For Assessing Science Inquiry (Padi Technical Report 5).
In this report, we provide a rationale and approach for articulating a conceptual framework and corresponding development resources to guide the design of science inquiry assessments.