Publications
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Walk&Sketch: Create Floor Plans with an RGB-D Camera
In this paper, we present a system, Walk&Sketch, that creates floor plans of an indoor environment by a person walking through the environment at a normal strolling pace and taking…
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Receipts2Go: the big world of small documents
This paper outlines the system and reports on some initial results, including the algorithms we've found useful for cleaning up those document images, and the techniques used to extract and…
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Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) evaluation
This fact sheet summarizes findings from the Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) program evaluation conducted by Erikson Institute and SRI International.
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National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships – Final Report (Executive Summary)
Final report on SRI’s examination of the effects of Writing Project partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document…
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National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships – Final Report (with Appendices)
Final report on SRI’s examination of the effects of Writing Project partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document…
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National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships – Final Report (without Appendices)
Final report on SRI’s examination of the effects of Writing Project partnerships on teacher practices and student writing. The cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) included a multimethod study to document…
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Accurate Atom-Mapping Computation for Biochemical Reactions
We introduce a new method for computing atom mappings called the minimum weighted edit-distance (MWED) metric. The metric is based on bond propensity to react and computes biochemically valid atom…
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2012 Context Study of the Use of Technology and PBS KIDS Transmedia in the Home Environment: A Report to the CPB-PBS “Ready to Learn Initiative”
The evaluation is focused on documenting and, whenever possible, measuring the impact of transmedia mathematics and literacy resources on learning for children from low-income families in preschool, community, or home…
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2012 Preschool Pilot Study of PBS KIDS Transmedia Mathematics Content: A Report to the CPB-PBS “Ready to Learn Initiative”
Over the course of a 10-week CPB-PBS Ready To Learn pilot study of two mathematics curriculum supplements, one rich in PBS transmedia and hands-on activities, the other using only traditional…
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PBS KIDS Transmedia Suites Gaming Study: A Report to the CPB-PBS “Ready to Learn Initiative”
Educators are well aware that in order to positively impact children’s learning, media and technology must be integrated into the teaching and learning activities of instructional environments.
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Curricular Activity Systems Supporting the Use of Dynamic Representations to Foster Students’ Deep Understanding of Mathematics
This chapter describes the notion of a curricular activity system and how it can be used in the design of learning environments that have a wider reach.
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Multi-system fusion of extended context prosodic and cepstral features for paralinguistic speaker trait classification
This paper focuses on the identification of seven speaker trait categories from the Interspeech Speaker Trait Challenge: likeability, intelligibility, openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.