SRI Education is at the forefront of integrated integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science (CS) education from preschool through 12th grade. We develop and evaluate innovative instructional materials and assessments; design and study professional development initiatives, and research STEM and CS learning in and out of school.
Recent work
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming
SRI Education and faculty from the University of North Alabama (UNA) used design-based implementation research to iteratively revise and refine the design and implementation of the Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning through Computer Programming (CPR2). CPR2 is built on UNA’s years of experience providing middle and high school math and computer science teachers with…
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Initial Efficacy Study of Data Wise
This is the first impact study of Data Wise, which supports educators in using collaborative data inquiry to drive continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
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Exploring the Relationship Between Continuous Improvement Culture and Afterschool STEM Program Quality
SRI researchers are using systems theory to investigate the implementation of continuous quality improvement within the system of California’s publicly funded afterschool programs, the state’s efforts to change organizational culture to support continuous improvement, and the potential effects of continuous improvement on afterschool STEAM programs over time.
Recent reports and publications
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Fall 2020 Findings Memo
This Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) memo includes recommendations and findings from the observations, teacher interviews, student surveys, and student assessments in fall 2020.
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Summer 2022 Findings Memo
This memo includes initial efficacy study results of final year of the Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) study. It additionally includes implementation findings for this year of the study.
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Global Benchmarking of Computational Thinking Education in Primary Schools
This report offers a framework for reviewing CoolThink@JC’s accomplishments to date and computational thinking education (CTE) initiatives in other jurisdictions.
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Fall 2021 Findings Memo
This memo includes results of data collection from the second cohort of Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) teachers from classroom implementation of CPR2 in fall 2021 and builds on the spring 2021 memo.
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Automated Student Group Collaboration Assessment and Recommendation System Using Individual Role and Behavioral Cue
We propose simple CNN deep-learning models that take in spatio-temporal representations of individual student roles and behavior annotations as input for group collaboration assessment.
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Los Angeles City College’s STEM Pathways Program: Participation and Impact
This report presents findings from three quasi-experimental studies estimating the impact of program participation overall, as well as STEM Learning Center participation and SI participation, specifically on STEM course success and continuation in STEM.