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Understanding the development of flexibility in struggling algebra students
(2011)The ability to flexibly solve problems is considered an important outcome for school mathematics and is the focus of this paper. The paper describes the impact of a three-week summer course for students who struggle with ... -
The universality of symbolic representation for reading in Asian and alphabetic languages
(Cambridge University Press, 2007)Neuroimaging studies of reading have identified unique patterns of activation for individuals reading in alphabetic and Asian languages, suggesting the involvement of different processes in each. The present study investigates ... -
The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
(2009)This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a ... -
Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K–2 Literacy Intervention With Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities
(SAGE Publications, 2019-07)This study employs a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) design to develop an adaptive intervention with personalized print and digital content for kindergarten to Grade 2 children (n = 273). In Stage ... -
Using a three-dimensional thinking graph to support inquiry learning
(Wiley, 2018-03-08)The use of external representations has a potential to facilitate inquiry learning, especially in hypothesis generation and scientific reasoning, which are typical difficulties encountered by students. This study proposes ... -
Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness
(American Economic Association, 2014)Value-added models (VAMs) are increasingly used to measure school effectiveness. Yet random variation in school attendance is necessary to test the validity of VAMs, and to guide the selection of models for measuring causal ... -
Using Strategic Interruptions to Effectively Integrate Whole Class and Small Group Instruction in Mathematics
(2013)In this paper we explore a new way to think about the use of group work in mathematics instruction through what we refer to as strategic interruptions. Strategic interruptions involve frequent and often rapid transitions ... -
Using the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition Technique to Analyze Learning Outcomes Changes over Time: An Application to Indonesia’s Results in PISA Mathematics
(2011)The Oaxaca-Blinder technique was originally used in labor economics to decompose earnings gaps and to estimate the level of discrimination. It has been applied since in other social issues, including education, where ... -
Using the Theory of Satisficing to Evaluate the Quality of Survey Data
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)Increasingly colleges and universities use survey results to make decisions, inform research, and shape public opinion. Given the large number of surveys distributed on campuses, can researchers reasonably expect that busy ... -
Validation Methods for Aggregate-Level Test Scale Linking: A Rejoinder
(American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2021-03-15)In Reardon, Kalogrides, and Ho (2021), we developed precision-adjusted random effects models to estimate aggregate-level linking error, for populations and subpopulations, for averages and progress over time. We are grateful ... -
Views of struggling students on instruction incorporating multiple strategies in Algebra I: An exploratory study
(2013-08-30)Although policy documents promote teaching students multiple strategies for solving mathematics problems, some practitioners and researchers argue that struggling learners will be confused and overwhelmed by this instructional ... -
Virtual Environments, Online Racial Discrimination, and Adjustment among a Diverse, School-Based Sample of Adolescents
(IGI Global, 2014)Given the recent rise in online hate activity and the increased amount of time adolescents spend with media, more research is needed on their experiences with racial discrimination in virtual environments. This cross-sectional ... -
Virtual Reality as an Immersive Medium for Authentic Simulations
(Springer Singapore, 2017)This chapter describes a design strategy for blending virtual reality (VR) with an immersive multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) curriculum developed by the EcoLearn design team at Harvard University for middle school ... -
Vocabulary, Syntax, and Narrative development in typically developing children and children with early unilateral brain injury: Early parental talk about the there-and-then matters
(American Psychological Association, 2015)This study examines the role of a particular kind of linguistic input––talk about the past and future, pretend, and explanations, that is, talk that is decontextualized––in the development of vocabulary, syntax, and narrative ... -
We don't have language at our house: Disentangling the relationship between phonological awareness, schooling, and literacy
(2010)Background: A strong link between phonological awareness (PA) and literacy exists, but the origins of this link are difficult to investigate, since PA skills are hard to test in young, pre-literate children, and many studies ... -
Weak Multiculturalism and Fears of Cultural Encroachment: Meanings of Multiculturalism Among Young Elites in Britain
(SAGE Publications, 2019-03-19)While politicians and scholars have debated the meaning, value, and purposes of multiculturalism for decades, less attention has been paid to the views of a broader group of Britons, despite views on multiculturalism being ... -
What Counts as Literacy in Early Childhood?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006)Issues of literacy development are a major source of worry to American educators. Worries about whether U.S. children read well enough emerge every time results of an international comparison are published. Many of the ...