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Authors: Matthew T. Hora, Joseph Ferrare January 2012, 30 pp. Abstract: The antecedents of faculty self-efficacy beliefs for teaching undergraduates are examined using thematic analysis of interview data (n=56) and structural equation modeling of survey data (n=436). Results indicate that many instructors have ambiguous self-efficacy beliefs, and that pedagogical reflection is a significant antecedent to …

Authors: Thomas R. Kratochwill, Kimberly Eaton-Hoagwood, Anne E. Kazak, John R. Weisz, Korey Hood, Luis A. Vargas, Gerard A. Banez December 2011, 14 pp. Abstract: The American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) for Children and Adolescents (2008) recommended a systems approach to enhancing care in order to improve outcomes for children …

Authors: Mary Leonard, Sharon J. Derry October 2011, 62 pp. Abstract: Design-based science curricula have sprung up in middle- and high-school science classrooms, attracted by the promise of increased student motivation and improved learning outcomes from providing real-world, engineering problem-solving contexts for science concepts. Yet while engineering and science are deeply interrelated domains of practice, …

Authors: Rebecca Lowenhaupt, Eric Camburn August 2011, 15 pp. Abstract: This paper presents results from a demographic analysis of enrollment patterns in Wisconsin’s New Latino Diaspora. Across the country, shifting immigration patterns are rapidly changing the demographics of schools with little recent tradition of educating immigrant students. Although emerging immigrant communities represent a widespread and …

Author: Constance Steinkuehler July 2011, 16 pp. Abstract: This paper reports on a series of four studies to argue that video games are a solution to, rather than a cause of, the problem of adolescent boys and reading. Results show that the texts regularly involved in video game play are primarily expository, with an 11.8-grade …

Authors: Anthony T. Milanowki, Herbert G. Heneman III, Steven M. Kimball March 2011, 45 pp. Abstract: This paper reports on a study of several prominent systems for assessing teaching practice: the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Continuum of Teacher Development, the Framework for Teaching, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification assessment, the …

Authors: Nathan Patterson, Moses Wolfenstein, Susan Millar, Richard Halverson, Kurt Squire February 2011, 22 pp. Abstract: This paper highlights the thinking of the Education Research Challenge Area (ERCA) of the Morgridge Institute for Research on developing games and simulations for personalized medicine, particularly in the area of diabetes education. Motivating this effort is an increasing …

Authors: Kurt Squire and Nathan Patterson December 2010, 25 pp. Abstract: Video games and simulations have emerged as an important cultural — and increasingly, educational — medium. The goals and contexts of informal science education make it a natural fit for games and simulations. In particular, informal science educators’ desire to increase motivation and facilitate …

Authors: Christopher M. Swoboda, Thomas R. Kratochwill, Joel R. Levin December 2010, 25 pp. Abstract: Analyzing data visually from single-case designs can be challenging for researchers because there is often a lack of agreement among judges. Statistical analysis, by contrast, has perfect inter-rater reliability, but it can be complicated by sample size, choice of available …