School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 …
Authors: Sara Kraemer, Christopher A. Thorn October 2010, 23 pp. Abstract: This paper presents a preliminary framework for the analysis of virtual team performance and the use of high throughput computing (HTC). This area of research may have potential relevance to education as districts build data systems and infrastructure to handle the complex requirements of …
Author: Catherine Compton-Lilly September 2010, 38 pp. Abstract: This theoretical essay argues that time is a critical dimension of the contexts in which people make sense of their worlds and themselves. Drawing from the work of Bakhtin, the theoretical construct of chronotope is used to examine how students are situated within time in terms of …
Classrooms across the country are welcoming an ever-growing number of students whose native language is not English. Learning English is tough enough, especially when you’re a student learning academic content at the same time. Helping students meet academic goals while negotiating a new language challenges teachers, too. Each English language learner (ELL) has a unique …
Authors: David Hatfield and David Williamson Shaffer July 2010, 29 pp. Abstract: As bloggers and mobile phone eyewitnesses increasingly supplement the “news,” understanding how professional journalists develop their expertise is more important than ever. This paper examines the learning processes within an intermediate-level reporting practicum course. Using epistemic network analysis, the authors explore emergent relationships …