School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 …
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 …
Authors: Mitchell J. Nathan, Martha W. Alibali, Kate Masarik, Ana C. Stephens, Kenneth R. Koedinger July 2010, 29 pp. Abstract: The present study examined middle school students’ (N = 82) representational fluency, the ability to reason with and between multiple representations, using tabular, graphical, verbal, and symbolic representations of linear and nonlinear relations. Preinstructional data …
Author: Elizabeth Bagley May 2010, 26 pp. Abstract: Preparing citizens to address the complex problems inherent in cities requires changing society to embrace a new kind of education. One way to train people to think about complex problems is to identify and study how professionals who think in those ways develop their epistemic frame. This …
Authors: Natalie A. Tran, Alan B. Nathan, Mitchell J. Nathan May 2010, 10 pp. Abstract: This paper illustrates how propensity score matching (PSM) can provide a robust estimate of a program treatment effect on student learning outcomes. A quasi-experimental design was used to investigate the impact of enrollment in a pre-college engineering curriculum on student …
Author: Matthew T. Hora April 2010, 66 pp. Abstract: The System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) project — funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Mathematics and Science Partnership program — sought to effect change in its partner institutions of higher education by creating a “transformative culture” through the development of …