Working Papers

A Review of Classroom Observation Techniques Used in Postsecondary Settings

WCER Working Paper No. 2013-01   February 2013

Author(s): Matthew T. Hora and Joseph J. Ferrare

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The Role of Cognitive Validity Testing to Understand Leadership Practice in the Development of CALL, the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-11   December 2012

Author(s): Mark H. Blitz and Jason Salisbury

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A Situative Analysis of the Relationship between Faculty Beliefs and Teaching Practice: Implications for Instructional Improvement at the Postsecondary Level

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-10   October 2012

Author(s): Matthew T. Hora

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Teaching the Way They Were Taught? Revisiting the Sources of Teaching Knowledge and the Role of Prior Experience in Shaping Faculty Teaching Practice

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-09   September 2012

Author(s): Amanda Oleson and Matthew T. Hora

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Cultural Models of Teaching and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities for Undergraduate Math and Science Education

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-08   August 2012

Author(s): Joseph J. Ferrare, Matthew Tadashi Hora

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System-Wide Reform in Science: Student-Centered Inquiry at Scale, Part II

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-7   July 2012

Author(s): Eric J. Osthoff, Vansa Shewakramani, and Kimberle A. Kelly

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Technologies for Education and Technologies for Learners: How Information Technologies are (and Should Be) Changing Schools

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-6   May 2012

Author(s): Rich Halverson and R. Benjamin Shapiro

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A Case Study Comparison of School Leadership Practice Against the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) Pilot Results

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-5   May 2012

Author(s): Mark Blitz

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District Readiness to Implement Standards-Based Reform for English Language Learners a Decade After No Child Left Behind Act

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-4   April 2012

Author(s): Naomi Lee

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Gesture as Model Enactment: The Depictive and Causal Roles of Gesture in Mental Model Construction When Learning from Text

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-3   March 2012

Author(s): Mitchell J. Nathan and Chelsea V. Johnson

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Inquiry-based Science Instruction and the Science Immersion Instructional Reform

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-2   January 2012

Author(s): Kimberle A. Kelly, Alexan Chalaganyan, and Erika Hernandez

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Investigating the Antecedents to Instructors' Self-Efficacy for Teaching: Implications for Pedagogical Reform

WCER Working Paper No. 2012-1   January 2012

Author(s): Matthew T. Hora, and Joseph Ferrare

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Practice-Based Evidence for Children and Adolescents: Advancing the Research Agenda in Schools

WCER Working Paper No. 2011-6   December 2011

Author(s): Thomas R. Kratochwill, Kimberly Eaton-Hoagwood, Anne E. Kazak, John R. Weisz, Korey Hood, Luis A. Vargas, and Gerard A. Banez

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"What's the Science Behind It?" The Interaction of Engineering and Science Goals, Knowledge, and Practices in a Design-Based Activity

WCER Working Paper No. 2011-5   October 2011

Author(s): Mary Leonard and Sharon J. Derry

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Changing Demographics in the Schools: Wisconsin's New Latino Diaspora

WCER Working Paper No. 2011-4   August 2011

Author(s): Rebecca Lowenhaupt and Eric Camburn

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