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STEM TIG Week: Courtney Blackwell, Heather King, and Jeanne Century on Bringing Coherency to Evaluating Computer Science Education

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

We are Courtney Blackwell, Heather King, and Jeanne Century from Outlier Research & Evaluation at the University of Chicago. For the last 3.5 years, we have been researching and evaluating computer science education efforts. Computer Science (CS) is becoming a buzzword in education, with educators, policymakers, and industry developers promoting CS as key to developing …

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STEM TIG Week: Jill Denner on Evaluating CS Education: Why and For Whom?

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

My name is Jill Denner from Education, Training, Research (ETR), a non-profit organization that does research, evaluation, program development, and professional development. We partner with schools and colleges to increase the interest and capacity of girls and Latino/a students to pursue computer science. Computer Science Education in K-12 is a relatively new space. It is …

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STEM TIG Week: Daisy Rutstein, Eric Snow and Marie Bienkowski on Aligning Assessment Purpose and Use in Measuring Students’ Computational Thinking Practices

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

Hello, we are Eric Snow, Marie Bienkowski and Daisy Rutstein, from the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI Education. In our work in computer science education research and evaluation we are routinely asked to help clients implement assessments that support valid inferences about students’ computational thinking-oriented learning outcomes. We have learned many lessons from …

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STEM TIG Week: Wendy DuBow on Sharing Survey Instruments: We’ll Go First!

1 Comment / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

Hi, I’m Wendy DuBow, a senior research scientist and director of evaluation at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). Our mission is to increase the meaningful participation of women in technology fields. We focus on sharing theory- and evidence-based practices with stakeholders in education and industry to support them as they recruit, …

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STEM TIG Week: Taylor Martin on Evaluating Learning and Engagement in Active Learning Environments

2 Comments / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

Hi! My name is Taylor Martin and I’m a Professor in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. I also run the Active Learning Lab (activelearninglab.org) where I work with a great bunch of colleagues and students researching and evaluating active and fun learning experiences for kids of all ages around programming, computational …

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STEM TIG Week: Jason Ravitz on Embedding Evaluation in Design of CS Education Programs

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / October 25, 2015

Welcome to STEM TIG week! My name is Jason Ravitz and I conduct research and manage evaluations of educational outreach projects at Google. This week our blogs focus on Computer Science (CS) education which may officially be counted as a STEM field by act of Congress. The CS First project is one curriculum that is …

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Chi Yan Lam on Starting a TIG on Program Design

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 24, 2015

Curator’s note: Hi! Sheila B Robinson here, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. My Saturday posts are often about AEA and today, I’m pleased to share a guest post authored by my friend Chi Yan Lam introducing AEA’s newest Topical Interest Group (TIG).  Hello! I am Chi Yan Lam (Queen’s), writing on behalf of the Program …

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2-for-1 Week: Emily Lauer and Courtney Dutra on Using Plain Language in Evaluation

1 Comment / Uncategorized / October 18, 2015

Hello, we are Emily Lauer and Courtney Dutra from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Developmental Disability Evaluation and Research (CDDER). As part of our work, we often evaluate programs and projects that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this post, we focus on “Plain Language” as a tool for increasing …

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2-for-1 Week: Paul Bakker on Using Google Consumer Surveys for Evaluations

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 18, 2015

Hi, I’m Paul Bakker. I run an independent evaluation consultancy, Social Impact Squared.  As an independent consultant, I don’t have a call centre to conduct population based surveys. However, a colleague (Brian Cugleman of Alterspark) introduced me to Google Consumer Surveys. I would like to share with you my research and trials into how Google …

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2-for1 Week: Lisa R. Holliday on Data Cleaning and Fuzzy Matching

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 18, 2015

My name is Lisa R. Holliday, and I am a Data Architect with The Evaluation Group. Cleaning data is a large part of my job.  For studies that need to match participants’ names or IDs, it is critical to ensure that information is entered consistently from one data collection cycle to the next. However, depending …

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