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Download full textSquire, Kurt; Patterson, Nathan – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2010
This paper explores the possibilities and challenges games and simulations pose for informal science education. The authors begin with a brief overview of the recent history of games and games research. They then attempt to clarify the distinctions between games and simulations. Next, they examine types of informal learning…
Descriptors: Informal Education, After School Programs, Science Education, Educational Games
Direct linkHora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This qualitative case study reports on processes and outcomes of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) project at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). It addresses a critical challenge in studying systemic reform in complex organizations: the lack of methodologies that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Educational Change
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B.; Arrigoni, Jessica; Kretchmar, Kerry – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This paper describes the analysis of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program's January 2008 Learning Network Conference (LNC). This study focuses on the methodologies used by the MSP community to generate evidence and seeks to understand topics of interest to the 320 LNC participants. The data set for this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Evidence, Educational Research
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ3), 2008
This qualitative case study reports on processes and outcomes of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). It addresses a critical challenge in studying systemic reform in complex organizations: the lack of methodologies that…
Descriptors: Productivity, Graduate Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Cooperation
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ3), 2007
This report of the National Science Foundation-funded SCALE Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Case Studies line of work provides preliminary findings about SCALE activities at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). This interview-based study (N = 19) includes a descriptive analysis of SCALE activities and an exploratory analysis…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Heck, Daniel J.; Weiss, Iris R.; Boyd, Sally E.; Howard, Michael N.; Supovitz, Jonathan A. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003
This document represents the first of two volumes presented in "Study of the Impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives Program" (Norman L. Webb and Iris R. Weiss). In an effort to evaluate the impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSIs) on student achievement and the lessons that could be learned from the National Science Foundation's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Strategic Planning, Science Education, Research Reports
Webb, Norman L.; Kane, Janet; Yang, Jung-Ho; Kaufman, Darwin; Cohen, Allen; Kang, Taehoon; Park, Chanho; Wilson, Linda – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003
This document represents the second of two volumes presented in "Study of the Impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives Program" (Norman L. Webb and Iris R. Weiss). In an effort to evaluate the impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSIs) on student achievement and the lessons that could be learned from the National Science Foundation's…
Descriptors: State Programs, Educational Change, Mathematics Education, Science Education
