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An integrated theory of whole number and fractions development (Siegler, Thompson, & Schneider, 2011)
Siegler, R. S., Thompson, C. A., & Schneider, M. (2011). An integrated theory of whole number and fractions development. Cognitive Psychology, 62(4), 273-296. doi:10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.03.001
A validation of eye movements as a measure of elementary school children’s developing number sense (Schneider
Schneider, M., Heine, A., Thaler, V., Torbeyns, J., De Smedt, B., Verschaffel, L., Jacobs, A. M., et al. (2008). A validation of eye movements as a measure of elementary school children’s developing number sense. Cognitive Development, 23(3), 409–422. The authors tested the validity of eye-movement data as a means for investigating children’s use of the … Read more
Using eye movement measurement to tap into children’s implicit numerical magnitude representations (Heine, et al., 2010)
Heine, A., Thaler, V., Tamm, S., Hawelka, S., Schneider, M., Torbeyns, J., De Smedt, B., et al. (2010). What the eyes already “know”: using eye movement measurement to tap into children’s implicit numerical magnitude representations. Infant and Child Development, 19(2), 175-186. doi:10.1002/icd.640 The authors used eye tracking data to investigate the development of numerical magnitude … Read more
Salen & Zimmerman (2004). Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Ch. 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13)
Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2003). Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. The MIT Press.
Conceptual Change Takes Time: Game Based Learning Cannot be Only Supplementary Amusement (Ketamo & Kiili, 2010)
Ketamo, H. & Kiili, K. (2010). Conceptual Change Takes Time: Game Based Learning Cannot be Only Supplementary Amusement. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 19(4), 399-419. Learning games, if designed well, may serve as effective learning tools supporting knowledge construction (e.g. Kiili, 2007; Lainema & Makkonen, 2003; Gee, 2003; Amory, 2001; Prensky, 2001). In this … Read more
Learning Factors Analysis (Cen, Koedinger, & Junker, 2006)
Cen, H., Koedinger, K., Junker, B. Learning Factors Analysis – A General Method for Cognitive Model Evaluation and Improvement. the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 2006. Pages 12.(download) In this paper, the authors describe a semi-automated method for improving a cognitive model called Learning Factors Analysis that combines a statistical model, human expertise and a combinatorial search.
Reflected Appraisals, Academic Self-Perceptions, and Math/Science Performance During Early Adolescence (Bouchey & Harter, 2005)
Bouchey, H. A., & Harter, S. (2005). Reflected Appraisals, Academic Self-Perceptions, and Math/Science Performance During Early Adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(4), 673-686. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.97.4.673 The authors investigate whether or not middle school students’ reflected appraisals of competence, support, and importance were linked to their own corresponding self-perceptions. More specifically, do adolescents’ self perceptions mediate the … Read more
G4LI’s Jan Plass and Bruce Homer Google TechTalk
Games for Learning Institute Co-Director Jan Plass and Co-PI Bruce Homer presented a TechTalk on the research and design of learning games at Google recently. I recommend starting about 24 minutes in! [my notes are below] Four main functions of learning games – prepare for future learning – for specific learning goals (content & skills) … Read more
Data Mining for Generating Hints in a Python Tutor (Dominguez, Yacef, K., & Curran, 2010)
Dominguez, A. K., Yacef, K., & Curran, J. R. (2010) Data Mining for Generating Hints in a Python Tutor. In Baker, R.S.J.d., Merceron, A., Pavlik, P.I. Jr. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 91-100. Retrieved from http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2010/uploads/proc/edm2010_submission_34.pdf The authors present a way to use both past and current student data … Read more
Can We Get Better Assessment From A Tutoring System Compared to Traditional Paper Testing? (Feng & Heffernan, 2010)
Feng, M., & Heffernan, N. (2010). Can We Get Better Assessment From A Tutoring System Compared to Traditional Paper Testing? Can We Have Our Cake (Better Assessment) and Eat It too (Student Learning During the Test)? Intelligent Tutoring Systems (pp. 309–311). The authors conducted an analysis of ITS data from 1,392 students over two school … Read more
