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Technology Development at CTL

The technology development guild, consisting of software developers and Web developers, is concerned with software engineering issues related to the application of technology, process, and infrastructure in the service of the CTL mission. The guild's monthly meetings provide a forum for members to present recent work and discuss emerging technologies, engineering methodologies and practices.

People

Patti Schank (Leader) Marie Bienkowski John Brecht Britte Haugan Cheng Valerie Crawford Gucci Estrella Tom Gaffney Christopher Harris Katie Kaattari

Robert Kozma Jasmine Lopez Charles Patton Jeremy Roschelle Nicole Shechtman Corinne Singleton Phil Vahey Sarah Zaner

Current Projects

• Chemistry Facets: Formative Assessment to Improve Student Understanding in Chemistry
• Contingent Pedagogies for Conceptual Teaching and Learning
• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing the Classroom into Community College Accountability
• Intel® Learn Program Evaluation
• OPerETTA Initiative: Optimizing Performance & Enhancing Teaching with Technology & Assessment
• Scenario-Based Learning
• ScribbleProv: Supporting disciplined improvisation during face-to-face discussion
• SimCalc
• Strategic Learning Consulting: Apple Computer
• Strategic Learning Consulting: Intel Education
• Strategic Learning Consulting: Scholastic, Inc.
• Thinking With Data
• Wireless Internet Learning Devices (WILD)

Selected Publications

• Penuel, W. R., Frank, K. A., Fishman, B. J., Sabelli, N., & Cheng, B. (2009). Expanding the Scope of Implementation Research in Education to Inform Design. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Cheng, B., Joshi, A., Villalba, S., Schwartz, D. L., & Chin, D. B. (2008). Supporting Learning in a Technology-Rich Environment: Sixth Grade Science Students' Use of an Online Chat in and out of School. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
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• Crawford, V. M., Schlager, M., Penuel, W. R., & Toyama, Y. (2008). Supporting the art of teaching in a data-rich, high performance learning environment. In E. B. Mandinach & M. Honey (Eds.), Linking data and learning (pp. 109-129). New York: Teachers College Press.
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• Farooq, U., Schank, P., Harris, A., Fusco, J. & Schlager, M. (2008). Sustaining a community computing infrastructure for online teacher professional development: A case study of designing Tapped In. Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (JCSCW).
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• Michalchik, V., Rosenquist, A., Kozma, R., Kreikemeier, P., Schank, P., & Coppola, B. (2008). Representational resources for constructing shared understandings in the high school chemistry classroom. In J. Gilbert, M. Nakhleh, & M. Reiner (eds.). Visualization: Theory and practice in science education. New York: Springer.
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• Ranney, M. A., Rinne, L. F., Yarnall, L., Munnich, E., Miratrix, L., & Schank, P. (2008). Designing and assessing numeracy training for journalists: Toward improving quantitative reasoning among media consumers. Paper in the proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Utrecht, Netherlands. Accessed 11/18/2008 from
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• Tatar, D., Roschelle, J., Knudsen, J., Shechtman, N., Kaput, J., & Hopkins, B. (2008). Scaling Up Innovative Technology-Based Math. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 17(2). 248-286.
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• Yarnall., L., Johnson, J. T., Rinne, L., & Ranney, M. A. (2008). How post-secondary journalism educators teach advanced CAR data analysis skills in the digital age. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 63(2), 146-164.
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• Brecht, J., DiGiano, C., Patton, C., Tatar, D., Chaudhury, R., Roschelle, J., & Davis, K. (2007). Coordinating networked learning activities with a general-purpose Interface. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning.
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• Cormia, R., Dang, V., Drane, D., Krajcik, J., Richey, M., Sabelli, N., & Stevens, S. (2007). Nanoscience: A Vehicle for a Goals-Oriented Science Education, Final Report.
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• Crawford, V. M. (2007, June). Creating a powerful learning environment with networked mobile learning devices. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(3), 47-50
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• DiGiano, C. (2007). "TRAILS Final Report." Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. August 2007.
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• DiGiano, C., Bienkowski, M., Chorost, M., & Estrella, G. (2007). "Choosing Outreach Strategies to Increase Interest in IT Careers: An SRI International white paper from the TRAILS project." Distributed at SIGCSE, Covington, KY, March 2007.
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• Dwyer, N. (2007). Incorporating Indexicality and Contingency Into the Design of Representations for Computer-Mediated Collaboration. (Dissertation) University of Hawai`i. Honolulu, HI
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• Koch, M. & Fusco, J. (2007, in press). Designing for Growth: Enabling Communities of Practice to Develop and Extend Their Work Online. In C. Kimble & P. Hildreth (Eds.) Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.
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• Penuel, W.R., Boscardin, C.K., Masyn, K., Crawford, V., (2007). Teaching with student response systems in elementary and secondary education settings: A survey study. Educational Technology Research and Development, 55, 315-346.
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• Penuel, W.R., Roschelle, J. & Shechtman, N. (2007). Designing formative assessment software with teachers: An analysis of the co-design process. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2, 1, 51-74.
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• Roschelle, J., Patton, C., Tatar, D. (2007). Designing networked handheld devices to enhance school learning. In M. Zelkowitz, Ed. Advances in Computers, 70, 1-60.
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• Roschelle, J. (2007). Scientifically-Based Research Studies Examining the Use of Technology in Mathematics Education. Presentation at the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), 12th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference, San Francisco, CA.
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• Roschelle, J., Tatar, D., Chaudhury, R., Dimitriadis, Y., Patton, C., & DiGiano, C. (2007). Ink, improvisation, and interactive engagement: Learning with tablets. Computer, 40(9), 42-48.
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• Roschelle, J., Tatar, D., Shechtman, N., Hegedus, S., Hopkins, B., Knudsen, J., & Dunn, M. (2007). Extending the SimCalc approach to grade 8 mathematics (SimCalc Technical Report 02). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Roschelle, J., Tatar, D., Shechtman, N., Hegedus, S., Hopkins, B., Knudsen, J., & Stroter, A. (2007). Can a technology-enhanced curriculum improve student learning of important mathematics? (SimCalc Technical Report 01). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Roschelle,J., Tatar, D. , Shechtman, N., Hegedus, S., Hopkins, B., Knudsen, J., Stroter, A. (2007). Can a Technology-enhanced Curriculum Improve Student Learning of Important Mathematics? (SimCalc Technical Report 1). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Suthers, D. D., Dwyer, N., Medina, R. & Vatrapu, R. A Framework for Eclectic Analysis of Collaborative Interaction. In C. Chinn, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.) Computer- Supported Collaborative Learning: Mice, Minds, and Society. Proceedings of the Seventh International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (CSCL 2007), 694-703. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Suthers, D. D., Dwyer, N., Vatrapu, R., & Medina, R. (2007). An abstract transcript notation for analyzing interactional construction of meaning in online learning. In Proceedings of the 40th Hawai`i International Conference on the System Sciences (CD-ROM): IEEE Computer Society Press. (Nominated for best paper award.)
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• Suthers, D. D., Medina, R., Vatrapu, R., & Dwyer, N. Information Sharing Does Not Account for Convergence and Integration: rhe Case for Interaction. In C. Chinn, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.) Computer- Supported Collaborative Learning: Mice, Minds, and Society. Proceedings of the Seventh International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (CSCL 2007), 694-703. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Suthers, D. D., Vatrapu, R., Medina, R., Joseph, S., & Dwyer, N. Conceptual representations enhance knowledge construction in asynchronous collaboration. In C. Chinn, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.) Computer- Supported Collaborative Learning: Mice, Minds, and Society. Proceedings of the Seventh International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (CSCL 2007), 694-703. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Suthers, D., Vatrapu, R., Medina, R., Joseph, S., & Dwyer, N. (2007). Beyond threaded discussion: Representational guidance in asynchronous collaborative learning environments. Computers & Education.
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• Vahey, P., Tatar, D., & Roschelle, J. (2007). Using handheld technology to move between private and public interactions in the classroom. In M. van 't Hooft & K. Swan (Eds.). Ubiquitous computing in education: Invisible technology, visible impact (pp. 187-210). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Vahey, P., Tatar, D., & Roschelle, J. (2007). Using Handhelds to Link Private Cognition and Public Interaction. Educational Technology Magazine, v47(3) pp 13 - 16.
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• Yarnall, L., Toyama, Y., Gong, B., Ayers, C., & Ostrander, J. (2007). Adapting scenario-based curriculum materials to community college technical courses. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 31(7), 583-601.
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• Bao, H., Gotwals, A. W., & Mislevy, R. J. (2006). Assessing local item dependence in building explanation tasks (PADI Technical Report 14). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Dwyer, N., & Suthers, D. (2006). Consistent Practices in Artifact-Mediated Collaboration. International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 1(4), 481-511.
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• Gotwals, A., & Songer, N. (2006). Cognitive Predictions: BioKIDS Implementation of the PADI Assessment System (PADI Technical Report 10). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Hamel, L., & Schank, P. (2006). A Wizard for PADI assessment design (PADI Technical Report 11). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Hamel, L., Mislevy, R., & Kennedy, C. (2006). A Guide to the PADI Gradebook (PADI Technical Report 12). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Haynie, K., Haertel, G., Lash, A., Quellmalz, E., & DeBarger, A. H. (2006). Reverse Engineering the NAEP Floating Pencil Task Using the PADI Design System (PADI Technical Report 16). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R., & Haertel, G. (In press). Implications of Evidence-Centered Design for Educational Testing (Technical Report 17). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Seibert, G., Hamel, L., Haynie, K., Mislevy, R., & Bao, H. (2006). Mystery Powders: An application of the PADI design system using the four-process delivery system (PADI Technical Report 15). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Suthers, D., Dwyer, N., Medina, R., & Vatrapu, R. (2006). Analysis of Meaning Making in Online Learning. In Proceedings of the ICCE 2006 - International Conference on Computers in Education. Beijing: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE).
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• Baxter, G., & Mislevy, R. (2005). The case for an integrated design framework for assessing science inquiry (PADI Technical Report 5). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Bransford, J., Barron, B., Pea, P., Meltzoff, A., Kuhl, P., Bell, P., Stevens, R., Schwartz, D., Vye, N., Reeves, B., Roschelle, R., & Sabelli, N. "Foundations and opportunities for an interdisciplinary science of learning" (2005). In. K. Sawyer (Ed.) Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences.
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• Bransford, J., Vye, N., Stevens, R., Kuhl, P., Schwartz, D., Bell, P., Meltzoff, A., Barron, B., Pea, R., Reeves, B., Roschelle , J. & Sabelli , N. "Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy" (2005). In P. Alexander & P. Winne (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Psychology (Second Edition). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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• Chen, E., Heritage, H. M., & Lee, J. J. (2005). Identifying and Monitoring Students' Learning Needs with Technology. The Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 10(3), 309-332.
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• Chen, E., Howie, J., Leon, S., & O'Neil, (2005). The Effects of Feedback on Performance on a Computer Negotiation Task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada.
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• Cromley, J., & Mislevy, R. (2005). Task templates based on misconception research (PADI Technical Report 6). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• DeBarger, A. H., & Riconscente, M. (2005). An example-based exploration of design patterns in measurement (PADI Technical Report 8). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Dwyer, N. (2005). Incorporating Indexicality and Contingency Into the Design of Collaborative Environments, CSCL'05 Doctoral Consortium. Taipei, Taiwan.
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• Dwyer, N., & Suthers, D. (2005). A Study of the Foundations of Artifact-Mediated Collaboration. In T. Koschmann, T.-W. Chan & D. D. Suthers (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years! Taipei, Taiwan: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (Nominated for CSCL'05 conference best student paper award.)
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• Hamel, L., & Schank, P. (2005). Participatory, example-based data modeling in PADI (PADI Technical Report 4). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Heritage, M., Lee, J., Chen, E., & La Torre, D. (2005). Upgrading American's use of Information to Improve Student Performance. CSE Report 661.
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• Kennedy, C. (2005). Constructing PADI measurement models for the BEAR Scoring Engine (PADI Technical Report 7). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R., & Riconscente, M. (2005). Evidence-centered assessment design: Layers, structures, and terminology (PADI Technical Report 9). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Riconscente, M., Mislevy, R., Hamel, L., & PADI Research Group (2005). An introduction to PADI task templates (PADI Technical Report 3). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Chen, E., Heritage, H.M., Baker, E., & Lee, J.J. (2004). Evaluating the Web-Based Quality School Portfolio/Research Report. QSP Year Two Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
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• Chen, E., Burnam, B., Aten, H., Howie, J., & Nambiar, V. (2003). Predicting Teachers' Computer Use in the Classroom. CSE technical report.
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• Hoadley, C., Foley, B., Agarwal, R., Chorost, M., Gaffney, and T., Lewis, S. et al. (2003). Collaborative learning in immersive audio engineering: Evaluation report for Year II. University Park , Pennsylvania: Penn State University.
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• Roschelle, J. (2003). Unlocking the learning value of wireless mobile devices. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19(3), 260-272.
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• Roschelle, J., Vahey, P., Tatar, D., Kaput, J., & Hegedus, S. J. (2003). Five key considerations for networking in a handheld-based mathematics classroom. In N. A. Pateman & B. J. Dougherty & J. T. Zilliox (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Meeting of PME and PMENA (Vol. 4, pp. 71-78). Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii.
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• Tatar, D., Roschelle, J., Vahey, P., & Penuel, W. R. (2003). Handhelds Go To School: Lessons Learned. IEEE Computer, 36(9), 30-37.
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• Yarnall, L., Penuel, W. R., Ravitz, J., Murray, G., Means, B., & Broom, M. (2003). Portable assessment authoring: Using handheld technology to assess collaborative inquiry. Education, Communication, Information, 3(1), 7-55.
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• Brecht, J., Pea, R., & Chung, M. (2002). CML – The ClassSync Modeling Language. Presented at the Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) conference, Boulder, CO.
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• Chen, E., Burnam, B., Aten, H., Howie, J. & Nambiar, V. (2002). Implementation of a Problem Solving Software in High School Science Classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, Louisianna.
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• DiGiano, C., & Patton, C. (2002). Orchestrating handhelds in the classroom with SRI’s ClassSync™. In G. Stahl (Ed.), Computer Support for Collaborative Learning 2002 (pp. 706-707). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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• DiGiano, C., Yarnall, L., Patton, C., Roschelle, J., Tatar, D. G., & Manley, M. (2002). Collaboration design patterns: Conceptual tools for planning for the wireless classroom. In Proceedings of WMTE 2002 (pp. 39-47).
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• Hoadley, C., Gaffney, T., Lewis, S., and Foley, B. (2001). Collaborative learning in immersive audio engineering: Evaluation report for year I. Menlo Park , California: SRI International.
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• Korbak, C., Penuel, W. R., Kim, D., Cole, K., Daniels, M., Gillespie, M., Huang, J., Lewis, A., Whaley, A., & Yarnall, L. (2002). Community technology centers program outcome evaluation: Summary of findings from annual performance reports of FY99 and FY00 grantees. Prepared for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Roschelle, J., & Pea, R. (2002). A walk on the WILD side: How wireless handhelds may change computer-supported collaborative learning. International Journal of Cognition and Technology, 1(1), 145-168.
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• Schank, P., & Kozma, R. (2002). Learning chemistry through the use of a representation-based knowledge building environment. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 21(3), 253-279.
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• Vahey, P. & Crawford, V. (2002). Palm Education Pioneers Program Final Evaluation Report. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• DiGiano, C., Kahn, K., Cypher, A., & Smith, D. C. (2001). Integrating learning supports into the design of visual programming systems. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 12, 501-524.
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• Roschelle, J., Hand, V., & DiGiano, C. (2001). Towards a coherent on-line collection of tools for math learning. Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, 1(2). Available at http://mathforum.org/joma/vol1-2/articles/digiano/
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• Roschelle, J., & Jackiw, N. (2000). Technology design as educational research: Interweaving imagination, inquiry & impact. In A. Kelly & R. Lesh (Eds.), Research design in mathematics & science education (pp. 777-797). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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• Roschelle, J., Kaput, J., & Stroup, W. (2000). SimCalc: Accelerating students' engagement with the mathematics of change. In M. J. Jacobson & R. B. Kozma (Eds.), Innovations in science and mathematics education: Advanced designs for technologies of learning (pp. 47-75). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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• Roschelle, J., Pea, R., Hoadley, C., Gordin, D., & Means, B. (2000). Changing how and what children learn in school with computer-based technologies. The Future of Children, 10(2), 76-101.
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• Roschelle, J. & Pea, R. (1999). Trajectories from today’s WWW to a powerful educational infrastructure. Educational Researcher, 8(5), 22-25.
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• Roschelle, J., DiGiano, C., Koutlis, M., Repenning, A., Jackiw, N., & Suthers, D. (1999). Developing educational software components. IEEE Computer, 32(9), 50-58.
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• Kaput, J., & Roschelle, J. (1998). The mathematics of change and variation from a millennial perspective: New content, new context. In C. Hoyles & C. Morgan & G. Woodhouse (Eds.), Rethinking the mathematics curriculum. London, UK: Falmer Press.
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• Roschelle, J., Mills, M., & Stillman, P. (1998). DataGotchi Deep Dive. Menlo Park: SRI International.
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• Roschelle, J. (1996). Designing for cognitive communication: Epistemic fidelity or mediating collaborating inquiry. In D. L. Day & D. K. Kovacs (Eds.), Computers, Communication & Mental Models (pp. 13-25). London: Taylor & Francis.
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• Roschelle, J., & Kaput, J. (1996). Educational software architecture and systemic impact: The promise of component software. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 14(3), 217-228.
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• Smith, J. P., diSessa, A. A., & Roschelle, J. (1993). Misconceptions reconceived: A constructivist analysis of knowledge in transition. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(2).
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• Teasley, S. D., & Roschelle, J. (1993). Constructing a joint problem space: The computer as a tool for sharing knowledge. In S. P. Lajoie & S. J. Derry (Eds.), Computers as Cognitive Tools (pp. 229-258). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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