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Notes on Discussion Reading Tracking Proposal Draft

By Jared Stein | Published: March 8, 2011
These are my notes from the in-class discussion of my project proposal first draft. The general conclusion is that the problem needs to be articulated from a methodological gap. An alternative approach is to write this as a stand-alone literature review of reading strategy tracking methods. — Clarity: reading problem or methodological problem? are gaps [...]
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IPT 564 Notes 07-29-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: July 29, 2010
Alignment proxy Outcomes –> Assessment –> Content & activities (know, be able to) (indirect, noise, err) (too much, too little) This is to justify training/educational experiences. JMS: Sometimes this works this way, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes the outcomes are implicit, invisible. Power of alignment: Cohen 1987, Wishnick 1989 Jacob: Because I’ve never seen a perfect [...]
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IPT 564 Notes 07-27-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: July 27, 2010
Notes 07-27-2010 Business Tyler built a spreadsheet that allows rubric items, score, and points David cancelled reverse engineering Analysis Gibbons: If design is goal oriented choices made/process under constraints, analysis is understanding those constraints Analysis is an investment; it pays dividends later Cost of change increases as time goes on (JMS: analogous to a toppling [...]
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IPT 564 Notes 07-15-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: July 15, 2010
Learner certitude/confidence (motivation) Capacity of decisions across layers (deisgn) Matching feedback types to situation 1. Progress feedback, goal orientation (feedback) 2. Take advantage of dual-coding when relevant (cognition) 3. Manage cognitive overload, avoid split attention (cognition) 4. Chunking 7+/-2 (cognition) 5. Analysis drives design choices; alignment (design) 6. Usability of design (design); Contiguity effect 7. [...]
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IPT 564 Notes 07-13-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: July 13, 2010
Lessig presentation – possible rule-breaking in multimedia Delivery media Presentation modes sensory modality Generative theory select (relevant info), organize, integrate Long history of media comparison studies. To pinpoint effectiveness as a quality of a broad delivery media category is inaccurate (e.g. online vs traditional; pen vs paper). (JS: We can, I think, identify traits of [...]
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IPT 564 Notes: 06-22-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: June 22, 2010
What is instruction? (general class brainstorm – fun, but a bit frustrating) event, resource, communicate, information, presentation acquisition of skills kind of teaching process group of steps goal JS: the act of distributing formative experiences; instruction must be formalized; learning may not need instruction What is learning? development, reflexive, experimentation JS: formative experiences, mental change [...]
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Protected: Observation Notes: Timez Attack Evaluation at Wasatch Elementary

By Jared Stein | Published: May 18, 2010
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Notes on Eval Environment Set Up – Timez Attack at Elementary School

By Jared Stein | Published: May 14, 2010
Rob and I set up the lab environment for the evaluation of Timez Attack this a.m. A few notes: Lethargy of computers inhibited set up more than we expected, as did a few problematic computers. We were glad to have a small margin (about 10%) of extra computers available for each class group. Having James [...]
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IPT 661 Notes: 5-13-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: May 13, 2010
norm referenced testing : vs others criterion referenced testing : vs standards domain referenced alternate approach potentially disruptive ==Client discussion== looking for signficant differences interested in numbers — more efficient ==What to evaluate?== signficant differences (but we expect it will be hard to get) look also at satisfaction confidence “We have cured times tables.” — [...]
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IPT 661 Notes: 5-11-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: May 11, 2010
Evaluation Planning and Questions accurate (ethical) representation of findings example of school district that failed to use fed funds appropriately, yet gleaned part of the eval that /was/ positive. Darin suggests there may be whistleblower protection by the fed funding provider Questions to Ask the Client objective of the evaluation? what do you hope to [...]
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