Research Links for Engaged Learning and Technology Applications

What happens to students’ scores on standardized tests of basic skills when urban teachers in disadvantaged schools assign work that demands complex thinking and elaborated communication about issues important in students’ lives?

graph from
Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests: Conflict or Coexistence?
Fred M. Newmann, Anthony S. Bryk, and Jenny K. Nagaoka     January 2001

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The Effect of High-Quality Instruction on Reading Outcomes

Carbonaro, W. J., & Gamoran, A. (2002). The production of achievement inequality in high school English. American Educational Research Journal, 39(4), 801– 827

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Raising Student Achievement with Technology

A summary of research findings from Apple.com

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Project-Based Learning Research
Summary from the George Lucas Foundation

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Informational Technology and Learning Environments
Summary of research on case studies prepared by ACT 
Australian Department of Education & Training 

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Kathleen Fulton on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Technology

from the Academy for Educational Development

(This web page is now hosted by the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine on http://www.archive.org/index.php  - - It may be blocked by some districts' computers)

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A Report on the Effect of the Unitedstreaming Application on Educational Performance

Franklin J Boster et al (this is a PDF document)

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Evidence-based Practice and Educational Technology

Research links from Eduscapes.com

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Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy

From Learning Points Associates and NCREL (this is a PDF document)

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Inquiry Teaching for Depth and Coverage Via Multi-User Virtual Environments

From the Harvard University River City Project (this is a PDF document)

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Speaking of Teaching

(See page 5 Impact on Student Learning and Motivation)

Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching, Winter 2001 Vol.11, No. 1 (this is a PDF document)

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The Learning Pyramid

Summary of Learning Pyramid research  http://www.acu.edu/cte/activelearning/whyuseal2.htm

On the other hand ... Is all technology good?

What about the drill and practice programs?

Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products