Janice Gobert

The research team will develop web-based activities that use simulations and representational tools to automatically score two Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) high school physical science practices, mathematics use and modeling, and provide students scaffolding as they conduct inquiry to help them learn these practices. These practices are critical to high school STEM courses since mathematics is a critical barrier for many students.

In the early 2000s, a key educational priority was to use summative assessment both as a measure of learner progress and as an incentive for school improvement. At the same time, many educators and researchers supported also using formative assessment, or assessment for screening, monitoring and diagnosis to aid ongoing learning throughout the academic year. In this project, the research team created a new educational technology tool intended to improve student writing performance and writin...

The purpose of this study was to develop a computer-based intelligent tutoring system designed to support middle school students in the acquisition of flexible science inquiry and process skills in the 21st century workplace, students need to understand science more deeply and possess well-honed learning strategies that will allow them to apply their science knowledge in more flexible ways. By providing students with frequent, fine-grained performance assessments of science process skills, t...