Robert Boruch
Associated IES Content
Grant
National Research & Development Center on Cognition and Science Instruction
The purpose of the National Center on Cognition and Science Instruction (NCCSI) is to modify and adapt two widely used middle-school science curricula by applying three theoretical principles of cognitive science: analogical reasoning, spatial reasoning, and student prior knowledge. Additionally, professional development materials will be created. The efficacy of the modified curricula and the support materials will be examined with scientifically rigorous, randomized controlled trials. Esta...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C080009
resource
Handbook
Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices
his Guide seeks to provide educational practitioners with user-friendly tools to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not. The field of K-12 education contains a vast array of educational interventions – such as reading and math curricula, schoolwide reform programs, after-school programs, and new educational technologies – that claim to be able to improve educational outcomes and, in many cases, to be supported by evidence.
Dec 01, 2003