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Three Instructional Approaches to "Carmen Sandiego" Software Series
Maureen Robinson; Annette T. Schonborn
Social Education Vol. 55, No. 6 (1991) pp. 353–54
Discusses instructional uses for the "Carmen Sandiego" software series to encourage interest in geography. Suggests "Carmen" be incorporated into the curriculum by teacher-directed grouping that adds teacher instruction into cooperative and...
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Cost-savings achieved in two semesters through the adoption of open educational resources
John Hilton III; T Robinson; David Wiley; J Ackerman
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr 01, 2014)
Textbooks represent a significant portion of the overall cost of higher education in the United States. The burden of these costs is typically shouldered by students, those who support them, and the taxpayers who fund the grants and student loans...
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A Multi-Institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-Secondary Students
Lane Fischer; John Hilton; T Jared Robinson; David A. Wiley
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 27, No. 3 (December 2015) pp. 159–172
In some educational settings, the cost of textbooks approaches or even exceeds the cost of tuition. Given limited resources, it is important to better understand the impacts of free open educational resources (OER) on student outcomes. Utilizing...
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The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes
T Jared Robinson; Lane Fischer; David Wiley; John Hilton
Educational Researcher Vol. 43, No. 7 (October 2014) pp. 341–351
Given the increasing costs associated with commercial textbooks and decreasing financial support of public schools, it is important to better understand the impacts of open educational resources on student outcomes. The purpose of this quantitative...
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An OER COUP: College Teacher and Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources
T J. Bliss; T Jared Robinson; John Hilton; David A. Wiley
Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2013, No. 1 (2013)
Despite increased development and dissemination, there has been very little empirical research on Open Educational Resources (OER). Teachers and students involved in a large-scale OER initiative at eight community colleges across the United States...
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Evidence for Site-Specific, Systematic Adaptation of Substance Prevention Curriculum with High-Risk Youths in Community and Alternative School Settings
Lori K. Holleran Steiker; Laura M. Hopson; Jeremy T. Goldbach; Charletta Robinson
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Vol. 23, No. 5 (2014) pp. 307–317
The problem of substance use among older youths is often disregarded in prevention research. The prevailing perception has been that prevention programming is developmentally inappropriate for those who are actively experimenting with substances....
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On the Roles of External Knowledge Representations in Assessment Design
Robert J. Mislevy; John T. Behrens; Randy E. Bennett; Sarah F. Demark; Dennis C. Frezzo; Roy Levy; Daniel H. Robinson; Daisy Wise Rutstein; Valerie J. Shute; Ken Stanley; Fielding I. Winters
Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 8, No. 2 (January 2010)
People use external knowledge representations (KRs) to identify, depict, transform, store, share, and archive information. Learning how to work with KRs is central to be-coming proficient in virtually every discipline. As such, KRs play central...