Recent Presentations
September 2011
Describing Volume Measurement PreK to Grade 5, Children’s Measurement Project
Clements, D., Barrett, J., Sarama, J., Van Dine, D., McDonel, J., Kara, M., Eames, C. & Cullen, C. The Children’s Measurement Project at Illinois State University, 2011. A report presented at the third meeting of the Measurement Mini-Center held at Illinois State University: Normal, Illinois, September 29 - October 1, 2011.
December 2010
Issues in the Evaluation of Research Projects (pdf link)
Dan Heck, Jeffrey Barrett, Jim Hammerman, and Karen King, were invited panelists guiding a working session to consider the purposes and functions of evaluation in DR K-12 research and development projects, and test different approaches. The session was held at the PI Conference for the DRK12 Program of the National Science Foundation, held in Washington D.C. on Dec 3, 2010.
May 2010
Defining and Implementing Learning Trajectories as Research Tools (pdf link)
Barrett, J. Clements, D. and Sarama, J. Cullen, C., Witkowski, C. & Klanderman, D., Addressing the Challenge of Learning and Teaching Measurement: Curricular, Learning and Teaching Analyses. Our team presented three posters as part of a 90-minute structured poster session and presentation organized by John P. Smith, III, at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association at Denver, April 30-May 4, 2010.
May 2010
Evaluation of a Developmental Progression for Length Measurement Using the Rasch Model
Clements, D., Sarama, J., and Barrett, J. Evaluation of a Developmental Progression for Length Measurement Using the Rasch Model. This was a research paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association held in Denver, April 30-May 4, 2010.
April 2010
Defining and Implementing Learning Trajectories as Research Tools (pdf link)
Barrett, J., Confrey, J., Maloney, A., Knuth, E., Clements, D., Sarama, J, and Daro, P. Defining and Implementing Learning Trajectories as Research Tools. This was a 90-minute symposium presented at the Research Presession for the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics held in San Diego, April 19-21, 2010.
September 2009
Report from The Children’s Measurement Project (pdf)
Barrett, J. & Cullen, C. The Children’s Measurement Project at Illinois State University, 2009. A report presented at the first meeting of the Measurement Mini-Center held at Michigan State University: Lansing Michigan, September 17-19, 2009.
August 2009
Length Measurement Learning Trajectory: Validation of Learning Trajectories with Longitudinal Research
Barrett, J. E. presented this at a poster session and co-directed one working group session at an invitational conference convened by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (Teachers College, Columbia University) and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC). The purpose of the meeting was to examine learning trajectories and their implications for national standards, curriculum and professional development. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 10-12, 2009.
April 2009
Characterizing Children’s Developing Understanding of Linear Measurement with a Learning Trajectory: A Tool for Integrated Assessment and Instruction (pdf)
This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 16, 2009. Also given as a PowerPoint presentation.
From Numerals to Intervals and Back: How Young Children Think About Measuring (pdf)
This presentation given by McCool, J., Cullen, C. & Barrett, J for an invited teacher development presentation at the 87th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics(NCTM): Washington, D.C., April 22-25,
2009.
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