Educational Software Components of Tomorrow (ESCOT)

Chris Digiano; Roy Pea; Jeremy Roschelle; Jim Kaput

International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 155–160

Prior research and development demonstrates that dynamic notations and multiply-linked representations can enable ordinary students to achieve extraordinary learning of scientific and mathematical concepts (Kaput, 1992). However, prior techniques ...

Topics: Languages, Middle School Education, Software, Mathematics

Five Key Considerations for Networking in a Handheld-Based Mathematics Classroom

Jeremy Roschelle; Phil Vahey; Deborah Tatar; Jim Kaput; Stephen Hegedus

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 4 (July 2005) pp. 71–78

Handheld devices, most familiar to educators today in the form of graphing calculators, are rapidly improving their interface, computational, and communication capabilities. Communication capabilities allow participants to rapidly share mathematical ...

Scaling up Innovative Technology-Based Mathematics

Deborah Tatar; Jeremy Roschelle; Jennifer Knudsen; Nicole Shechtman; Jim Kaput; Bill Hopkins

Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 248–286

We report on the initial attempts at evaluating "at scale" a particular technological/curricular innovation that enables more students to develop deeper knowledge. The methods, issues, and findings of the current pilot experiment speak not only to...