DBIR was developed by education researchers in response to evidence that research-based innovations are often difficult to sustain or use at scale in real-world classrooms and schools, even when they proved effective in small-scale studies.
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Meet Mimi Recker
Mimi Recker is Professor and Department Head of the Department of Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences at Utah State University.
Meet Avron Barr
Avron Barr is a principal of Aldo Ventures, Inc.
When is a classroom not a room?
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have designed a method for turning elementary school classrooms into imaginary places—subduction zones, planetary systems, small towns sitting atop aquifers, or ecological habitats—that become the object of collective scientific investigation.
Meet Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.
Meet Alex Repenning
Alex Repenning is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Bounder and a member of UC’s Center of LifeLong Learning & Design.
EAGER: Foundations for Advancing Computational Thinking (FACT): Learning and Assessment through an Online Middle School Curriculum
PIs: Roy Pea, Stephen Cooper Stanford University Award Details Stanford University proposes to develop and evaluate a proof-of-concept online middle school course (with a teacher version as well) that adapts […]
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Democratizing the Teaching of Parallel Computing Concepts
PIs: Wuchun Feng, Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech (Award Details) Jennifer Chiu, University of Virginia (Award Details) A study by the U.S. Council of Competitiveness reports that 97% of U.S. businesses […]
EAGER: Infusing Learning Sciences Research into Digital Fabrication and Making in Education
PI: Paulo Blikstein Stanford University Award Details In this Cyberlearning: Transforming Education EAGER project, the PI proposes a research program and set of events for educators, policy makers, students, designers, […]
EXP: Developing a Tutor to Guide Students as they Invent Deep Principles with Contrasting Cases
PI: Catherine Chase Teachers College, Columbia University Award Details This is a project to develop a tutor that will teach the skills of innovation through invention. The Invention Tutor will […]