Claire Quimby will be at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference from Oct 31-Nov 3, 2018. Claire will be presenting with partners from the Cleveland Museum of Art on a project that looks at how innovative technologies shape the visitor experience in art museums.
4 Key Takeaways from the American Evaluation Association Conference 2018
By Claire Quimby, Jennifer Borland, and Alison Allen Last week, a handful of our staff converged with other practitioners (both virtually and in-person) at the American Evaluation Association’s annual conference in Cleveland. This year’s conference drew over 2700 registered attendees and featured more than 1700 sessions. To say that inspiration and ideas were flowing would […]
KQED Teach: Voices from the Field
By Scott Burg and Alex Gurn, Ph.D. Rockman et al recently completed a research study examining classroom pedagogy connected to and inspired by KQED Teach, an online learning platform about teaching with digital media. As a core component of KQED’s educational programs, KQED Teach helps teachers meet the rapidly evolving digital media needs of today’s […]
Show Me the Funding: 4 NSF Proposal Tips
By Kristin Bass Ah, fall! It’s time for apples and cider, bonfires and hayrides, and in San Francisco, a welcome break from summer fog. For many of us at Rockman et al, it’s also the season for National Science Foundation proposals. Deadlines for the Advancing Informal Science Learning (AISL) and Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) are […]
Impact of Speak Agent in the classroom on ESL students’ language development
By Julia Li, Ph.D. Rockman et al (REA) recently served as the external evaluator on the NSF-sponsored project “A Massive Open Online Platform for Language Learning Content” (No. 1632488), aimed at studying the impact of Speak Agent, an academic language acquisition tool, on science language development for elementary students with variable English language proficiency. This […]