hi-ce Papers

hi-ce has an extensive library of research publications and white papers, which we are compiling to post to this site in the near future. Check back soon for downloads of these publications.

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2008

Supporting Teachers in Scientific Discussions in Project-Based Learning Environments (PDF - 141KB)

Nonye M. Alozie, Elizabeth B. Moje, & Joseph S. Krajcik  (2008, November).

2007

Technology-Mediated Visualization and Interpretation of Chemical Phenomena by Middle School Students (PDF - 536K)

Chris Quintana, Hsin-Yi Chang, & Joseph Krajcik (2007, April).  Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

2006

Sequencing and supporting complex scientific inquiry practices in instructional materials for middle school students (PDF - 5.1MB)

Fortus, D., Hug, B. Krajcik, J., Kuhn, L., McNeill, K. L., Reiser, B., Rivet, A., Rogat, A., Schwarz, C. & Shwartz, Y. (2006, April). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco, CA.

Supporting students’ construction of scientific explanation through generic versus context-specific written scaffolds (PDF - 668K)

McNeill, K. L. & Krajcik, J. (2006, April). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Professional Development Design for Systemic Curriculum Change  (PDF - 848K)

Kubitskey, B., & Fishman, B. (2006, April). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Experience with Curriculum and Their Understanding of Implicit Unit Structures (PDF - 128K)

Lin, H. T., & Fishman, B. J. (2006, April). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

A Learning Goals Driven Design Model for Developing Science Curriculum (PDF - 1.9MB)

Krajcik, J., McNeill, K., & Reiser, B (2006, April). In Linn, M., Measuring and Teaching Science Inquiry: Four Perspectives. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Supporting science learning and teaching with software-based scaffolding (PDF - 916K)

Quintana, C., & Fishman, B. (2006, April). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Investigating high school biology texts as educative curriculum materials: Curriculum review process (PDF - 908K)

Beyer, C.J., Delgado, C., Davis, E.A., & Krajcik, J.S. (Evaluation Report). Ann Arbor, MI.

2001

Creating scalable and sustainable technology innovations for urban education (PDF - 93K).  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Meeting Association, Seattle, WA.  Fishman, B., Soloway, E., Krajcik, J. Marx, R., & Blumenfeld, P.  2001, April.

New technologies and the challenge for school leadership (PDF - 84K) White paper prepared for the Joyce Foundation Meeting, "Technology's Role in Urban School Reform: Achieving Equity and Quality," Racine, Wisconsin.  Fishman, B., Gomez, L., & Soloway, E. 2001.

Observations of Urban Middle School Students engaged in technology-supported inquiry (PDF - 32K)
Cynthia Taines, Rebecca Schneider, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld

Performance of Students in Project Based Science Classrooms on a National Measure of Science Achievement (PDF - 360K)
Rebecca M. Schneider, Joseph Krajcik, Ronald W. Marx, Elliot Soloway

Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Chemical Representations:  Students' Use of a Visualization Tool in the Classroom (PDF - 111K)
Hsin-kai Wu, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

The empirical base for professional development in science education: Moving beyond volunteers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Research on Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO.  Bobrowsky, W., Marx, R., & Fishman, B. 2001, March. 

2000

Designing Curriculum to meet national standards (PDF-78K)
Jon Singer, Ronald W. Marx, Joseph Krajcik, Juanita Clay Chambers

Inquiry based science supported by technology: Achievement among urban middle school students (PDF - 57K)
Joseph Krajcik, Ron Marx, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Elliot Soloway, Barry Fishman

Fostering teacher learning in systemic reform: Linking professional development to teacher and student learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Research on Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO.  Fishman, B., Best, S., & Marx, R.  2000, March.

1997

Writing on the Internet: Creating Space, Supporting Interaction and Integrating Advanced Technology: A Symposium at the annual meeting of the AERA
Nathan Bos, Jeff Kupperman

1995

Learner-Centered Software Design to Support Students Building Models
Shari L. Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Joseph S. Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

Miscellaneous Papers

The Design of Guided Learner-Adaptable Scaffolding in Interactive Learning Environments
Shari L. Jackson, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

Educational Technology Over 25 Years: Understanding the Conditions When It Works
Cathleen Norris, Jennifer Smolka, Elliot Soloway

Foundations of Science: A Three Year Integrated High School Science Curriculum
Madeline Huebel-Drake, Mike Mouradian, & Elizabeth Stern

Foundations of Science: Using Technology to Support Authentic Science Learning
Amanda Pryor, Elliot Soloway, and the Hi-C Research Group

HTML Made Easy: The XTND HTML Translator
Jonathan Ryan Day, Brian A. Sullivan, Jeff Spitulnik, Elliot Soloway

The Impact of ScienceWare & Foundations on Students' Attitudes Towards Science and Science Classes
Steven J. Stratford, Elizabeth A. Finkel

Introduction to the ScienceWare Classifier
Eric M. Carter, Anthony J. Hornof

Investigators' Workshop Model-It: Technology to Support Authentic Science Inquiry
Elliot Soloway, Amanda Pryor, Joseph Krajcik, Shari Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Michele Wisnudel, Jonathan Klein

Learning Theory in Practice: Case Studies of Learner-Centered Design
Elliot Soloway, Shari L. Jackson, Jonathan Klein, Chris Quintana, James Reed, Jeff Spitulnik, Steven J. Stratford, Scott Studer, Susanne Jul, Jim Eng, Nancy Scala

Making Dynamic Modeling Accessible to Pre-College Science Students
Shari L. Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway
[To be published in Interactive Learning Environments]

Making System Dynamics Modeling Accessible to Pre-College Science Students
Shari L. Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

Model-It: A Case Study of Learner-Centered Software Design for Supporting Model Building
Shari L. Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Joseph S. Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

A Review of Computer-Based Model Research in Precollege Science Classrooms
Steven J. Stratford

The Role of Educative Curriculum Materials in Reforming Science Education (PDF - 208K)
Rebecca M Schneider and Joseph Krajcik

Scaffolded Technology Tools to Promote Teaching and Learning in Science

ScienceWare's Model-It: Technology to Support Authentic Science Inquiry
Elliot Soloway, Amanda Pryor, Joseph Krajcik, Shari Jackson, Steven J. Stratford, Michele Wisnudel , Jonathan Klein

The ScienceWare Modeler: A Learner-Centered Tool for Students Building Models
Shari L. Jackson

The ScienceWare Project:  Supporting Science Modeling and Inquiry Via Computational Media & Technology
Elliot Soloway, Joseph Krajcik, and Elizabeth A. Finkel

Secondary Students' Dynamic Modeling Processes: Analyzing, Reasoning About, Synthesizing, and Testing Models of Stream Ecosystems
Steven J. Stratford, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

Symphony: A Case Study in Extending Learner-Centered Design Through Process Space Analysis
Chris Quintana, Jim Eng, Andrew Carra, Hsin-Kai Wu, and Elliot Soloway

Symphony: Exploring User Interface Representations for Learner-Centered Process Scaffolding
Chris Quintana, Elliot Soloway, Joseph Krajcik, Andrew Carra, Matt Houser, Mike McDonald, Mike Mouradian, Aaron Saarela, Naresh Vyas, & Michele Wisnudel

Technological Support For Teachers Transitioning to Project-Based Science Practices
Elliot Soloway, Joseph S. Krajcik, Phyllis Blumenfeld

Toward Supporting Learners Participating in Scientifically- Informed Community Discourse
Jeff Spitulnik, Scott Studer, Elizabeth Finkel, Edwin Gustafson, Jason Laczko, Elliot Soloway

Titles of Other hi-ce Papers

The Casebook of Project Practices - An Example of an Interactive Multimedia System for Professional Development
Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Ronald Marx, Barbara Ladewski, Nathan Bos, & Pamela Hayes

A Collaborative Model for Helping Middle Grade Science Teachers Learn Project-Based Instruction
Joseph BS, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Ronald Marx, & Elliot Soloway

Enacting Project-Based Science: Experience of Four Middle Grade Teachers
Ronald Marx, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Joseph Krajcik, Merrie Blunk, Barbara Crawford, Beverly Kelly, & Karen Meyer

Learning Science by Doing Science
Joseph Krajcik

Lessons Learned: How Collaboration Helped Middle Grade Science Teachers Learn Project Based Science
Phyllis Blumenfeld, Joseph Krajcik, Ronald Marx, & Elliot Soloway

Making Dynamic Modeling Accessible to Precollege Science Students
Shari Jackson, Steven Stratford, Joseph Krajcik, & Elliot Soloway

A Middle Grade Science Teacher's Emerging Understanding of Project-Based Instruction
Barbara Ladewski, Joseph Krajcik, & Connie Harvey

Middle School Students Initial Attempts at Inquiry in Project- Based Science Classrooms
Joseph Krajcik, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Ronald Marx, Kristin Bass, and Jennifer Fredricks

Professional Development of Science Teachers
Ronald Marx, John Freeman, Joseph Krajcik, & Phyllis Blumenfeld

Student Publishing of Value-Added Contributions to a Digital Library
Nathan Bos

On-Line Search in the Science Classroom: Benefits and Possibilities
Raven Wallace and Jeff Kupperman

Teaching for Understanding
Phyllis Blumenfeld, Ronald Marx, Helen Patrick, Joseph Krajcik, and Elliot Soloway

Technological Support for Teachers Transitioning to Project- Based Science Teaching
Elliot Soloway, Joseph Krajcik, Phyllis Blumenfeld, & Ronald Marx

NoRIS: Supporting Computational Science Activities Through Learner-Centered Design
Chris Quintana, Kasem Abotel, Elliot Soloway

The Design of Guided Learner-Adaptable Scaffolding in Interactive Learning Environments
Shari L. Jackson, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway

ARTEMIS: Learner-Centered Design of an Information Seeking Environment for K-12 Education
Raven Wallace, Nathan Bos, Joseph Hoffman, Heather Eccleston Hunter, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway, Dan Kiskis, Elisabeth Klann, Greg Peters, David Richardson, Ofer Ronen

Symphony: Exploring User Interface Representations for Learner-Centered Process Scaffolding
Chris Quintana, Elliot Soloway, Joseph Krajcik, Andrew Carra, Matt Houser, Mike McDonald, Mike Mouradian, Aaron Saarela, Naresh Vyas, Michelle Wisnudel