Concurrent Session

Game-Based Learning Assessments: Using Data from Digital Games to Understand Learning

STEM Categorization
Day
Thu

Discover how digital games can inform classroom teaching using data from innovative formative assessments from three different game-based projects.

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This session aims to open up a conversation about of how games can be used for formative assessment and how data from digital games can inform classroom teaching.

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Elementary Mathematical Writing Task Force Recommendations: Implications for Research and Classroom Implementation

STEM Categorization
Day
Thu

Learn about types of and purposes for elementary mathematical writing, and discuss implications for research and classroom implementation.

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Although the mathematics education community long has emphasized the importance of discourse in teaching and learning mathematics, mathematical writing has not been clearly defined. Questions remain about how writing can leverage elementary students’ learning of mathematics. In October 2015, the Elementary Mathematical Writing Task Force came together and recommended four types of writing (exploratory, informative/explanatory, argumentative, and mathematically creative) and their respective purposes.

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Data-Intensive Research in Education: New Opportunities for Making an Impact

STEM Categorization
Day
Thu

Join a facilitated discussion about the application of data science to education, drawing on a recent NSF-sponsored report. Participants share insights from DR K–12 projects.

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The Computing Research Association’s report from an NSF-sponsored workshop describes seven next steps for data-intensive research in education:

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