-
3 Feb 2023 • Journal Article • Biology
Multimodal Approach for Characterizing the Quality of Parent–Child Interaction: A Single Synchronization Source May Not Tell the Whole Story
AbstractParent–child interaction is the scaffold for future emotional and cognitive development and future well-being. As this interaction includes several domains, such as motor, speech, emotional expression, and more, characterizing the quality of parent–child interaction is often performed by a qualified person decoding it by observation. The development of computational
… show more -
25 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Instructional Science
What can eye-tracking, combined with discourse analysis, teach us about the ineffectiveness of a group of students solving a geometric problem?
AbstractWe present the analysis of an episode of mathematical problem solving in a group, where data came from multiple advanced recorders, including multiple video cameras, Smartpen recorders, and mobile eye tracking glasses. Analysis focused on a particular group that was ineffective in their problem-solving process. Relying on the commognitive theory of learning on the one
… show more -
21 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Journal of Science Education and Technology
Digital Curation as a Pedagogical Approach to Promote Critical Thinking
AbstractScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education aims to develop creative, broadminded, and inquisitive graduates who think critically. Critical thinking (CT) is conceptualized as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment involving thinking skills such as analysis, evaluation, and inference. This research, designed as an exploratory study, presents a
… show more -
18 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Journal of Science Communication
`Pandem-icons' — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic
AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic (January to December 2020) across 16 countries. We find that the scientists who became visible largely matched
… show more -
14 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Instructional Science
In pursuit of mutual benefits in school-based citizen science: who wins what in a win-win situation?
AbstractIn a typical citizen science scenario different groups of people take on various roles in a research process that is often coupled with educational, social or personal objectives. A widely accepted viewpoint asserts that such an endeavor should bring benefits to all involved parties and that no participating individuals should act in service of others or of the end goal
… show more -
14 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Teaching and Teacher Education
The contribution of a project-based learning course, designed as a pedagogy of practice, to the development of preservice teachers' professional identity
AbstractThis study demonstrates a positive link between participation in an online project-based learning course, designed as a pedagogy of practice, and preservice teachers' professional-identity development process. The linguistic and content analyses revealed that the construction of professional identity was manifested through six motifs: Self-confidence, self-agency, sense
… show more -
13 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Characterizing different cognitive and neurobiological profiles in a community sample of children using a non-parametric approach: An fMRI study
AbstractExecutive Functions (EF) is an umbrella term for a set of mental processes geared towards goal-directed behavior supporting academic skills such as reading abilities. One of the brain’s functional networks implicated in EF is the Default Mode Network (DMN). The current study uses measures of inhibitory control, a main sub-function of EF, to create cognitive and
… show more -
4 Jan 2023 • Preprint • arXiv
Robofriend: An Adpative Storytelling Robotic Teddy Bear -- Technical Report
AbstractIn this paper we describe Robofriend, a robotic teddy bear for telling stories to young children. Robofriend adapts its behavior to keep the childrens' attention using reinforcement learning.
-
1 Jan 2023 • Journal Article • Teaching and Teacher Education
Mathematics coordinators as school team PD leaders before and during COVID-19
AbstractThis study explored a professional development (PD) program preparing mathematics coordinators to lead effective PD in their schools. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic emerging in the midst of this study, the PD program and school team PD were performed online instead of face-to-face. We explored the PD program and school team PD design before and during COVID-19 period, and
… show more -
Jan 2023 • Journal Article • International Journal of Engineering Education
Learning and Instruction that Combine Multiple Levels of Abstraction in Engineering: Attitudes of Students and Faculty
AbstractOne type of thinking needed by engineers is abstract thinking, i.e., higher-order thinking that permits one to solve problems while maneuvering between several levels of complexity (levels of abstraction). In light of the above, the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) decided to combine two introductory courses
… show more