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This demonstration is an overview of Operation SPLASH: an educational video game that motivates high school students to learn physics and chemistry. By designing game features according to specific motivational principles, we aim to trigger...

Operation SPLASH is an educational video game, which focuses on inspiring and developing student interest in high school physics and chemistry. Our design concept is to spark interest in a subject before providing instruction. While many...

Though an online community of practice (CoP) for teachers is important for developing and spreading educational best practices, CoPs often fail to reach their potential due to a lack of sustained teacher interest and participation. Project COMET...

While current teacher education programs and school district in-services are preparing teachers to use technology as a means of instruction, they often overlook one very important area---how the instruction itself can be more motivating for students ...

Due to the emphasis on accountability in today's education system, teachers are faced with the task of achieving and maintaining their NCLB-mandated High Quality Teacher status through continuing education; as a result, administrators at the campus, ...

Although some historical gender disparities in computer access and use are decreasing, there is still a significant gap between the numbers of men and women who major in computer science and enter computer science-related professions. This same...