Learning Research and Development Center

Thursday, April 30, 2009

This invitational conference will be attended by faculty, researchers, and certain graduate students from LRDC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. The presentations listed below are being broadcast as a live webcast for others interested.

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Welcome and Introduction

The Ecosystem of Education Research
(8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

Grover “Russ” Whitehurst
Director, Brown Center on Education Policy
Sr. Fellow, Brookings Institution

Engineering Useable Knowledge for Improving Schooling
(9:30 - 10:15 a.m.)

Anthony Bryk
President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Reactions to Whitehurst and Bryk from
Pittsburgh Researchers
(10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Researchers "in the field:"
Lauren Resnick, University Professor and LRDC Sr. Scientist
Louis Gomez, Professor and LRDC Sr. Scientist
Kevin Crowley, Associate Professor and LRDC Research Scientist

Researchers in basic science:
Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon Professor of Computer and Human Interaction
Julie Fiez, Professor and LRDC Sr. Scientist

Dean of School of Education, University of Pittsburgh:
Alan Lesgold, Professor and LRDC Sr. Scientist

How Can Research Matter for Practice? 
Prospects and Cases Based on a Cycle of Research and Development
(12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Director, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation

Studying the Use of Research Evidence in
Policy and Practice:  A New Funding Stream at W.T. Grant
(1:30 - 2:00 p.m.)

Vivian Tseng
Program Officer, William T. Grant Foundation

What is the Evidence on the Relationship Between Research and Practice? (a forthcoming book)
(2:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Cynthia Coburn
Assistant Professor, Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Mary Kay Stein
Sr. Scientist, LRDC

An Example from Analogical Reasoning
(3:00 - 3:45 p.m.)

Timothy Nokes
Research Scientist, LRDC

Commentary from Drs. Bryk and Whitehurst

An Example from Cognitive Neuroscience
(3:45 - 4:30 p.m.)

Christian Schunn
Research Scientist, LRDC

Commentary from Drs. Bryk and Whitehurst

Closing Commentary and Discussion
(4:30- 5:00 p.m.)

Michael Feuer
Executive Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academies