%0 Conference Paper
%B Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
%D 2016
%T Unraveling K-12 Standard Alignment; Report on a New Attempt
%A Marshall,Byron
%A Reitsma,Reindert
%A Samson,Carleigh
%K Accounting
%K BIS
%X We present the results of an experiment which indicates that automated alignment of electronic learning objects to educational standards may be more feasible than previously implied. We highlight some important deficiencies in existing alignment systems and formulate suggestions for improved future ones. We consider how the changing substance of newer educational standards, a multi-faceted view of standard alignment, and a more nuanced view of the ‘alignment’ concept may bring the long-sought goal of automated standard alignment closer. We explore how lexical similarity of documents, a World+Method representation of semantics, and network-based analysis can yield promising results. We furthermore investigate the nature of false positives to better understand how validity of match is evaluated so as to better focus future alignment system development.
%B Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
%8 2016
%G eng
%2 b
%4 127038310400
%$ 127038310400

%0 Conference Paper
%B ASEE 2015 Annual Conference
%D 2015
%T The Relevance of K-12 Engineering Curricula to NGSS: an Analysis of TeachEngineering-NGSS Alignments
%A Reitsma,Reindert
%A Samson,Carleigh
%A Soltys,Mike
%A Sullivan,Jacquelyn
%K BIS
%X The 2013 publication of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provided the first widely adopted set of science standards to include engineering design throughout all K-12 grades. In doing so, NGSS raised the relevance of the K-12 engineering education sector on a national scale. The TeachEngineering digital library, representative of the K-12 engineering education sector through its collaboration of 36, mostly NSF-funded, K-12 engineering education programs across the US, recently aligned its 1,300+ K-12 engineering lessons and hands-on activities to the NGSS. This paper provides analysis of both the alignment process and its results. As such, we offer insight into the correspondence between the NGSS and a broad, collection of K-12 engineering learning objects and hence, into the mutual relevance of K-12 engineering curriculum and the NGSS. We also provide some recommendations for future K-12 engineering curriculum development.
%B ASEE 2015 Annual Conference
%8 2015
%G eng
%2 b
%4 105617211392
%$ 105617211392

%0 Generic
%D 2015
%T Workshop: TeachEngineering Digital Library: Hundreds of Free, Searchable, NGSS-aligned Hands-on Engineering Lessons for K-12
%A Reitsma,Reindert
%A Zarske,Malinda
%A Yowell,Janet
%A Samson,Carleigh
%K BIS
%B ASEE Annual Conference 2015
%C Seattle, WA
%8 2015
%G eng
%2 c
%4 102487447552
%$ 102487447552