Marcia Linn
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Brief Vita
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Marcia Linn 's name was suggested by Bob Tinker to Dave Moursund in an email dated 12/25/2007. He said:
CV is available at http://tels.berkeley.edu/~mclinn/Linn052008CV.pdf.
Historical Background
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Major Pioneering Efforts and Contributions
Her long-running research on the Computer as a Lab Partner drew international attention to the value of probes and sensors in science education. She now serves as PI for a TLC Center and President of International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).
Quoting from http://tels.berkeley.edu:16080/%7Emclinn/:
- Marcia C. Linn is a professor of development and cognition specializing in education in mathematics, science, and technology in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She directs the NSF-funded Technology-enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) center. She is a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences. Board service includes the American Association for the Advancement of Science board, the Graduate Record Examination Board of the Educational Testing Service, the McDonnell Foundation Cognitive Studies in Education Practice board, and the Education and Human Resources Directorate at the National Science Foundation.
- Marcia's books include Computers, Teachers, Peers (2000), and Internet Environments for Science Education (2004). Awards include the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Award for Lifelong Distinguished Contributions to Science Education and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents first award for Excellence in Educational Research.
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Linn, Marcia C. The learning sciences and geoscience. Retrieved 7/16/08: http://serc.carleton.edu/files/research_on_learning/Linn.pdf. Quoting from the paper:
- The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) projects address aspects of geoscience (see interface below as well as http://wise.berkeley.edu).
- WISE projects (see list below) have improved knowledge integration in studies of over 10 thousand students in varied educational contexts. These projects leverage modern technologies to flexibly adapt to new student populations as well as to local weather, geological features, or waterways. Flexibly adaptive projects also support customization by embedding assessment in the software to track student learning and teacher activities. Teachers, as part of professional development can modify the projects and their curriculum based on student progress.
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