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April 12, 2007
Dr. Carole Beal, Project Director, K12@USC, University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, 4-12-07
Dr. Carole Beal was trained as a developmental psychologist, receiving her doctorate from Stanford University in 1983. In the early stage of her career at Dartmouth College, Dr. Beal’s research focused on memory development and metacognitive strategies for literacy and science learning, including the design of interventions for classroom use (e.g., strategy training for revision). Results are represented in approximately 30 articles in traditional developmental and education journals.
Her current grant-funded work emphasizes the evaluation of instructional technology in realistic educational delivery settings: public school classrooms and informal learning situations in the urban Southern California area, with its rich ethnic, economic and linguistic diversity.
Dr. Beal is a subject matter expert on gender and STEM learning, reflected in her research on gender and ethnic differences in mathematics learning, and also in her book Boys and Girls: The Development of Gender Roles (1994). Dr. Beal served as the Associate Editor of Journal of Educational Psychology, the leading journal in the field, for five years. She is currently a member of the editorial board and has been nominated as the next Editor.
The K12@USC project focuses on the design, development and evaluation of technology-based learning resources in math and science. The project is part of the Information Sciences Institute at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. K12@USC creates intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) and serious games to provide middle and high school students with individualized instruction based on prior achievement, cognitive skills, and learner motivation. The project has a special focus on creating learning systems to reach students who have traditionally not become highly engaged with math and science.
K12@USC tutoring systems are designed for classroom integration through alignment with standards, inclusion of assessment and reporting tools for teachers, and strong emphasis on learning outcomes. The project works with master teachers to create and review the content and scaffolding. The K12@USC systems can also be used at home, or through after-school and community programs.
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