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Janice Gobert

Associate Professor

Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 317D
Phone: +1-508-831-5619
jgobert@wpi.edu

Related Information

Experience prior to WPI

Educational Background

B. A., Psychology (Honour's), Laurentian University, Ontario, 1985.
MA., Educational Psychology & Cognitive Science, McGill University, 1989.
Ph.D., Cognitive Science, University of Toronto, 1994.

Research & Teaching Interests

Research interests: learning with visualizations and simulations in science; learning and assessment with technology; student characteristics such as epistemology and its relationship to content learning

Teaching interests: cognitive science and cognitive psychology; introductory psychology; assessment; science education; research methods

IQP Advising Interests

Computers & Education; Introducing new Teaching Materials; Assessing Educational Experience; Education & Technological Literacy; Special Education

Research Grants

Empirical Research: Emerging Research: Using Automated Detectors to Examine the Relationships Between Learner Attributes and Behaviors During Inquiry in Science (NSF-DRL 1008649). Janice Gobert, Principal Investigator, & Ryan Baker, Co-Principal Investigator. Awarded July 1, 2010 by the National Science Foundation ($986,111.00).
ASSISTments Meets Science Learning (AMSL; R305A090170). Janice Gobert, Principal Investigator, Neil Heffernan, Ken Koedinger, & Joe Beck (Co-Principal Investigators). Awarded February 1, 2009 from the U.S. Dept of Education; $1,187,432.00
PIMSE: A GK-12 Partnership Implementing Mathematics & Science Education: Assisting Middle School Use of Tutoring Technology in the Classroom (NSF-DGE# 0742503). Neil Heffernan, Principal Investigator; Janice Gobert, George Heineman, & Elke Rundensteiner (Co-Principal Investigators). Awarded May, 2008 from the National Science Foundation; $2,090,721.00
AMI: ASSISTments Meets Inquiry (NSF-DRL# 0733286). Janice Gobert Principal Investigator; Neil Heffernan, Carolina Ruiz, & Ryung Kim, Co-Principal Investigators; Awarded in September, 2007 from the National Science Foundation; $1,498,677.00
Inquiring with Geoscience Data Sets (DIGS) (NSF-GEO# 0507828). Edys Quelmalz, Principal Investigator, Dan Zalles, Janice Gobert, Co-Principal Investigators; Awarded August, 2005 from the National Science Foundation; $299,579.
Calipers: Multi-Level Assessments of Science with Technology (NSF-ESI# 0454772). Edys Quelmalz, Principal Investigator, Angela DeBarger, Patty Kreikemeier, Geneva Haertal, Co-Principal Investigators; Janice Gobert, Principal Investigator for sub-contract to Concord Consortium; Awarded February, 2005 from the National Science Foundation; $496,025.
Modeling Across the Curriculum (IERI# 0115699). Paul Horwitz, Principal Investigator; J. Gobert, Research Director & Co-Principal Investigator; C. Dede, R. Tinker, U. Wilensky,Co-Principal Investigators Intra-Agency Education Research Initiative Grant funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Dept. of Education; Awarded September, 2001; $7,422,986.

Recent Publications

Cobern, W., Schuster, D., Adams, B., Undreiu, A., Applegate, B., Skjold, B., Loving, C. & Gobert, J. (in press, 2010). Experimental Comparison of Inquiry and Direct Instruction in Science. To appear in Research in Science and Technological Education.
Gobert, J.D, Pallant, A.R., & Krach, N., & Daniels, J.T.M. (in press). Unpacking inquiry skills from content knowledge in Geoscience: A research perspective with implications for assessment design. Int. Journal of Learning Technology.
Buckley, B.C. Gobert, J., Horwitz, P. & O’Dwyer, L. (in press). Looking inside the black box: Assessments and decision-making in BioLogica. Int. Journal of Learning Technology.
Horwitz, P. Gobert, J., & Buckley, B. (in press). Learning Genetics From Dragons: From Computer-Based Manipulatives to Hypermodels. To be published in M. Jacobson & P. Reimann (Eds.), Designs for Learning Environments of the Future. Springer Publishers.
Quellmalz, E.S., DeBarger, A.H., Haertel, G., Schank, P., Buckley, B., Gobert, J., Horwitz, P., & Ayala, C. (in press). Exploring the Role of Technology-Based Simulations in Science Assessment: The Calipers Project. In Science Assessment: Research And Practical Approaches. Washington, DC: NSTA.