Articles
The Science Storm Some say direct instruction works best, while others argue for the discovery learning method. Surprisingly, the two camps are very close to being on the same team District Administration, March, 2005
A Science Study's Author Responds to Critics. Education Week, January 5, 2005
To Improve Education, We Need Clinical Trials To Show What Works. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). New York, N.Y.:Dec 17, 2004.
The Best Ways to Make Schoolchildren Learn? We Just Don't Know
Sharon Begley. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). New York, N.Y.:Dec 10, 2004. p. B.1
Stand and deliver...or let them discover? District Administration, November 2004
NCLB Could Alter Science Teaching,
Education Week, November, 2004
Studying Ways to Improve Education: A two-year program has selected 13 fellows to conduct school-based research with leaders in the field. APA Monitor, September, 2004
Instruction versus exploration in science learning. APA Monitor, June, 2004
Press Releases
Carnegie Mellon Names Leading Education Researcher to Bingham Professorship. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations, October 8, 2007
Carnegie Mellon Psychologist Named to National Academy of Education. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations, April 30, 2007
Carnegie Mellon Today: Connecting the University Community; alumni, faculty, staff,students, parents & friends.
Cover Story: Transforming America's Schools
Jonathan Potts, Nov. 2005, Vol. 2, No. 3
Carnegie Mellon Receives Multi-Million Dollar Grant To Train the Next Generation of Education Researchers. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations, September, 2004
Carnegie Mellon Cognitive Psychology Research Boosts Middle School Students' Science Comprehension and Test Scores. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations, August, 2004
Klahr speaks at Secretary of Education's Science Summit (March 2004)
Carnegie Mellon Cognitive Psychologist To Speak At U.S. Department of Education Summit. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations. March, 2004
Carnegie Mellon Psychology Department Receives Grant To Study and Improve Middle School Science Instruction. Carnegie Mellon Media Relations, October, 2003
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Say Direct Instruction, Rather Than "Discovery Learning" Is Best Way To Teach Process Skills In Science, at recent meeting of AAAS (February 1998).
