Pedagogical Agents Introduced in IMMEX Problem-sets - March 2008

In a partnership with K12@USC, IMMEX has updated a number of problem sets with pedagogical agents developed in the K12@USC program. These agents provide strategy advice to assist learners to develop successful strategies for solving problems. Teachers can choose animated text or audio-visual animated agents. See the PDF Handout for more information.

NSF Supplemental Award - November 2007

Ron Stevens, Director of the IMMEX Project has received a supplemental award to his Research on Learning in Education (ROLE) grant from the National Science Foundation. The supplement will fund the publication of a book which will document the research activities and findings of Dr. Stevens and several of his collaborators from academia and business. The book (currently untitled) is scheduled for publication in the fall of 2008.

New Search Path Maps Debut - August 2007
 

Search Path Maps (SPM's) are graphic representations of a student's performance strategy. Today's SPM's have a new look and feel. Under the new spreadsheet-style format a students step-by-step sequence toward a solution is much easier to decipher than before. With the addition of a frequency chart, it makes multiple views of a performance a thing of the past. Another advantage is the efficiency at which the SPM's are produced. Teachers will not have to wait for their downloads to begin while the IMMEX servers create their class SPM's. SPM's are created in advance so downloads begin as soon as the instruction is given. To see an example of our new SPM click here.

IMMEX Authoring Workshop in Deerfield, Illinois - June 2007

IMMEX teamed with the Metiri Group to provide an authoring workshop for teachers in the Deerfield #109 School District outside of Chicago. 19 teachers working in teams created IMMEX problems for their elementary and middle school classes. Facilities were provided at Alan B Shephard Middle School for the week-long event. The workshop was one in a series of meetings involving Problem Solving Technology presented by Metiri.

2005 China Educational Technology Conference - 13 October 2005

The Director of the IMMEX Project: Ron Stevens, has been invited to present at the 2005 China Educational Technology Conference & Expo in Dongguan, PRC. Approximately 40,000 K-12, higher, and corporate education decision makers are expected to attend. The 4 day event runs concurrently with the Seventh International Computer Communication & Consumer Electronic Products Expo which is expecting approximately 80,000 attendees. Dr. Stevens plans to showcase his work in predictive modeling of student scientific reasoning and the educational software tools developed by the IMMEX Project. You may view the presentations at the links below.

NSF Research on Learning in Education Award - 07 September 2005

The IMMEX Project is the recipient of a Research on Learning in Education (ROLE) award from the National Science Foundation. The project Predictively Improving the Problem Solving of Science Students begins January 01, 2006 and continues for 30 months. This research project will model how undergraduate and high school students make and use strategic choices as they engage in complex problem-solving. We will then use these models to predict future student achievement and to target and implement appropriate interventions. Collaborators include researchers from USC, Clemson University, University of Trento, University of British Columbia, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Dist., and others. Select this link to review the abstract for the proposal.

IMMEX Delivers 400,000 Performances - 14 March 2005

IMMEX records its 400,000th performance delivered to date. A student at Clemson University attempting to solve a case in the Coins R US problem set was responsible for the milestone performance. Unfortunately this attempt was unsuccessful, however s/he was able to solve 3 subsequent cases correctly.
Coins R US is a college level chemistry exercise that deals with thermochemistry and concepts pertaining to heat, specific heat, and changes in temperature.

National Science Foundation ITEST Summit - 10 February 2005

Joycelin Palacio-Cayetano, Director of Instructional Technology for the UCLA IMMEX Project presents with the IMMEX Fayette Consortium of Lexington, KY at the Second Annual NSF Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Symposium. Evaluation findings were presented from 17,264 student performances resulted from 39 teachers using 49 IMMEX problem sets in 2004.

New NSF Award - 01 November 2004

IMMEX has been awarded a grant for Research on Gender in Science and Engineering by the National Science Foundation. The project titled Development of Gender-based Science Performance Models proposes to develop gender models of student performance and progress on scientific problem-solving tasks that will document how males and females from middle school to the university develop and stabilize strategies during scientific problem solving and how this strategic development supports retention of problem-solving skills.

New Problem Sets Released - July 2003

Both the Who Messed with Roger Rabbit and Hazmat problem-sets have undergone an extensive and exciting face-lift!  While the problem's content has largely been preserved, visual content has been recreated from scratch.

 View Hazmat Screenshots
 View Who Messed with Roger Rabbit Screenshots