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School of Education and Human Development

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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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School of Education and Human Development

# overview
Robert M. Capraro, is Co-Director of Aggie STEM, and Professor Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. Dr. Capraro's expertise is applied research in school settings, program evaluation, the teacher as change agent for STEM school improvement, and STEM student achievement. He recently received the best paper award from the International Conference on Engineering Education where he and two colleagues presented their work related to Aggie STEM. He is currently involved in research in four school districts with more than 350,000 students and 150 teachers. His editorial work includes Associate Editor of the American Educational Research Journal, School Science and Mathematics, and Middle Grades Research Journal and the Research Advisory Committee for the Association of Middle Level Education, editorial board for the Journal for Research Mathematics Education and he is the current editor of the Journal for Urban Mathematics Education. He was selected as a minority scholar for 2007 by the Educational Testing Service and served as president of the Southwest Educational Research Association. He is the author or co-author of six books, several book chapters and more than 130 research articles. Along with 5 colleagues he was recently awarded a 12-million-dollar grant from Institute of Education Sciences bringing his total external funding to ~30 million. He has worked extensively and been funded to investigate pre-college readiness, high school STEM success, and college mathematics readiness and been external evaluator on ~14 million dollars dealing with teacher readiness to teach mathematics,  college readiness of language minority students, and community college student STEM success. He has been a member of AERA for 21 years including three years as a doctoral student and held several leadership positions.

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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State Of Texas Assessments Of Academic Readiness (staar)

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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And Mathematics Project-based Learning (stem Pbl)

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B.S.Ed. Bachelor of Science in Education

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
St. Thomas University - (Miami Gardens, Florida, United States)

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University of Southern Mississippi - (Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States)

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University of Miami - (Coral Gables, Florida, United States)

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University of Miami - (Coral Gables, Florida, United States)

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Montague Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar

# publications[].label
Understanding, Questioning, and Representing Mathematics: What Makes a Difference in Middle School Classrooms?

# publications[].label
Is STEM Academy Designation Synonymous with Higher Student Achievement?

# publications[].label
Middle-Grade Preservice Teachers' Mathematical Problem Solving and Problem Posing

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Putting the Quantitative Pieces Together to Maximize the Possibilities for a Successful Project

# publications[].label
DEVELOPING PROPORTIONAL REASONING ACROSS IDEAS OF EQUALITY

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Extricating Justification Scheme Theory in Middle School Mathematical Problem Solving

# publications[].label
Examining Applicants for Admission and Completion of an Online Teacher Certification Program

# publications[].label
NUMERACY AND ALGEBRA: A PATH TO FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY?

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STEM Language can be the Stem of the Problem

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
A Companion to Interdisciplinary STEM Project-Based Learning

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THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUILDING STEM PARTNERSHIPS, AND MOVING MODELS FORWARD

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T-STEM Academies' Academic Performance Examination by Education Service Centers: A Longitudinal Study

# publications[].label
HOW DO LITERACY EXPERIENCES AFFECT THE TEACHING PROPENSITIES OF ELEMENTARY PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS?

# publications[].label
Using Computer-generated Concept Maps in the Engineering Design Process to Improve Physics Learning

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Statistical significance, effect size reporting, and confidence intervals: Best reporting strategies

# publications[].publisher
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

# publications[].label
Thirty years of research: interpretations of the equal sign in China and the USA.

# publications[].label
Viewing How STEM Project-Based Learning Influences Students' Science Achievement Through the Implementation Lens: A Latent Growth Modeling

# publications[].label
The End or Beginning? Either Way, the Credits Are Not Rolling Yet!

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Every Student Can't Succeed If Every Voice is Not Heard: Equity Perspectives From STEM Educators

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Motivating Future Engineers: Building Situation Sensing Mars Rover with Elementary School Students

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
A Review of Higher-Order Factor Analysis Interpretation Strategies

# publications[].publisher
Egitimde ve Psikolojide Olcme ve Degerlendirme Dergisi

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The effect of Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project based learning (PBL) on students' Achievement in four mathematics topics

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Middle Grades: Misconceptions in Statistical Thinking

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Hispanic students' mathematics achievement in the context of their high school types as STEM and non-STEM schools

# publications[].label
Measurement error of scores on the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale across studies

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AN URBAN SCHOOLSUNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP THAT PREPARES AND RETAINS QUALITY TEACHERS FOR HIGH NEED SCHOOLS

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Impact of sustained professional development in STEM on outcome measures in a diverse urban district

# publications[].label
"Scratch"-ing computational thinking with Arduino: A meta-analysis

# publications[].label
Pathways to Engineering: Mathematics as a Mediator of Engineering Success

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Women in STEM: The Impact of STEM PBL Implementation on Performance, Attrition, and Course Choice of Women

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
School and Student Factors and Their Influence on Affective Mathematics Engagement

# publications[].label
A LATENT GROWTH MODEL: LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

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Secondary school teachers perceptions of STEM pedagogical content knowledge

# publications[].label
Using DIME maps and STEM project-based learning to teach physics

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Longitudinal Effects of Technology Integration and Teacher Professional Development on Students' Mathematics Achievement

# publications[].label
Comparing Students' Mathematics Achievement by Their School Types Inclusive STEM Schools that implemented PLTW curriculum with Inclusive STEM Schools that did not Implement PL TW

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
The Nexus of Confidence and Gender in an Engineering Project-Based STEM Camp

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
The effects of problem-posing intervention types on elementary students' problem-solving

# publications[].label
DEVELOPING COMPUTATIONAL FLUENCY WITH THE HELP OF SCIENCE: A TURKISH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADES STUDY

# publications[].label
Pedagogy and Curriculum: Antithetical Constructs or a Nexus in Mathematics Education

# publications[].label
In-service Teachers' Implementation and Understanding of STEM Project Based Learning

# publications[].label
An Examination of Mathematics Achievement and Growth in a Midwestern Urban School District: Implications for Teachers and Administrators

# publications[].label
Comparing Students' Mathematics Achievement by Their School Types Inclusive STEM Schools that implemented PLTW curriculum with Inclusive STEM Schools that did not Implement PLTW

# publications[].label
Considering mathematical creative self-efficacy with problem posing as a measure of mathematical creativity

# publications[].label
Sources of differences in children's understandings of mathematical equality: Comparative analysis of teacher guides and student texts in China and the United States

# publications[].label
Theorizing an Integration of Reading and Mathematics: Solving Mathematical Word Problems in the Elementary Grades

# publications[].publisher
Leading English Education and Resource Network - LEARN

# publications[].label
Cracking the Code: The Effects of Using Microcontrollers to Code on Students' Interest in Computer and Electrical Engineering

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Does it Really Matter? Exploring Cultural Relevance within a Majority White Classroom

# publications[].label
DIME: A Dynamic Interactive Mathematical Expression Tool for STEM Education

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Teaching Fractions: Strategies Used for Teaching Fractions to Middle Grades Students

# publications[].label
STEM words and their multiple meanings: the intricacies of asking a clarifying question

# publications[].label
The educational researcher defined: what will future researchers be trained to do?

# publications[].label
Comparing STEM Schools on Algebra Performance

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Studying Mathematics in High School and College: Summer Bridge Program Student Beliefs

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
HOW SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PBL) AFFECTS HIGH, MIDDLE, AND LOW ACHIEVERS DIFFERENTLY: THE IMPACT OF STUDENT FACTORS ON ACHIEVEMENT

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Teaching with STEM Project-Based Learning in a Virtual Summer Camp

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
STEM Summer Camp Follow Up Study Effects on Students' SAT Scores and Postsecondary Matriculation

# publications[].label
How science, technology, engineering, and mathematics project based learning affects high-need students in the US

# publications[].label
The Mathematics Content Knowledge Role in Developing Preservice Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge

# publications[].label
Can Building an Electric Bicycle Build an Engineering Identity?

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Developing a Useful and Integrative STEM Disciplinary Language

# publications[].label
Examining the Effects of STEM PBL on Students' Divergent Thinking Attitudes Related to Creative Problem Solving

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Why PBL? Why STEM? Why now? an Introduction to STEM Project-Based Learning

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Changing views on Assessment for STEM Project-Based Learning

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Through Biodiversity and Multiplicative Principles Turkish Students Transform the Culture of STEM Education

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Introducing STEM Education: Implications for Educating Our Teachers For the Age of Innovation

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Improving Self-Efficacy With Automatically Generated Interactive Concept Maps: DIME Maps

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MENTORING URBAN INTERNS: AMALGAMATION OF EXPERIENCES IN THE FORMATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

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Reading-enhanced word problem solving: a theoretical model

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Using the Engineering Design Process as the Structure for Project-Based Learning: An Informal STEM Activity on Bridge-Building

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education: A Longitudinal Examination of Secondary School Intervention

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
When One Lacks Will, They Denounce . . .

# publications[].label
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO READ US A STORY? LEARNING GEOMETRY THROUGH CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICS LITERATURE

# publications[].label
Gender difference on spatial visualization by college students' major types as STEM and non-STEM: a meta-analysis

# publications[].label
Comparing Mathematics and Science Achievement of Students from Schools with PLTW versus Schools without PLTW

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Post-Secondary Ready: Does the STEM curriculum Matter?

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Examining Hispanic Student Mathematics Performance on High-Stakes Tests: An Examination of One Urban School District in Colorado

# publications[].label
STEM Professional Development Activities and Their Impact on Teacher Knowledge and Instructional Practices

# publications[].label
An exploration of the role natural language and idiosyncratic representations in teaching how to convert among fractions, decimals, and percents

# publications[].label
Affective Mathematics Engagement: a Comparison of STEM PBL Versus Non-STEM PBL Instruction

# publications[].label
Treatments of effect sizes and statistical significance tests in textbooks

# publications[].label
Exploring the APA fifth edition Publication Manual's impact on the analytic preferences of journal editorial board members

# publications[].label
A Bridge to Engineering: A Personalized Precalculus (Bridge) Program

# publications[].label
Engineering Calculus Bridge Program Success: Comparing Variation Results

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Designing a curriculum based on four purposes: let mathematics speak for itself

# publications[].label
The Effects of Problem Posing on Student Mathematical Learning: A Meta-Analysis

# publications[].publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education

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Gazing Past the Gaps: A Growth-Based Assessment of the Mathematics Achievement of Black Girls

# publications[].label
Effects of Engineering Design Process on Science and Mathematics

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Moving from STEM to STEAM: The Effects of Informal STEM Learning on Students' Creativity and Problem Solving Skills with 3D Printing

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
QUANTITATIVE REPORTING PRACTICES IN MIDDLE-GRADES RESEARCH JOURNALS Lessons to Learn

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Myers-Briggs type indicator score reliability across studies: A meta-analytic reliability generalization study

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Technology in K-12 Mathematics Classrooms

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Quality of Instruction: Examining Discourse in Middle School Mathematics Instruction

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Women in STEM: The Impact of STEM PBL Implementation on Performance, Attrition, and Course Choice of Women

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Reporting Practices in Quantitative Teacher Education Research: One Look at the Evidence Cited in the AERA Panel Report

# publications[].publisher
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

# publications[].label
An international comparison of grade 6 students' understanding of the equal sign.

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Internet of Things (IoT) Instructional Devices in STEM Classrooms: Past, Present and Future Directions

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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What Matters to My Future: STEM Int-her-est and Expectations

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHER ACCEPTANCE OF HANDHELD COMPUTERS

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Run! Spot. Run!: vocabulary development and the evolution of STEM disciplinary language for secondary teachers

# publications[].label
Mathematics achievement in the secondary high school context of STEM and non-STEM schools

# publications[].label
TEACHER EDUCATOR STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING PRESERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE OF FRACTIONS

# publications[].label
Metasynthesis of Factors Contributing to Childrens Communication Development: Influence on Reading and Mathematics

# publications[].label
When I Believe, I Can: Success STEMs from My Perceptions

# researcherOn[].label
Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Innovation Opportunity (LISTO), a 5-Year Longitudinal Validation Project

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Teaching, Learning and Culture (Tlac); 4232 TAMU

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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# schools[]
School of Education and Human Development

# inTheNews[].label
Texas A&M Announces 2020 Distinguished Graduate Student Award Recipients

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Taylor, Judy M. (2006-12). The effects of a computerized-algebra program on mathematics achievement of college and university freshmen enrolled in a developmental mathematics course. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Matteson, Shirley Marie (2007-08). Middle school students' representational understandings and justification schemes: gleanings from cognitive interviews. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Perez, Armando Isaac (2005-08). The impact of mathematics anxiety, gender, and mathematics achievement on ontogenetic indicators for Hispanic/Latino students in higher education mathematics classes. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Garcia, Rosalinda C. (2018-08). The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Secondary Schools. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Garcia, Rosalinda C. (2018-06). The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Secondary Schools. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Empow"her"ing Female Students to Pursue STEM Fields

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