John F. Pane

Teaching Computational Thinking to Children in Head Start Classrooms: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Christopher Doss, John F. Pane, Victoria Jones. June 2025

Topics: Student Learning

Tags: Curriculum, Early childhood education, Science education

Despite efforts to broaden participation in computer science and its related fields, there exist stark disparities in participation in computer related fields by gender, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status. One approach to combat these disparities is to expose children to computing… more →
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Efficacy of Zearn Math over two years in grades 3 to 5: An experiment in Texas

John F. Pane, Christopher Doss, Ivy Todd, Dorothy Seaman. June 2025

Topics: Student Learning

Tags: Efficacy, Instructional technology, Mathematics education

Zearn Math is a popular software platform for K-8 mathematics learning, designed to enable all students to successfully access grade-level content. RAND researchers collaborated with Zearn, the product’s developer, to design this evaluation. Then RAND conducted the study independently, randomly… more →
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