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Jason Ravitz

Independent Research and Evaluation Professional

Educational research and evaluation consultant with Ph.D. in Instructional Design (1999 ,Syracuse University). History as researcher in high tech R&D (SRI International; BBN Educational Technologies). Former Director of Research for Buck Institute for Education. Previous experience as social studies and computer teacher. Parent, spouse, musician.

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Areas of interest: research, evaluation, PBL, technology, assessment reform, high schools, sociology

Organizations/Affiliations: International Society for Learning Sciences (ISLS), American Educational Research Association (AERA-former PBL SIG chair), Editorial Board - Interdisciplinary Journal for Problem-Based Learning (IJPBL), Reviewer for Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D) and numerous journals, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Research & Theory Division