How can you see if your students are really focused? Eye sensitivity correlates with improved working memory
To be clear, I don’t think this will do the trick, but I do think this is interesting. Researchers have found that a person’s pupils dilate when they are concentrating on tasks. In particular, they found that the more a person’s eyes dilated during the task, the better they did on tests measuring their working… Read More How can you see if your students are really focused? Eye sensitivity correlates with improved working memory
Teach for America: Analyzing effects across various timeframes (Best Evidence in Brief)
There is a new Best Evidence in Brief, and this time, I picked this study from this biweekly newsletter written by Carmen Pannone, University of Cagliari (Italy). Teach for America (TFA) recruits and trains teachers to address hard-to-staff vacancies in public schools, providing support throughout their 2-year commitment as corps members. Studies, including randomized controlled trials… Read More Teach for America: Analyzing effects across various timeframes (Best Evidence in Brief)
New APA report on the dangers of social media for young people, which features are dangerous?
Social media can have advantages—you are reading this thanks to social media—but also disadvantages. Research is often nuanced on this, but the American Association of Psychologists (APA) just published a new report that dives a little deeper. It looks at which content and elements within social media can have negative effects. For example, because children… Read More New APA report on the dangers of social media for young people, which features are dangerous?
How Ads for Tech Devices Have Changed (Larry Cuban)
How things have changed, indeed. Nice collection by Larry Cuban
Funny on Sunday: Pub Trivia
Never ask XKCD to come up with pub quiz questions. Trust me!
New study on gender stereotypes in school – and their effect: “Emotional” girls and boys “at risk”
This new qualitative study looks at how girls and boys are being treated in school and shows that gender stereotypes can still be present. In this case, gender stereotypes mean that girls can be celebrated for their emotional openness and maturity in school, while at the same time, boys are regarded as likely to mask… Read More New study on gender stereotypes in school – and their effect: “Emotional” girls and boys “at risk”
How Blame for Low Student Achievement Shifted from Family to School (Larry Cuban)
Interesting: more brain synchrony between parents and children not always better
Recently, when I was in Connecticut for a ResearchED conference, I learned about brain synchrony in the classroom. This study examines the same concept, but at home, between children and parents. More specifically, the researchers looked at behavioural and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with a special focus on attachment. And the results show that… Read More Interesting: more brain synchrony between parents and children not always better
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