Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
I doubt if I am the only one who gets fatigued from the frequent use of the phrase โmagic bulletโ in school reform. Most often the words disparagingly describe reforms that once pumped up hopes for solving serious school problems and then missed the…
You can find many fast-food restaurants in the neighbourhood of both the institutes I work. Nothing special, you may think, but this new paper does warn us of the consequences: a person’s poor eating habits established during post-secondary studies can contribute to future health issues, including obesity, respiratory illnesses and depression. From the press release:… Read More The importance of healthy food for college students
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Originally posted on Best Evidence in Brief Index:
By Carmen Pannone, University of Cagliari, Italy Recently, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) produced a systematic review on the effectiveness of Reading Apprenticeship, a professional development program that can be delivered online or in person. The program leads teachers to help their students develop reading comprehension and…
No, it’s not about real mind reading, but new research shows that being female and educated are some of the best predictors of how well you get on with and understand others. I think a lot of readers now think: no, shit Sherlock regarding the female bit. Still, the educated element did surprise me. From… Read More Being female and/or being educated helps you to ‘read’ other people’s mind
There is a newย Best Evidence in Brief and this time I picked this study from this biweekly newsletter written by Marta Pellegrini, University of Cagliari (Italy). A high-dosage math tutoring program, modeled after Saga Education in the U.S., was developed in the Netherlands through a collaboration of schools, funders and providers to support students from… Read More Effects of high-dosage math tutoring for low-income students (Best Evidence in Brief)
Yesterday I discovered this thread via Christian Bokhove: A lot of people are concerned with the problem of #measurements in the #SocialSciences (and the problem to me is worse than the #replicationCrisis!). I suggest exchanging papers, comments, and ideas in this thread ๐งต.Here are some: — ๐ท๐๐๐.๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ( ) (@JustaNormalDino) May 22, 2023 Our book, The… Read More Don’t read this thread on science if you don’t want to get depressed (but I think it’s a good thing)
I have an essay in a newly published book: The Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption, edited by Rosa Llamas andย Russell Belk. My chapter discusses technology in education: In this chapter, we look at the past, the present, and the future of education as we have seen decades of big hope in digital means to change… Read More New chapter: Education in a digital age: Do we need more innovation in educational innovations?
Noise is an important enemy of concentration, both for learning and working. This new study shows the latter again. From the press release: Researchers at Chalmers’ Division of Applied Acoustics have conducted a laboratory study in which test subjects took concentration tests while being exposed to background traffic noise. The subjects were asked to look… Read More Again: even slight traffic noise has a negative impact on work performance
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