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Originally posted on Best Evidence in Brief Index:
By José L. Arco-Tirado, Faculty of Education, University of Granada (Spain) A recent study published in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness examines the effectiveness of sending teacher-written postcards home to reduce absences in preschool through second grade. The authors implemented a randomized intervention across schools…
Readers of our new book react sometimes surprised by what young children can do. Years of training in Piagetian thinking have led us to underestimate our children. And this new study again shows that they are able to do more than you may think, although parents will recognise a lot. This study shows that young… Read More Never underestimate young children, part 248
Yes, this post is about a study, although maybe you think the opposite while reading the title. But it’s true, according to research published by the American Psychological Association, people consistently underestimate how much they would enjoy spending time alone with their own thoughts, without anything to distract them. So put down the device you… Read More You underestimate how much you would enjoy spending time alone with your own thoughts
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
You have seen images like these time and again: The idea of the school as an efficient factory assembly line has a surprising history. A century ago, the notion of schools delivering finished products to a democratic society was both new and–here is the…
For some readers, this will not come as a surprise, but as you can read or hear pleas sometimes for schools without stress, this new study shows it is again a bit more complicated than that. Actually, ‘good’ stress can help develop resilience and reduce the risk of developing mental issues! Nothing really new in… Read More Some types of stress can actually be good for you
Originally posted on education ruminations:
The importance of motivation has long been a contentious topic in education. At first sight it seems straightforward: if our pupils are motivated, they will learn better. After all, isn’t that also true of ourselves, don’t we work harder when we do something that motivates us? No surprise then that…
Earlier this summer, a big bomb was dropped about Mindfulness in schools. The average effect was non-existing, even worse: for some children, there are maybe even possible negative effects. You can find the original study here, but do listen to this podcast with one of the main researchers in the big Myriad-project. I wrote big,… Read More A relevant podcast about that Mindfulness study
While I was on a break from blogging, The Best Evidence in Brief newsletter kept coming. This study is one that a lot my readers will enjoy learning about: A recent longitudinal randomized controlled trial (RCT) by Kim and colleagues evaluated the effect of the Model of Reading Engagement (MORE) intervention on the reading comprehension of… Read More Sustaining content through literacy instruction to improve reading comprehension outcomes in the early grades (Best Evidence in Brief)
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