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Don’t read this thread on science if you don’t want to get depressed (but I think it’s a good thing)

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 🧡.Here are some: — π·π‘–π‘›π‘œ.πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘ ( ) (@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)

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New chapter: Education in a digital age: Do we need more innovation in educational innovations?

I have an essay in a newly published book: The Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption, edited by Rosa Llamas andΒ 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?

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Again: even slight traffic noise has a negative impact on work performance

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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Depressing pre-print on “Academic freedom and innovation”

Found this study via this tweet: "Global academic freedom has declined over the past decade for the first time in the last century… the decline of academic freedom has resulted in a global loss quantifiable with at least 4% fewer patents filed and 5.9% fewer patent citations." https://t.co/JOda3RfyPt pic.twitter.com/2R04r0PKKS — Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) May 19,… Read More Depressing pre-print on “Academic freedom and innovation”

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Is there a developmental window for learning to see different perspectives?

Sometimes history can allow you to see an evolution. Take Eastern Europe: a whole society went from living in the Soviet Union to living in a very different way. A new study describes how this potentially has influenced what they call the ‘thinking styles’ of the Romanian population. What are the key takeaways: Researchers studied… Read More Is there a developmental window for learning to see different perspectives?

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