Originally posted on Robert Slavin's Blog:
I’ve written several blogs (here, here, here, here, here, and here) on what schools can do when they finally open permanently, to remedy what will surely be serious harm to the educational progress of millions of students. Without doubt, the students who are suffering the most from lengthy…
Paul Kirschner just reminded me that a year ago we were able to announce our second book about Urban Myths about Learning and Education. Over 4000 copies have been sold already worldwide and counting! Check your local book store or buy the book online! If you want to read a free chapter, check this article… Read More One year today: More Urban Myths about Learning and Education announced
Again an interesting study but: correlation doesn’t equal causation this doesn’t mean all children from broken families will become CYBERbullies From the press release: Adolescents who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to engage in cyberbullying, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.… Read More Don’t get this the wrong way: Teens who think their parents are loving are less likely to be cyberbullies
H/T Jurgen Surinx
Originally posted on e=mc2andallthat:
Most of us are only too familiar with the mordant truth of Shakespeare’s observation that “Old men forget, yet all shall be forgot”. In fact, things are generally even worse than the Bard suggests: everyone forgets, all the time. In time, all shall indeed be forgot. This was established…
How can you get better in teaching as a team? Very important question, but this new study looking at how innovative teaching ideas are shared amongst STEM-faculty members, shows a bit of a depressing answer at first: they are often keeping the information inside the group of more forward-thinking members. But the researchers do have… Read More “No, it’s mine”… Study suggests faculty networks not enough to spread evidence-based practices
Originally posted on 3-Star learning experiences:
Mirjam Neelen & Paul A. Kirschner As Richard Clark points out in his most recent video interview with Guy Wallace: We, as learning designers, are notoriously weak when it comes to the analysis phase of the learning design process. Specifically, he’s referring to the fact that we don’t use…
Elon Musk has the habit of doing big things. Disrupting the car industry, going to space,… In many newspapers today a new thing one of his companies has been working on. It involves a chip and a pig. This video explains it: Musk said a lot of things during the event, but let’s have focus… Read More Wait, is what Elon Musk promises actually possible?
