While everybody seems to be looking for the holy grail in education – yes, Elon Musk, I’m looking at you – sometimes from little things, big things may come. A new randomized controlled trial by Rohher et al that Daniel Willingham shared past Friday is such an example. The subject: interleaving in mathematics. The study:… Read More New study on interleaving in mathematics: cheap and effective
Originally posted on Robert Slavin's Blog:
Something’s coming I don’t know What it is But it is Gonna be great! -Something’s Coming, West Side Story For more than 40 years, educational technology has been on the verge of transforming educational outcomes for the better. The song “Something’s Coming,” from West Side Story, captures the feeling.…
There is a new Best Evidence in Brief with some interesting studies. I want to pick this one as it actually hurts a bit: The Education Endowment Foundation in the UK has published an evaluation of Research Leads Improving Students’ Education (RISE). The program, which was developed and delivered by Huntington School in York, aimed to improve… Read More Evidence-informed school improvement (Best Evidence in Brief)
In my own country there is a hefty debate pro- and contra centralized and standardized tests – I hope you know those aren’t synonyms. I also know from research that e.g. in The Netherlands the advice which track to take in education teachers give to pupils, are influenced by the social economic status of those… Read More Extra fuel for already a heavy debate: teachers predict pupil success just as well as exam scores
Paul Kirschner and I were asked to submit a lemma to the Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies This encyclopedia aims to offer researchers an indication of the breadth and importance of information systems in education, including the way IT is being used, and could be used to enable learning and teaching. The encyclopedia covers… Read More New publication: Computer-Assisted Learning
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
The old classroom model simply doesn’t fit our changing needs….It’s a fundamentally passive way of learning, while the world requires more and more active processing of information. Salman Khan, The One World Classroom (2012) ? From Francis Parker to John Dewey to Ella Flagg…
