Originally posted on Robert Slavin's Blog:
In a recent blog, “Make No Small Plans,” I proposed a system innovators could use to create very effective schoolwide programs. I defined these as programs capable of making a difference in student achievement large enough to bring entire schools serving disadvantaged students to the levels typical of…
Originally posted on You DON'T have a learning style!:
While discussing the shortcomings of learning styles theory with a colleague, he said he was surprised that people are still promoting them. “I thought that nonsense was over with,” he remarked. Anyone on Twitter with a serious interest in education has likely encountered some discussion…
There is a new Best Evidence in Brief with some interesting studies. I want to pick this one as it is a theme that often pops up, but seldom with new data. The Ministry of Education in France instituted a policy in 2002 that reduced class size to no more than 12 students in areas determined… Read More A new study on class size in Best Evidence in Brief, and it’s an interesting one!
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Begun by wealthy high-tech entrepreneur (and ex-Google executive) Max Ventilla in 2013, AltSchool made a splash with its string of private “micro-schools” in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area (tuition was $26,000)–see here, here, and here. Ventilla saw AltSchool as a…
This study will hurt reading. No, really. Why? It shows that students think it is instructors’ responsibility to ensure they don’t surf the web in class, according to a new study. So, dear teacher you’d better be entertaining enough. It seems Neil Postman was right after all? From the press release: In a recent mixed-method… Read More YouTube killed the teaching star?
Originally posted on Research Digest:
By Matthew Warren It’s a trick that politicians have long exploited: repeat a false statement often enough, and people will start believing that it’s true. Psychologists have named this phenomenon the “illusory truth effect”, and it seems to come from the fact that we find it easier to process information…
There is a new Best Evidence in Brief but I have to admit that this week the studies are a bit less ‘best’ imho. This study still seemed relevant to me: Previous studies have revealed gender differences in attitudes towards information technology (IT) literacy, with boys generally considering their IT literacy to be higher than… Read More Is there a gender gap in IT? (Best Evidence in Brief
