Category: Education
What works for K-6 students at risk for failure in math and reading
Originally posted on Best Evidence in Brief Index:
Marta Pellegrini, University of Florence, Italy The Campbell Collaboration has recently published a meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for K-6 students at risk for failure in mathematics and reading. To be included in the review, studies had to use randomized or quasi-experimental designs and evaluate…
How up to date or out of date our your textbooks at the university?
Yesterday I discovered this new, impressive paper by Barbara Biasi and Song Ma, The Education-Innovation Gap. In this paper they want to answer the question from the title of this post. Or more correct: …we want to measure the distance between the knowledge content of each course – as described in its syllabus – and… Read More How up to date or out of date our your textbooks at the university?
Whatever Happened to Digital Textbooks?
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
The promise of students carrying lighter backpacks accompanied the promise technology advocates and educators made in shifting from printed to digital textbooks (also called e-books). A few years ago, I predicted that digital textbooks would be common across school districts. While there have been…
Let’s Get to Work with Productive Learning Strategies: Self-testing
Originally posted on 3-Star learning experiences:
Paul A. Kirschner, Mirjam Neelen, Tine Hoof & Tim Surma This blog is the sixth in a series of eight blogs on productive learning strategies, originally written by Tine Hoof, Tim Surma & Paul Kirschner, and published on excel.thomasmore.be. In 2015, Richard Mayer and Logan Fiorella published their book…
Handwriting beats typing or videos for learning to read (video)
Read more here about this paper: Previous research indicates that writing practice may be more beneficial than nonmotor practice for letter learning. Here, we report a training study comparing typing, visual, and writing learning conditions in adults (N = 42). We investigated the behavioral consequences of learning modality on literacy learning and evaluated the nature of… Read More Handwriting beats typing or videos for learning to read (video)
Another benefit of having a sense of purpose in life? A better memory.
We’ve known for a while that being depressed is often linked to a less optimal operating of the working memory. This study takes a more positive route and shows a link between an individual’s sense of purpose and their ability to recall vivid details. From the press release: The researchers found that while both a… Read More Another benefit of having a sense of purpose in life? A better memory.
Does the impact of socioeconomic (SES) on children’s test scores increase as children grow older?
The very first words of this new study by Marks & O’Connell, published in Intelligence are a very clear question: Does the impact of socioeconomic (SES) on children’s test scores increase as children grow older? This is such an important issue, as we often have learned that there is a Matthew effect in place, making… Read More Does the impact of socioeconomic (SES) on children’s test scores increase as children grow older?
Huge review study shows link between income inequality in a state and average results on math, but not reading
When I first read the title and introduction of the press release I was a bit baffled by the results of this review published in Educational Review as it shows that – in the US – inequalities in income affect how well children do in maths. This is not surprising at all, but more surprising… Read More Huge review study shows link between income inequality in a state and average results on math, but not reading
