Effects of high-dosage math tutoring for low-income students (Best Evidence in Brief)

There is a newΒ Best Evidence in Brief and this time I picked this study from this biweekly newsletter written by Marta Pellegrini, University of Cagliari (Italy). A high-dosage math tutoring program, modeled after Saga Education in the U.S., was developed in the Netherlands through a collaboration of schools, funders and providers to support students from… Read More Effects of high-dosage math tutoring for low-income students (Best Evidence in Brief)

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)

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?

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”

“Up to 34% of neuroscience papers and 24% of medical papers published in 2020 were probably fake.”

A new preprint warns of nearly doubling the number of fake scientific papers in neuroscience and medicine since 2010. Do note this is before the release of e.g. ChatCPT. How did the researchers check this? In Study 1, n=215 neurology articles were manually inspected by an experienced editor; 20.5% (n=44) were deemed suspicious. A questionnaire… Read More “Up to 34% of neuroscience papers and 24% of medical papers published in 2020 were probably fake.”

Ten Maxims: What We’ve Learned So Far About How Children Learn To Read (by Reid Lyon)

Reid Lyon has described the following 10 maxims about reading science. Even better, here you can find the 10 maxims and an extensive reference list.Β  Almost all children learn to speak naturally; reading and writing must be taught. Literacy begins at birth. It is rooted in early social interactions and experiences that include regular exposure… Read More Ten Maxims: What We’ve Learned So Far About How Children Learn To Read (by Reid Lyon)

How symptoms of depression increased amongst children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic (meta-analysis and review)

This important meta-analysis and systematic review study by Sheri Madigan et al, published yesterday looked at longitudinal data from 12 countries to check if depression and anxiety symptoms increased in cohorts of children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is what the study teaches us: This systematic review and meta-analysis of 53… Read More How symptoms of depression increased amongst children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic (meta-analysis and review)