Archive for the 'Research and Evaluation'

State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery?

March 15th, 2013 by Scott McLeod

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Posted in Law, Policy, and Ethics, Research and Evaluation | 2 comments

Text complexity in the early grades: Shooting ourselves in the foot?

March 10th, 2013 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Here are some quotes from the most recent issue of Educational Researcher...
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Posted in Leadership and Vision, Learning and Teaching, Mind Dump, Research and Evaluation | 2 comments

5 videos on connected learning from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub [VIDEOS]

November 2nd, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Here are four very powerful videos from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub...
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Posted in Leadership and Vision, Learning and Teaching, Our Changing World, Research and Evaluation, Social Media, Tech Integration, Videos, Youth and Media | 1 comment

Publishing in a print journal is only minimally ‘public’

October 27th, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Let’s face it. “Publishing” one’s work in a print journal...
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Posted in Higher Education, Research and Evaluation | No comments

Parents believe that technology can improve students’ learning

October 19th, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr research from the CEA showed that three-quarters of U.S. parents of students in...
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Posted in Learning and Teaching, Mind Dump, Research and Evaluation, Tech Integration | 1 comment

When children are simply taught

October 3rd, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr studies have found that when children are simply taught, they don’t explore and...
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Posted in Learning and Teaching, Mind Dump, Research and Evaluation | 3 comments

“Time on task” is less important for higher-level understanding and creativity

August 21st, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr the nature of the task helps to determine the relationship between time and...
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Teachers are only part of the student learning equation

August 13th, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Here’s a slightly-modified version of a comment I left over at The Des Moines...
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Posted in Law, Policy, and Ethics, Learning and Teaching, Research and Evaluation | 2 comments

About those PISA scores…

August 11th, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Here are PISA scores for 15-year-olds as typically presented by politicians. When...
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Posted in International, Law, Policy, and Ethics, Research and Evaluation | 3 comments

What does the research say about school one-to-one computing initiatives?

July 5th, 2012 by Scott McLeod

Share on Tumblr Today’s resource is a re-issue of an older version. Last November we...
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Posted in Leadership and Vision, Learning and Teaching, Research and Evaluation, Tech Integration | 2 comments

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