Research on Best Practice - 2 views
What do we know about "what works" out there from a classroom perspective?
Finland has no standardized tests
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Study Finds Memory Works Differently in the Age of Google - 0 views
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Study finds we remember where to find something when we know we can google it, we remember what we found if we think we can't just google it again.
Impatient Futurist: Science Finds a Better Way to Teach Science | Learning | DISCOVER M... - 1 views
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Get rid of the lecture?
The Value of Teachers - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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How does this make you feel?
America's Teachers on America's Schools | Scholastic Report | Bill & Melinda Gates Foun... - 0 views
MCA-II Study: Longitudinal study of over-performing schools - Maverick Insights - E-Out... - 0 views
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Report on schools that outperform on MCA-II's.
Doing What Works - How to Organize Your Teaching - Essential Concepts - 0 views
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How to Organize Instruction
Teachers - ED.gov - 0 views
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Resource for teachers on education grants, research and materials.
Education_report.ashx (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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Research on what works
McKinsey Report on Teacher Effectiveness powerpoint.Doc (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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Research on what works
TCRecord: Article - 0 views
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Another study found that at-risk students increased their social studies knowledge more when developing multimedia products than when receiving an additional week of instruction on the same content
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Studies have shown that low-performing students are much more likely to be provided with opportunities to use computer-based technology for skill-building and drill and practice type activities. High-performing students, on the other hand, use technology for higher-order thinking activities such as data analysis and multimedia presentation
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Teachers found that technology played an important role in identifying students’ instructional needs and helping them differentiate instruction to meet those needs. This showed up primarily in two ways: the open-ended nature of technology productivity software; and the ability of some technology programs to diagnose problems and provide targeted instruction in those areas
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Research design and assumptions clearly articulated here.
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn: Scientific American - 0 views
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People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tests at which they are bound to fail. In a series of experiments, they showed that if students make an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve information before receiving an answer, they remember the information better than in a control condition in which they simply study the information
Educational Leadership:Best of Educational Leadership 2007-2008:Nine Ways to Catch Kids Up - 0 views
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This should be read in relation to our discussion of the value of memorization as it relates to math.
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