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Archive of studies on various education issues.
Updated on Nov 30, 14
Created on Oct 09, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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Nancy Blair's List: Research Studies
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Jan 25, 13
An article that summarizes key findings from a report from the Economic Policy Institute, “What Do International Tests Really Show About U.S. Student Performance?” There is also a link to the full report.
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Aug 05, 12
An article from Education Week that shares results from so study involving “450,490 students in 1,349 American schools surveyed between 2007 and 2010 and another 9,000 Norwegian students at 41 schools.” The results reveal 18% of American students reported verbal bullying while only 4.5% report incidents of cyberbullying. Most interestingly, 88% of students who reported cyberbullying also reported being the target of other types of bullying.
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Jun 28, 12
An infographic and article that highlights key ways neuroscience is influencing educational policies/procedures.
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Jun 17, 12
This article responds to the comment that there isn’t much evidence that digital learning impacts achievement by offering descriptions and links to multiple studies and resources that explore the issue of digital learning effectiveness.
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Mar 14, 12
Links to 5 research brief related to bullying.
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Feb 27, 12
An article in Wired online magazine about the research on learning out of the UCLA Learning & Forgetting Lab.
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Feb 15, 12
Links to interesting studies involving use of iPads in schools.
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Feb 12, 12
The site consists of two main components: a video archive of interviews with more than 20 leading researchers in the field of cognitive neuroscience and a growing set of demonstrations and stimuli materials. In the spring, they expect to add a quiz section.
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Jan 17, 12
This blog discusses the value of project-based learning (or passion-based learning) to combat knowledge gaps that arise when assessments only measure “what students know not what they can do with that knowledge.” It encourages setting up situations with which students act as professionals.
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Aug 10, 11
A .pdf document with a collections of news stories, case studies, white papers, and industry reports and surveys on issues and relevant topics in education technology and what scientists are saying about learning and the brain and the effects reading, physical fitness, multimedia, etc. have on the mind.
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Aug 02, 11
An article in the August 1st issue of Ed Week that reprints and article from May that questions the validity of Doug Reeves’ 90/90/90 research.
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Jun 02, 11
Archive of educational research and policy briefs.
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Dec 09, 10
Nice article that discusses uses (and misuses) of brain research in education.
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May 29, 10
Discusses info released by NCES about "Teachers' Use of Educational Technology." Good info.
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Dec 11, 09
This is part of a Pew Research Center series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial Generation
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Dec 11, 09
Charts and graphs about Millennials.
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