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a place to collect research study links to education and technology
Updated on Apr 09, 13
Created on May 02, 10
Category: Schools & Education
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large study in Spain, 2009ish, on correlation between school and home computer use with academic achievement
Meta research studies suggest that much scientific research is deeply flawed in many ways. Good article to give caution to interpretation of studies
Gates-funded and state-funded initiatives to redefine teacher evaluation and to provide exemplars for good teaching. Dec 2010
Shanghai scores first in reading, math and science across all the world's 15-year olds
Good article on both the reading and conducting of social science research.
Helps in both reading and designing social science research (and other scientific research).
sept 2011 - Chris Anderson article on role of models (samples) when you have data on the whole population! When is theory useful? For prediction?
jan 2011 - 16-page study highlights the promise and problems in online math instruction and in researching the topic
may 2012 - summary of studies that suggest a positive bias in favor of published, significant results in complex systems that are difficult to study. IMPORTANT for readers and students of research
may 2012 - use of crowdsourcing to get psychological info is on the rise with Mechanical Turk and its 500,000 Turkers the favored sample. It also provides a more heterogeneous sample since it's worldwide and crosses many age groups.
apr 2012 - list of predatory or questionable journals
11 items | 1 visits
a place to collect research study links to education and technology
Updated on Apr 09, 13
Created on May 02, 10
Category: Schools & Education
URL: