Myth 1: People don’t want to receive negative feedback
Whenever I discuss my research on feedback with strangers, I ask for their beliefs about feedback. For the most part, these beliefs converge on one core...
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GUEST POST: The Elusive Effect of Font Disfluency on Problem Solving
Below are several problems that vary in difficulty. Try to answer as many as you can.
(1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? _____ cents
GUEST POST: Important New Study of Homework
There's plenty of research on homework and the very brief version of the findings is probably well known to readers: homework has a modest effect on the academic achievement of older students, and no effect on younger students (1) ...
GUEST POST: Engineering a Better Engineering Student
We all have a dream job. When I was growing up, mine was private investigator. I wanted to solve mysteries, like Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. I sort of got my wish. I ended up being a cognitive psychologist – a learning scientist, specifically. As a scientist, I still get to solve mysteries (or try to, at least). But not everyone is so fortunate. For example ...
GUEST BLOG: "School of the Future" -- How Are Schools Evolving?
Inequity is rampant in America, with children in low-income households starting at a disadvantage and falling further behind throughout their schooling. Nova’s School of the Future Segment highlights how research and technology can help ...
GUEST POST: Is Your Feedback Carefully Used, or Barely Perused?
Do your students engage with your feedback comprehensively and with an open mind? Plenty of anecdotal and empirical evidence tells us that the answer might be “no.” Indeed, our own students have openly told us that their strategies include hiding ...