WOW - So I just caught myself going down the same kind of dangerous, circuitous-logic path that I so often criticize:
I have recently seen A LOT of media relating to the impact of homework ...
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GUEST POST: What Would Having a Woman as President Mean to Children?
Kids are born biased. It’s natural to put things, and people, into categories. Even very young children sort people based on race and sex, and this sorting can affect their judgments about gender equity.
For example, I asked children whether it is acceptable...
GUEST POST: Two Myths about Feedback (and Why the Myths are Wrong)
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...
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 ...