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Web content evaluation – data for a change

I sometimes complain that pundits and keynoters receive too much blog attention and researchers too little. Since the researchers I follow seldom seem to blog, perhaps I should post in support of their activity. So much attention has been focused on the quality of online resources and the skills necessary to critically evaluate these resources [...]

Posted 02 December 2009 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

New Data In From Math & Reading Software Evaluation

A major study supported by NCLB has been evaluating the impact of math software in classrooms. I appear to be on a mailing list resulting in my receipt of project summaries (I specifically asked about this research last year). The data from the first year basically showed little benefit. Data from the second year of [...]

Posted 26 February 2009 † grabe § General § Research ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

EdTech Research Agenda

The recently authorized National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Techologies comes with a stated set of priorities: • Research, development and demonstrations of learning technologies that could include simulations, games, virtual worlds, intelligent tutors, performance-based assessments, and innovative approaches to pedagogy that these tools can implement. • Design and testing of components [...]

Posted 24 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

You Still Must Think

Perhaps too much has been made of generational difference in the way technology has been used. And, perhaps there is a confusion between comfort level and productivity. A research study just released concludes: The first ever virtual longitudinal study carried out by the CIBER research team at University College London claims that, although young people [...]

Posted 18 January 2008 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Communicating in Email

I came across a brief Wired post exploring the inability to communicate actual intent in email. The Wired articled referenced “recent” research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by Epley and Kruger. The Wired article refers to Epley and Kruger in stating: The researchers took 30 pairs of undergraduate students and gave [...]

Posted 09 January 2008 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Here is my response

The Gates Tip Line includes a recent post in which the host asks for replies to a teachers negative analysis of Prensky’s comments (I did not see the phrase “engage me or enrage me”, but this is the type of comment that Prensky uses). The host was disappointed with the lack of response to the [...]

Posted 06 January 2008 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Why Johnny Can’t Read

I think I read Flesch’s Why Johnny Can’t Read back in graduate school. For one reason or another, this problem seemed to disappear. Perhaps math and science issues became greater concerns. Problems with reading proficiency are about to receive more attention. A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts urges attention to the [...]

Posted 19 November 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: