Here are some recent books and reports I’ve run across, as well as some articles I and others have written that you may find useful. We created a knowledgebase of over 50 articles related to college teaching here, on topics…
Blog Archives
Evidence for Various Research-based Instructional Strategies: Countering Critiques
There are several bloggers continuing to criticize constructivist-inspired teaching methods. They almost always base their criticisms on a 2006 opinion piece by Kirshner, Sweller (inventor of Cognitive Load Theory), and Clark entitled “Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An…
Fixing Calculus Courses
After doing midterm semester surveys and observations in several calculus courses, I compiled a list of suggested resources and strategies for improving student performance in calculus. I also posted this to the POD list along with a little more background on…
Two Courses That Made a Difference in Student Retention
UPDATE Feb. 2016: Please see this handout with a list of more strategies that increase student success & retention in college. Universities and colleges have a huge problem with retaining and graduating their students – particularly students in STEM areas (science, technology,…
New Books on Learning & Technology
Some recent and upcoming books that caught my eye (haven’t read them yet). Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities – They’ve made a copy of Chapter 10: Action Notebook available online. “it summarizes dozens of practical steps you can take…
Would Dewey, Piaget, Montessori, Friere get published today?
Imagine if Jean Piaget, John Dewey, Maria Montessori, or Paulo Friere were tenure track education or psychology professors today. They would probably not get their work published in education and psychology research journals, despite being some of the most highly…
Notes for a new open access educational journal
I had some thoughts for a new open educational journal last week, especially in light of the discontinuation of the Innovate journal. I even tested out Google Knol as a hosting platform. It allows for open peer review and more…
The Connection between Embodied Cognition and Learning: 3 Examples from Physics Education
When I started this blog 8 years ago, it was described as ‘eclectic’. Part of that is because, like most blogs, it is a slow form of stream of conscious, blogging about stuff that interests me. But also as a…
Educational Research Blogs, Twitterers
The research blogging awards were just announced, listing the top blogs and twitterers who share info about the latest research. There isn’t even a category for educational research, however. I was going to list my own top ‘educational research’ bloggers,…
Need Much Much More “D” in Education R & D
I already blogged about this matter 3 years ago in a post entitled “The State of Educational Research & Development.” But a few recent things made me think of it again: @newsweek tweeted for us to tell them our thoughts…
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