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Aug 9

Aug 9 Reflections On Effective Feedback Use

Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Students

My post today is a personal reflection on effective feedback use. Feedback is a crucial aspect of the learning process. It helps us correct errors and improve performance in the future. However, effective feedback remains a problem in education.

Nov 30

Nov 30 Incentives for Course Evaluations

Cindy Nebel

For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

Over the years, I have heard a lot of different opinions about course evaluations. Here are a few of the (likely misquoted) gems: Student 1: I don’t fill out course evaluations because no one reads them anyway. Student 2: Yessssss, time to roast Professor Y!

Oct 10

Oct 10 GUEST POST: Multiple-choice Testing: Are the Best Practices for Assessment Also Good for Learning?

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

Multiple-choice tests are very popular in education for a variety of reasons – they are easy to grade, offer greater objectivity, and can allow more content to be covered on a single test. As a result of its popularity and utility, multiple-choice testing has been the focus ...

Jun 30

Jun 30 How to Design a Blog Writing Assignment in 3 Easy Steps

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, For Researchers, Learning Scientists Posts

A few months into our blog, we received an e-mail from Dr. Jennifer McCabe at Goucher College telling us about an assignment she had implemented for her upper-level seminar on the topic of "Cognition, Teaching, and Learning." We were very flattered to ...

Jun 7

Jun 7 GUEST POST: What Causes Test-score Inflation? Comparing Two Theories

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers, For Parents

Ask most anyone inside U.S. education—in the “education establishment”—about “teaching to the test”, and they will tell you that externally imposed high-stakes tests induce teaching to the test. Moreover, teaching to the test—replacing instruction on subject ...

May 29

May 29 Weekly Digest #12: How to Make Standardized Testing Better

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Parents, Digests

Last week, we published a digest of divergent views on standardized testing. Realistically, though, you’re unlikely to be reading our blog if you’re truly dead set against any kind of standardized testing – and in fact, let’s not forget the important point that any kind of ...