The Answer Sheet Archive: Research
'Brain-based' education: Run from it
A veteran educator explains why teachers should run from any curriculum that says it is "brain-based."
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Valerie Strauss
| February 28, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Larry Cuban, Learning, Research
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brain research, brain-based education, daniel willingham, education and brain, larry cuban
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The "three great teachers in a row" myth
It's time to stop the constant recitation that the achievement gap could be closed if all students had three, or four, or five great teachers in a row. Here's a history of the myth.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 25, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Congress, Diane Ravitch, Research, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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center for american progress, diane ravitch, education trust, standardized tests, teacher evaluation, teachers
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Most, least popular kids less likely to bully, study says
A new study suggests that neither the most popular students nor the least are likely to be bullies at school but rather the kids who are in the middle of the social hierarchies.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 8, 2011; 11:11 AM ET |
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Bullying, Research
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anti-bullying programs, bulliers, bullying, bullying research, bullying victims, who bullies
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New study: How L.A. Times teachers data is flawed
Nobody should be surprised about a new study that finds big flaws with last year’s Los Angeles Times project in which it used “value added” methods to rate the effectiveness of more than 6,000 teachers. But feel free to be annoyed.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 7, 2011; 2:18 PM ET |
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Research, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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l.a. times, latimes, los angeles times, los angeles times teachers, rand corp., rating schools, rating teachers, teacher effectiveness, teacher evaluation, teacher ratings, teachers, teachers database, value added, value added methods, value added models
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Study: Most high school biology teachers don’t endorse evolution
The central theory of biology is evolution yet a new study shows that most high school biology teachers are reluctant to endorse it in class.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 29, 2011; 1:07 PM ET |
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Research, Science
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biology, biology teachers, charles darwin, creationism, darwin, evolution, evolutionary biology, high school biology, high school science, intelligent design, study on evolution
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Do tests really help students learn -- or was a new study misreported? -- Kohn
A new study that received attention was said to have concluded that kids should "take a test to really learn." Except, as Alfie Kohn explains, the study doesn't support that conclusion.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 28, 2011; 2:45 PM ET |
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Alfie Kohn, Research, Standardized Tests
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alfie kohn, high-stakes testing, new york times, rote learning, standardized testing, student on testing, testing, testing study
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