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Eric.ed.gov – Using Writing to Encourage PSMTS’ Reflections on Ambiguity in Mathematical Language

…be negatively affected. We share background on specific instances in which teachers can create confusion with the language they use, and we investigate both pre-service teachers’ and college algebra students’… Continue Reading

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tandfonline.com – The ambiguous influence of high-stakes testing on science teaching in Sweden

…focusing on instances where teachers’ pedagogical practices were broadened and/or narrowed. The research design is qualitative thematic analysis of focus group data, from group discussions with Swedish science teachers. The… Continue Reading

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Eric.ed.gov – Increasing Science Literacy in Early Childhood: The Connection between Home and School

…ally. This article discusses simple changes parents can embrace in order to make everyday activities more scientific–for instance, asking: “Which objects float in the bathtub and which don’t? Why might… Continue Reading

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Eric.ed.gov – Learner Response System: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary

…quickly assess pupil responses for certain types of tasks and give instant feedback. They felt that the LRS helped to engage pupils and allowed different pupils to work at their… Continue Reading

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Eric.ed.gov – Unconscious Bias in the Classroom: Evidence and Opportunities, 2017

…insights: (1) Humans consciously “and unconsciously” store experiences in our brains and those experiences (memories) later influence instantaneous, automatic decision-making, which is critical to cognitive functioning and “cannot be turned… Continue Reading

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Eric.ed.gov – Quantitizing Affective Data as Project Evaluation on the Use of a Mathematics Mobile Game and Intelligent Tutoring System

…quantifiable way as instances on an Excel[TM] spreadsheet for statistical analyses. All the data was explored from the affective perspective by labelling the feelings participants experienced according to the affective… Continue Reading

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tandfonline.com – Nudges against pandemics: Sweden’s COVID-19 containment strategy in perspective

…questions about the design of the strategy, and its appropriateness. The paper argues that key assumptions sustaining the strategy, for instance that symptom-free people do not carry, and cannot transmit… Continue Reading

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tandfonline.com – Psychiatric research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 – a systematic review

…birth, family factors in childhood, physical inactivity and substance use in adolescence. There are also novel findings relating to brain imaging and cognition, for instance regarding familial risk of psychosis… Continue Reading

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Eric.ed.gov – Influences on Beginning Teachers’ Literacy-Related Instructional Beliefs: A Longitudinal Case-Study Comparison of Five Non-Traditional Math and Science Teachers.

…policies. Negative conditions included lack of time, large numbers of students and/or preparations required, students with many academic or personal problems, and general instability of the beginning teacher’s assignments. (Contains… Continue Reading