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Monster study on learning strategies released

Monster study on learning strategies released | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"John Hattie and his colleague Gregory M. Donoghue have released a “monster” study on learning strategies titled Learning strategies: a synthesis and conceptual model ..."

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Why Prisoner Education Is Key to Reducing Crime - The Atlantic Cities

Why Prisoner Education Is Key to Reducing Crime - The Atlantic Cities | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In August, the RAND Corporation released a meta-analysis confirming what criminal justice researchers have been reporting for years: Educating people while they're behind bars makes them a lot less likely to return to prison once they get out..."

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The unit of education - David Didau: The Learning Spy

The unit of education - David Didau: The Learning Spy | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. Lord Kelvin A lot of education research is an attempt to measure the effects of teaching (or teachers) on learning (or pupils.) But is this actually possible? ..."

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Halina Ostańkowicz-Bazan's curator insight, January 11, 2015 10:18 AM

When numerical values are assigned to teaching we’re very easily are taken in. The effects of teaching and learning are far too complex to be easily understood, but numbers are easily understood: this one’s bigger than that. This leads to pseudo-accuracy and makes us believe there are easy solutions to difficult problems.