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What Is Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy?

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In 2001, a group The group consisted of “representatives (from) three groups: cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists and instructional researchers, and testing and assessment specialists” (Anderson & Krathwohl 2001). For example, ‘Analysis’ because ‘Analyzing.’ The Definition Of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.

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How the COVID crisis caused K-12 to rethink testing

EmergingEdTech

“Students and teachers are nearing a breaking point…” The pandemic reignited the debate over shifting away from high-stakes testing to a more balanced assessment approach that’s part of the regular instructional cycle. Why can’t we break free of high-stakes testing?

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. By 2002, a new education law had replaced the program and a new presidential administration was in place. Appropriations: FY 2002 $700,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $817,096,000).

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If girls are bad at math, should we blame their mothers?

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: In a second analysis of 35 years of national survey data, the researchers found a strong correlation between a young woman’s beliefs about women’s roles and her future daughters’ subsequent math scores. Their children’s performance in mathematics was also assessed.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. This analysis ignores other initiatives happening in those schools and the characteristics of the teachers and students that might influence performance. We’re doing this because if we weren’t, nobody would be doing it.”.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2002, 39(1), pp. Attempted Validation of the Scores of the VARK: Learning Styles Inventory With Multitrait–Multimethod Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Performance assessments that integrate evidence of teaching practices and student learning measured in a variety of ways (such as student work, lesson plans, assignments, in-person or video observations based on standards, and/or National Board assessment). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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