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Opportunities prisoners have to study

Ask a Tech Teacher

She’s written a thoughtful article about the availability of education, books, and learning even for those without access to where you and I typically fulfill our need for knowledge: What opportunities do prisoners have to study? However, there are a few pitfalls still to be dealt with when affording inmates the ability to study.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

The primary author of the study ( Binbin Zheng, Ph.D. Given the top line finding, I suspect the study will garner much attention and – at the same time – be subject to much spin. How was the study conducted? standard deviations (based on 3 effect sizes from 2 studies). Review of Educational Research.

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PROOF POINTS: Study finds guaranteed free tuition lures low-income students

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by Harvard economist Raj Chetty found that many elite colleges, including the majority of the Ivy League, enroll more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent. This study is evidence, however, that the upfront guarantee scholarship structure is more effective at increasing low-income enrollment.

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Study Tips: Teaching Kids to Be Excellent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

” “Study hard.” WHAT study tips actually work? What does it mean to “study?” ” How do you study? In this episode, she shares important study tips for students. Judy Fishel’s April 2015 book Straight A’s are Not Enough: Breakthroughs in Learning for College Students.

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New Study Shows Where ‘Growth Mindset’ Training Works (And Where It Doesn’t)

Edsurge

A large nationwide study has found that teaching ninth graders to maintain a “growth mindset” toward learning—stressing that their minds are like muscles that can get stronger with use—can result in higher test scores. Dweck is a co-author of the study released today. Data was collected in the 2015-16 school year.

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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2015

Ask a Tech Teacher

Before you look at what statistics say are the most popular posts, tell me what your most popular categories are by voting in this poll: Here they are–my top 10 and bottom 10 of 2015 (though I’ve skipped any that have to do with website reviews and tech tips. 10 Space Websites That Will Launch Your Class Study.

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PROOF POINTS: Seven new studies on the impact of a four-day school week?

The Hechinger Report

We know that kids love it and so do parents and teachers,” said Emily Morton, a researcher at NWEA, a nonprofit assessment company, who has studied four-day school weeks around the country. The first empirical study, published in 2015, found that Colorado students in four-day schools did a lot better.

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