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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

Documenting Learning. Silvia Tolisano sees documenting learning as: a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose. being open for feedback ( Documenting FOR Learning ). Silvia Tolisano sees documenting learning as: a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose.

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

Doug Levin

Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document. In any case, do not be surprised if I periodically return to this post to update or add key facts and documents. FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

limited data collection, limited program evaluation?, So, what we had to do is align and create guiding documents with the teacher’s evaluation tools so that when an administrator or an instructional superintendent or a leader from central office walked in, they had a guiding document.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

Evidence-based Investments There is a long-standing interest in spending academic intervention funds on programs with a record of success. To date, these requirements have been more of a compliance exercise than practical guides to good investments. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

.’ If you’re in the work of program evaluation, you can see why these things might happen,” said Wolf. The problem of hiding unfavorable results from publication was documented as far back as 1995. Related: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Summative Research This is all about outcomes and includes the classic RCT and QED research programs. Evaluating outcomes in this way takes both time and financial resources. Foundational Efficacy This includes a host of projects that start with creating the guiding documents that outline the logic of a product.

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