tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post4047293237108520951..comments2024-03-23T03:00:27.148-07:00Comments on The Education Scientist: How Can Education Experiments Make Education Better?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351479269650780356noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-63460135333688051412019-09-13T10:14:43.591-07:002019-09-13T10:14:43.591-07:00Pigso Learning is the best exam app in Gujarat. It...<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pigsolearning&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow"><strong>Pigso Learning</strong></a> is the best exam app in Gujarat. It is available language Gujarati, Hindi, English. So you can download our app for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pigsolearning&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow"><strong>exam preparation app</strong></a>.addikapoor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02971037297048944636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-40108965996036926112019-07-05T08:47:12.137-07:002019-07-05T08:47:12.137-07:00الطرق الطبيعية للتخلص من الحشرات المنزلية يفضل الب...الطرق الطبيعية للتخلص من الحشرات المنزلية يفضل البعض اللجوء إلى الطرق الطبيعية للقضاء على الحشرات المنزلية، تجنباً للآثار السلبية التي قد تسببها المبيدات الحشرية للأطفال في حال استنشاقهم أو ملامستهم لها، ويختص كلّ نوع من الحشرات بطريقة محددة للقضاء عليه والتي تتناسب مع تركيبه الجسماني والكيميائي.<br /><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2U738iz" rel="nofollow">شركة مكافحة حشرات بحائل</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2UlU1K6" rel="nofollow">شركة مكافحة حشرات بالقصيم</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2TKnZ60" rel="nofollow">شركة مكافحة النمل الابيض بالدمام</a><br />Mohamed Abdellatifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356227668625203605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-37610776276118615042013-07-31T05:21:47.326-07:002013-07-31T05:21:47.326-07:00P.S. LOVE the "huge whiteboard" idea!P.S. LOVE the "huge whiteboard" idea!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351479269650780356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-12424385376425637092013-07-31T05:20:43.943-07:002013-07-31T05:20:43.943-07:00Rene,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I feel s...Rene,<br />Thanks for sharing your experience. I feel strongly that we should support teachers like you in doing that, and that it shouldn't be nearly as difficult as it is.<br /><br />> Unfortunately, many times this sharing does not even happen between grade level teams, much less across districts and outward.<br /><br />Yes - this is somewhat puzzling. Teachers in other countries, like Singapore and Japan, share much more and routinely produce better outcomes. (So these are two places we can find successful models of teacher sharing.) One challenge is that the conditions are different across countries. In many other countries, teachers have a lighter teaching load than U.S. teachers because there is a recognition that they need more time for preparation during the school day. That makes it easier to collaborate with peers.<br /><br />Maybe we can start by looking there. When do you prep, Rene? How does your prep schedule match up with the other teachers in your school, district, extended network? What times throughout the school day or week would you have time to share ideas, insights, and questions with your colleagues if everyone were inclined to do that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351479269650780356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-74858080922115967022013-07-30T14:02:51.335-07:002013-07-30T14:02:51.335-07:00Great point, Jeff.
In the two examples cited in t...Great point, Jeff.<br /><br />In the two examples cited in the post above, one decent control is the previous year's standardized test scores. Disappointing scores are frequently the reason teachers start looking for better tools in the first place. It's not a perfect control, but then again we don't need perfect (can't afford it, in fact). We just need to keep getting better over time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351479269650780356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-55036715189039315402013-07-30T10:34:47.332-07:002013-07-30T10:34:47.332-07:00It seems to me that sharing the results of these &...It seems to me that sharing the results of these "experiments" would be wonderful. It also seems that this is a problem that happens throughout society, not just in schools. How many employees figure out better ways to solve work issues but this solution never gets disseminated to other employees?<br /><br />Moreover, if each teacher is running experiments, wouldn't it be difficult to figure out which experiment had the best long term effect? By 4th grade the student would have been involved in 5 different teacher's experiments. Where is the control?<br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505923398185206254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645583842972204443.post-4156381351089218272013-07-29T22:45:09.449-07:002013-07-29T22:45:09.449-07:00I’ve read your last three posts with interest. Yo...I’ve read your last three posts with interest. You, and those who replied, raised many important questions. I’ve been mulling these over wanting to reply, but did not know exactly where I wanted to weigh in first. I think this is a good spot. <br /><br />I can relate to the two teachers you cited as I am a first grade teacher and I too wrestled with why my students struggled with number sense (as well as issues of curriculum and pacing). Independently, I followed (basically) the outlines you gave as examples of how scientific experimentation happens every day in real time. I even attempted to replicate this investigation with our kindergarten classes, but was unable to do so for a number of reasons. So, I am one teacher, with one positive experience, and no real way to systematically analyze and disseminate what I learned so that others may benefit. <br /><br />I believe there are solutions to this problem, just as there are solutions to most problems, but we have not hit upon them as yet. Or have we? Some educational content areas do a better job than others when it comes to scientific experimentation, sharing of results, and replication: elementary literacy for example. Math, it seems, is the content area that has received the least amount of real time classroom research. <br /><br />I agree sharing is a first critical step. Unfortunately, many times this sharing does not even happen between grade level teams, much less across districts and outward. I wonder why? I think the answer is complex and we need to spend some time looking at this to determine the multiple (possible) reasons, and multiple contexts in which this occurs, discuss possible solutions, find models where sharing works, and then test each of these. Sounds strangely familiar! It might seem like we would end up back at square one with the question of how do we share results, but the idea is that our experimentation would have led us to that (those) answers(s). <br /><br />So, let’s start with this: where have you found actual models of sharing that work? (By “work” I mean information is diffused at scale, models are replicated and tested, and the cycle continues.) Let’s use this space as a sort of huge white board where we can brainstorm ideas, “write” them down, cross them off, try again...and actually, actively, work to find solutions.<br />Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141504361234669724noreply@blogger.com