Adding a statement addressing implicit bias seems to reduce the gender gap.
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Adding a statement addressing implicit bias seems to reduce the gender gap.
Continue readingA combination of research-validated teaching methods can produce learning outcomes at a higher than 2 sigma level compared to traditional lecture.
Continue readingWondering how many of your students are giving an honest effort on conceptual inventories? Today’s paper can help.
Continue readingEven though students learn more in active learning environments, students still feel they learn more in traditional lecture settings.
Continue readingResources framework, an assest-based model for education research, can bring to light student ideas that are hidden to traditional methods used for analysing student responses.
Continue readingThe Universal Design for Learning are a set of guidelines for designing materials for diverse needs, abilities, and interests.
Continue readingA recent paper suggests that graduate teaching assistant behaviors in the classroom significantly impact how well students do in their courses and hence, training teaching assistants on best practices in science education is important.
Continue readingPrior physics preparation seems to be the biggest contributor to the gender gap but a lot is still unknown.
Continue readingLearn more about the Pulsar Search Collaboratory, a program that allows high school students to search for pulsars with the Green Bank Telescope!
Continue readingUnder certain conditions, retrieval-based practice can produce learning at-least as good as peer instruction.
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