Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The second installment in Digital Promise Global’s Making Learning Personal For All series, “ Research and The Promise of Personalized Learning ” explores advances in the learning sciences that underscore key Learner Factors that must be considered in order to better support students based on their unique learning needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

South from his peers was his passion for helping students learn and love the sciences. He didn’t teach science. We learned science. He is the main reason I pursued a degree in science initially, before taking this passion to the field of education. All of his classes were amazing.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Researchers at the Digital Promise-led Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences ( CIRCLS ) believe that over the next five to 10 years, AI in the education space will see a significant growth. Start from what is good teaching and learning. And not “from what AI can do for me.”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2022

The post Hubs: A Digital Learning Research Strategy to Reach Millions appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2019

This blog post was updated on March 6, 2019 to include more current research, information, and opinions on grit in the classroom. We’ll take a deeper dive into her research and consider the role of grit in the classroom in 2019, nearly six years after Duckworth delivered her TED Talk. An Overview of Angela Duckworth’s Research on Grit.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first. Weve all been there.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The best way to retain knowledge, according to memory research, is to learn about it once, wait until you’re about to forget it, and then learn it again. Also in contrast to standard scheduling patterns in schools is the idea of interleaved learning. Learning science supports his vision.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. And while many of the studies showed gains for learners in some cases, the researchers concluded that flipped learning isn’t living up to its promise. They’re part of the group doing flipped learning.”

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Teachers and practitioners don’t get access to best practices that come from research, and we have to fix that. And the only way to fix that is for there to be more conversations between the two, to have more products and schools and platforms that use research, and for that research to have actionable recommendations for practitioners.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 27, 2017

Since the fall 2016 meeting of the League of Innovative Schools , superintendents from around the country have connected with leading researchers in the field of maker learning. Investigating the social values and purposes that maker learning programs promote.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

For example, before the 2016-2017 school year, they invited researcher Melina Uncapher, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, and CEO of the Institute for Applied Neuroscience , to share research that would help them better understand their “end users”: students.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The goal of Digital Promise’s Marketplace Research work has been to create smarter supply and smarter demand in the education technology (edtech) marketplace. A foundational element of this work is research communications–helping consumers find reliable, evidence-based information they can trust about learning tools.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What stands out for me is how readers remain interested in basic research into how kids learn, from reading to critical thinking to collaborating with peers. Thank you to everyone who has read and commented on my weekly stories about education data and research. A study on teaching critical thinking in science.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Today, learning sciences research has discovered more about how people learn than we have ever known—and much of this research demonstrates that people learn differently. Research-Based Edtech Products. Analysis of product submissions highlighted 53 edtech products that were grounded in research.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. The post Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Educators and educational product developers understand the value of using research to inform their work, but it can be overwhelming to find the most relevant and promising research findings. Learn three strategies from Edward Deci and Richard Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory on how to help students get and stay motivated.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2018

Though many edtech companies claim their products are research-based and effective, some educators say they have trouble believing these claims when targeted students and school contexts are ambiguous. What qualifies as “research”? What motivates developers to use research?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Recently, the 60,000-member National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released a new “Research Compendium,” a handbook with 38 chapters , each summarizing the best research on an important aspect of teaching and learning mathematics. So what did we discover? First, humility! Second, the value of a well-chosen framework.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Research shows that a flexible understanding of numbers is strongly correlated to later math achievement and the ability to solve problems presented in different ways. Unlike the recent surge of evidence on science-based reading instruction, research and emphasis on number sense isnt making its way into schools and classrooms in the same way.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2017

Still, there are increasing calls for educators and entrepreneurs alike to design and implement innovative education programs and products based on learning science findings. In 2016, we launched the Research Map to provide education stakeholders a visual way to explore the full landscape of education and learning science research.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While the edtech market continues to grow with innovative ways to engage students, not many companies provide products rooted in three decades of cognitive research that continue to provide solid returns on investment. How does cognitive science inform your products and processes? We continue to invest in research and expand our team.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2016

In response, ed-tech developers are using research to inform the early stages of product design and development, and to conduct evaluations of their products’ effectiveness. We invite all ed-tech developers to complete an application, and tell us how you use research!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

“The essay may actually have been particularly helpful for predicting the college success of disadvantaged students,” said Jack Buckley, a former head of research at the College Board, via email. He is currently the head of assessment and learning sciences at Roblox, an online gaming company.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 23, 2018

In our paper, Learner Variability Is the Rule, Not the Exception , we define learner variability, based on research on the science of the individual and what research says matters in learning. Demonstrate how learning sciences research can improve classroom practice.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) leverage the power of multi-sector networks to support innovative teaching and learning in regions across the country. The kinds of research questions these EdClusters have workshopped reflect the range of activities and partners they engage. Research-practice partnerships.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2016

All of these represent innovative ways to use technology to provide low-skilled adult learners with quality learning opportunities, but are they grounded in learning sciences research on how adult learn ? It turns out, yes.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

High-quality resources and curricula can help educators bring science to life through authentic and challenging activities. What research do we need to bring standards-aligned science learning to more students and support educators in implementing these resources effectively? Unique Benefits of OpenSciEd.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2022

The post Facilitating Next Generation Learning Research with SEERNet appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

Are you looking to design learning environments to support a range of learners? The Digital Promise Research Map can help. The Research Map is a hub for learning sciences research which connects education leaders, policymakers, and technology developers with research findings that can inform their work.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2017

As maker-centered learning gains traction in schools around the country, district leaders in the League of Innovative Schools are pioneering best practices for implementing new programs. What does research have to say about maker learning? How do we measure and show the impact of these programs?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2021

Look for intentionally designed edtech tools that are likely to support meaningful learning. When edtech tools incorporate research about learning from the start, learners are the center of product design. These types of tools ground their solution in learning sciences to meet the realities that learners face.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Melina Uncapher, Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and CEO and Director of Research at the Institute for Applied Neuroscience , to lead full staff trainings on the science of learning, starting in the fall of 2016. You can also watch the video and download the case study.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 22, 2012

I am extremely excited that my second book is now available through Solution Tree entitled What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Science. It was a great deal of fun co-authoring this book with Keith Devereaux , one of my Science teachers at New Milford High School.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 14, 2018

At the same time, a growing field of learning sciences research offers more precise knowledge of how learners learn. Digital Promise Global’s Learner Positioning Systems (LPS) initiative is the conduit to unite products with research through partnerships with edtech companies.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

A theme here at Proof Points is that many things that go on at schools are at odds with the conclusions of rigorous education research. Teachers ought to be learning more about what the last 50 years of rigorous, well-designed research has uncovered, confirmed or refuted when they start their profession.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2020

How can educational researchers ensure continued data collection in the wake of COVID-19? Digital Promise’s Learning Sciences Research team is experiencing what many educational researchers are familiar with by now—an untimely intrusion by the COVID-19 pandemic that compromises data collection at the end of the school year.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2020

As schools rapidly shift instruction to a learn-from-home situation, we’re thinking about how to integrate core learning sciences principles in this new context: What do we know improves learning? In a research study , we used principles like this with mobile, handheld technology.

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