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Are We Assessing What Really Matters in Education?

ED Surge

Recently, EdSurge webinar host Matthew Joseph discussed with education experts the need for assessments to measure what truly matters and power human progress. Webinar panelists included Patrick Kyllonen from ETS , Candace Thille from Stanford Graduate School of Education , Eugene So from JFFLabs and Temple Lovelace from Assessment for Good.

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Is the privilege of the examiner a myth?

A Psychology Teacher Writes

I’m thinking here primarily about my own subject, Psychology, or any other where there aren’t simply right or wrong answers most of the time, and therefore examining requires interpretation and application of a mark scheme. I’m just not sure. And, to be clear, I’ve never examined. What might examining give you?

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Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Expert Roundtable

Political Science Now

Join the American Political Science Association for our second webinar in a series exploring the 2024 U.S. Dr. Michael Tesler ’s teaching and research focus on public opinion, racial politics, elections, political psychology, American government, and quantitative research methods. The post Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S.

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How Belonging and Productive Struggle Can Motivate Students in Math

Digital Promise

In recent edWeb webinars , Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project explored two important strategies for helping every student meet high expectations in math: enabling productive struggle and creating a sense of belonging. Incorporate Productive Struggle and a Sense of Belonging to Improve Math Learning. and Antonio M.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

In contrast, prior psychological research on learning was often conducted in a lab with artificial tasks and then applied to more realistic educational activities and settings. Sciences of learning recognizes that many sciences inform our understanding of how people learn, such as neuroscience, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more.

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On Pedagogical Anxiety and Psychological Safety

All Things Pedagogical

This is often why we get such differing summaries of conferences or webinars from folk. And the difference between the folk who can or choose to only see positive, and those who see and experience those barriers to connecting, engaging, or even sharing in spaces like conferences or classrooms or meetings, is psychological safety.

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A checklist no one wants: 8 steps to take after a school shooting

The Hechinger Report

Martin was one of several experts and survivors of school shootings who spoke about recovering from gun violence during a recent webinar hosted by the Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools. In the next, roughly month-long period, communities often unite around their schools.