eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this may make some educators cringe, the reality is that test-enhanced learning, or testing as an aid to learning, has evidence of effectiveness dating back nearly 100 years ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). The Testing Effect and LMS Technology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Instead of raw aggregate measures like test scores, the study uses changes in test scores and a statistical adjustment for racial composition to compute more accurate measures of the causal effects that attending a particular school has on students’ learning gains. This leads to a research design that can isolate cause and effect.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2017

If research is to yield real-world solutions, it will take teachers, students, researchers and technologists working together to dabble, invent and test new ideas. Botanist George Washington Carver took his academic research and translated it into theories that he would test in the fields.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Hanover Research’s (2011) report mentions that several high school achievement factors (GPA, SAT/ACT test scores, high school rank) are among the most consistent predictors of retention. Unfortunately, Miami became test-optional in the fall of 2020 and our collection of data such as high school GPA and rank was inconsistent.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

If edtech is to help improve education research it will need to kick a bad habit—focusing on whether or not an educational intervention ‘works’. A typical research question in education might be whether average test scores differ for students who use a new math game and those who don’t. How does NHST look in action?

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