Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

When the Opt-Out movement gained traction in 2015, more than 20 percent of New York students (about 200,000) in grades 3 through 8 declined to take state standardized exams, a statistic that raised questions about the future of such testing. Aligning tests with the ways students learn in the classroom is one of Gorin’s goals.

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Exams Testing Disabilities Learning 117

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Did you simply practice the same type of A/B testing that’s common throughout the tech sphere? That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. But if researchers are A/B testing two innocuous options, what’s the harm?

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Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 208

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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Research Methods Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 206

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2024

Entrepreneurs and developers try to make the best possible drug to treat students, while administrators and researchers (myself included) stand guard, testing and validating the treatments. Within this technocentrist frame, education is sick and edtech is like medicine. It’s a perspective shared so widely it travels as common sense.

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Culture Cognitive Development Research Methods Study 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

“As of this year, our scores have gone up significantly, and in our zone of 16 schools, we are currently sixth in ELA based on state test scores and seventh in math. We hope to be in the top five by the end of this year.”.

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Exams Schools Research Methods Math 138

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

Students—not all, but many—like easy assignments, courses that aren’t all that demanding, and test questions requiring memorized minutiae. The word like does become a barrier to learning. Students—well, all of us—have things we like. The study looked at and controlled for an amazing array of variables.

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Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

Students—not all, but many—like easy assignments, courses that aren’t all that demanding, and test questions requiring memorized minutiae. The word like does become a barrier to learning. Students—well, all of us—have things we like. The study looked at and controlled for an amazing array of variables.

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Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59