Today I found Deena Weisberg's (and David Sobel's) #freeBook about how kids can develop scientific thinking! A (concernig) take-away: not all pedagogy is equal.
Traditional #teaching may prevent kids from becoming as reflective as "inquiry-based" approaches.
We know that the task demands of cognitive tests most scores: if one version of a problem requires more work (e.g., gratuitously verbose or unclear wording, open response rather than multiple choice), people will perform worse.
Teaching medical students a pro-con—missing-and-rank reflection protocol and then having them teach it to an imaginary stranger (on video) helped students better remember alternative diagnoses (besides their initial diagnosis).
Bonus: just telling people that a task was difficult also helped among participants who didn’t learn and teach the reflection exercise.
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Are #philosophy students’ intuitions about thought experiments different because of expertise?
Longitudinal studies of philosophy and #CogSci students (N = 226) didn't seem to reveal as much: there were some group differences in intuitions, but a selection/indoctrination effect seemed more likely than “a general expertise” or “expertise specific to particular subfields”.
If mapping arguments improves critical thinking, then argument mapping skills should correlate with critical thinking skills, right?
Alas, they didn't correlate among 115 Advanced Placement students across 4 high schools who mapped arguments for universal basic income (from a Douglas Murray article).
TLDR; there are least 4 problems with the claim that "Argument mapping is about twice as effective at improving student critical thinking as other methods".
I'm excited to share that I've been awarded an NSF CAREER grant. This means that over the next 5 years, I'm really going to be able to dive deep and focus on motivating effective strategies to transform student learning.
Also, I'm recruiting for new PhD students, so please share with any potential students who are interested in bridging cognitive, metacognitive, and socio-motivational processes to enhance learning!
Thanks to Claire Stoneman, Joelle Larrieu & (with added best wishes) Brendan Munhall who will defend this thesis at Sthlm Univ March 27❣️Please forward if among your contacts!
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It’s Sunday morning & 2 posts were added to this searchable & translatable collection of links to free access #edu content: https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Both texts address issues that educators in many countries face these days…
Thanks to authors, Prof Larry Cuban & UK teacher Dawn Cox
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It’s Sunday & 1 post was added to this searchable & translatable collection of links to free access #edu content
It’s about false & ingrained concepts, hard to avoid & get rid of in schoolbooks, teaching or politics https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com