A paper (pdf below) published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science reports a meta-analysis of some 250 studies of effectiveness of lecturing
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Single Sex Education, Science, and Belief
One’s scientific “spidey sense” should tingle when a report on research talks about “opponents of” and “proponents of,” but just the same, with grains and
Part of the Gender Gap in Majors May Lie in Intro Courses (Sort Of)
The following describes an interesting morphing of memes on the web and something that might be especially relevant to me and my colleagues at Mills
Evaluating and Assessing Short Intensive Courses
Two articles on the topic of assessing and evaluating short, intensive courses. Most of the results appear positive in terms of learning outcomes, but there
NYT 9/2013 Study Sees Benefit in Courses With Nontenured Instructors
National Bureau of Economic Research study based on data from more than 15,000 students who arrived at Northwestern University from 2001 to 2008. Study Sees
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