Tag Archives: Education Research

More Indications of Positive Results from Auburn’s iPads

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

We’ve had iPads in our Kindergarten classrooms for more than a year now. This fall, we also rolled out iPads to our 1st grade students. All in the name of improving students’ mastery of literacy and math. We know that … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing in Middle Level

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

I recently posted “Let’s Put the “Middle” Back in Middle Level” over on the Bright Futures Blog. In it, I argued that we middle level educators are being pulled away from our core values by a lot of competing priorities … Continue reading →

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What Students and Teachers Say About Voice and Choice

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

The students and teachers in my Underachievers Study (2001) all had things to say about student voice and choice. All students in the Underachievers Study felt they learned better when they had choices about how they learned. The teachers interviewed … Continue reading →

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An Extrinsic Motivator So Good It Should Be Your Secret Weapon

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

You’ve been reading through a series of my posts highlighting, mostly, counterproductive extrinsic motivators. You must be wondering, though, are all extrinsic motivators bad? The kind of motivators Alfie Kohn describes (bribery rewards) do have a negative impact on learning, … Continue reading →

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4 Reasons We (Try To) Use Extrinsic Motivators

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

I just blogged about 5 reasons we should avoid extrinsic motivators such as punishments and rewards. If there is so much evidence against punishments and rewards, why are they used so widely in schools? Here are 4 reasons I think … Continue reading →

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Motivating Students: Focus on 5 Strategies

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

There are many children who are undermotivated, disengaged, and underachieving. One of the most persistent questions facing individual teachers is, “How do I motivate all children to learn?” And you are Probably one of the ones wondering how to reach … Continue reading →

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Is Middle School All About Grade Configuration?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

There is a new study out which concludes that students take an academic plunge when they go to a 6-8 school rather than a k-8 school. The article is called The Middle Level Plunge. At first glance, it seems to … Continue reading →

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Auburn’s iPad Research Project on the Seedlings Podcast

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Seedlings is a great little podcast that, although about educational technology, is really about good teaching and learning. So I felt honored when the Seedling hosts invited me to return to talk about Auburn’s research on their Advantage 2014 program, … Continue reading →

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Responding to Critiques of Auburn’s iPad Research Claims

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

When we announced our research results last week, Audrey Watters was one of the first to cover it. Shortly thereafter, Justin Reich wrote a very thoughtful review of our research and response to Audrey’s blog post at his EdTechResearcher blog. … Continue reading →

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