The Daily Report Card: What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains
The homework trap and what to do about it There are many parents whose major concern is not public policy but what will happen at home tonight. They are not Tiger Moms, but ordinary parents who simply want the best for their children. These parents start out with the full intention of supporting the teachers and their children’s schools. Yet, something goes wrong along the way as they and their children fall into a homework trap. (washingtonpost.com)
The Challenges Of Pre-K Assessment According to a recent Educational Testing Service (ETS) survey of state-funded Pre-K providers, most programs (50 of 54 surveyed) are already using one or more forms of student assessment. Traditional “direct assessments” are currently mandated in 4 states; 19 programs rely on observation checklists and scales only; and 8 use a combination of approaches. (shankerblog.org)
What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains | MindShift In a study published in this month’s issue of the journal Early Education and Development, psychologists Peter Marshall and Christina Comalli began by surveying children aged four to 13 to discover what they already knew about the brain. Previous research had found that elementary school pupils typically have a limited understanding of the brain and how it functions, believing it to be something like “a container for storing memories and facts.” (blogs.kqed.org)
Video: Education Roundtable Video of Indiana’s Education Roundtable on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012. (media.doe.in.gov)
How Machine-Based Tutoring Could Disrupt Human Tutors As Saxberg writes, great human tutoring is wonderful if you can get it, but simply isn’t practical at scale. We know that the vast majority of learners that could benefit from tutoring simply don’t have access to any at all (some have suggested this number approaches 80 percent of students). This means that there is a lot of nonconsumption in the tutoring space to launch disruptive innovations that utilize the power of machine tutoring at a much lower price point in a manner far more accessible and convenient than are human tutors to millions or even billions around the world. (educationnext.org)