Research Studies Of The Week
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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.
You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.
Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):
Not having to use mental bandwidth worrying about money frees it up for other things, including thinking about teaching
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
U of Fl developed phonics/phonemic awareness program for K-1 shows dramatic results, as measured by DIBELS. Some quirks in the study: control is perf in a different year, spanning pandemic, & analysis limited to low-performing Ss. Still, v encouraging. https://t.co/CDQyxNYFRK pic.twitter.com/913j4fHW9h
— Daniel Willingham (@DTWillingham) January 23, 2025
How AI Vaporizes Long-Term Learning is from Edutopia.
Analysis of the ~87k grades received by ~12k “STEM-interested” students in 20 colleges shows the proportion of minority and first-generation students in a class is positively associated with STEM grades among all—and more strongly among minority— students: https://t.co/Lf3HdKaBgq
— Dylan Wiliam (@dylanwiliam) February 1, 2025
Effects of acute exercise on cognitive function: A meta-review of 30 systematic reviews with meta-analyses. is a new study. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On How Exercise Helps Learning — Please Contribute Other Resources.
Paying special education teachers $10,000 more erased one-third of the special ed teacher shortage problem in Hawaii (by pushing general education teachers to move over to special ed). @roddy-theobald.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3…
— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
