The Thumb Through

The Thumb Through

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  • Tony Vincent, Founder of Learning in Hand (Leaflet Talk #1)

    Tony Vincent is a pioneer in digital learning .He had a classroom website before many classrooms had internet access.In 2005 started one of the first podcasts from an elementary school. Tony has authored books, produced videos, developed an iPad app, and blogged about learning and technology over the course of several years. He is also the creator of Learning in Hand, the platform where you can find and interact with his plethora of web content for educators.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • What Makes a Successful Transfer Student?
    Over 80% of community college students plan to transfer to a four-year institution, but less than 35% achieve that goal. With this in mind, researchers set out to identify characteristics of students and institutions that entail success in transferring. Summary and review of: Jabbar et. al (2019). Complex Pathways to Transfer: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Transition from Community College to 4-Year University
    AERA Open
    April-June 2019, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp 1-17
    3 min
  • Academic Prospects for English Learner Students
    Students classified as English Learners have maintained lower and high school graduation and 4-year college attendance rates in the United States since the classification was created. There are more than 4.8 million ELS in U.S. public schools. Only 67 percent graduation on time, and less than 20 percent attend four-year colleges after graduation. The goal of Johnson’s research is to identify the causal effects of initial EL classification on high school graduation and college enrollment.
    5 min
  • Evolving Roles of Scientists in Education
    Advances in and implications of scientific research need to be communicated broadly, but few scientists receive training in communication/teaching of their findings.
    To what extent have positions for science education specialists as change agents within science departments persisted and evolved over the past decade?
    Summary and review of:
    Johnson (2019). The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance.
    AERA Open
    April-June 2019, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp 1-23
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    4 min
  • “How Writing Shapes Thinking” Ch. 5 (Leaflet Study #5)
    This chapter looks at the teachers as individual professionals in the midst of changing their approaches. - The extent to which teachers made changes in their conceptualization of writing as a tool for learning related to their ideas of their roles as teachers and the students roles as learners.
    6 min
  • Today in Education #14 - Teaching Students to Lie, Improving Middle Schools, New EdTech Marketplace
    Good morning! Today we’re discussing a number of articles. The first deals with a group of academics who spent $1.35 on an effective program to make middle school less “awful.” We also discuss a new EdTech marketplace concept, the exploitation of certain financial aid loopholes, Alaska’s revoking of numerous scholarships, and one university instructor’s case for teaching students to lie for political means.
    5 min

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