Doug HoltonDec 12, 2025
A Scalable, Theory-Based Intervention to Influence Teachers' Student Engagement Practices Improves Academic Performance in a State-Wide Sample www.researchgate.net/publication/... More about FUSE (Fellowship Using the Science of Engagement): fuse.prc.utexas.edu #EdDev #EdPsy #Teaching

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Doug HoltonDec 12, 2025
A Scalable, Theory-Based Intervention to Influence Teachers' Student Engagement Practices Improves Academic Performance in a State-Wide Sample https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398587877_A_Scalable_Theory-Based_Intervention_to_Influence_Teachers'_Student_Engagement_Practices_Improves_Academic_Performance_in_a_State-Wide_Sample
More about FUSE (Fellowship Using the Science of Engagement): https://fuse.prc.utexas.edu/
#EdDev #EdPsy #Teaching
Doug HoltonNov 15, 2025
The Role of Prior Knowledge in Effects of Embodied Pedagogies on Learning: https://osf.io/qyjp9
"learners with lower prior knowledge, because they lack the foundational understanding needed to make sense of abstract representations, benefit from actively performing actions. In contrast, learners who have higher prior knowledge will learn better from observing actions as it enables more opportunity for connection-making and transfer."
#STEMeducation #EdPsy #EmbodiedCognition
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@marcusgreen Ahhh, do like a bit of old-skool #EdPsy #CogSci!

Craik, F. I. M., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11(6), 671–684. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(72)80001-X

Morris, C. D., Bransford, J. D., & Franks, J. J. (1977). Levels of processing versus transfer appropriate processing. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16(5), 519–533. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(77)80016-9

Doug HoltonDec 26, 2024
If you think you are ‘just not a math person’ then think again psyche.co/ideas/if-you... Bring "mathematics into familiar, low-stakes situations, where the focus is on practical application and curiosity rather than performance" #MathEducation #MathEd #Teaching #EdDev #STEMeducation #EduSky #EdPsy

If you think you are ‘just not...
If you think you are ‘just not a math person’ then think again | Psyche Ideas

Understanding how mathematics anxiety takes root points to ways to overcome it, opening up new opportunities and pastimes

Psyche
Doug HoltonNov 24, 2024
10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People (David Yeager) youtu.be/79Aoi-amWzo?... More on Wise Feedback: sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/wi... accelerateequity.org/resource/pra... related: handouts16.modelschoolsconference.com/files/upload... www.tilthighered.com/resources #EdDev #EdPsy #EduSky

David Yeager, Ph.D. - 10 to 25...
David Yeager, Ph.D. - 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People

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Doug HoltonNov 24, 2024
10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People (book talk by David Yeager)
https://youtu.be/79Aoi-amWzo?si=B4g6qnQYPnw9znr_&t=238
More about Wise Feedback:
https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/wise-critiques-help-students-succeed
https://accelerateequity.org/resource/practices-library/wise-feedback-statement/
See also growth mindset feedback: https://handouts16.modelschoolsconference.com/files/upload/MW_Feedback_and_Framing_Tool_2016.pdf
And transparent teaching: https://www.tilthighered.com/resources
#Teaching #EdDev #EdPsy @edutooters @edutooter
David Yeager, Ph.D. - 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People

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Doug HoltonJun 24, 2024
Contextualizing math courses to improve #StudentSuccess & #Retention
"Math ends the education careers of thousands of #CommunityCollege students. A few schools are trying something new"
https://hechingerreport.org/math-ends-the-education-careers-of-thousands-of-community-college-students-a-few-schools-are-trying-something-new/
Cites "Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization" https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/facilitating-student-learning-contextualization.html
#MathEd #EdPsy #EdDev #SituatedLearning
Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new

Math is a giant hurdle for community college students pursuing career and technical degrees.

The Hechinger Report
Doug HoltonJun 3, 2024
The 2-sigma gain from #tutoring claimed by Benjamin Bloom in 1984 and repeated by Salman Khan is a myth https://www.educationnext.org/two-sigma-tutoring-separating-science-fiction-from-science-fact/
Just FYI, too, Bloom's Taxonomy is not meant to be a sequence, requiring lower level learning before higher order thinking. See research on inductive learning/teaching approaches, and productive failure: https://www.manukapur.com/productive-failure/
#EdTech #AIEd #ITS #EdResearch #EdPsy #Teaching
Two-Sigma Tutoring: Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact

An experimental intervention in the 1980s raised certain test scores by two standard deviations. It wasn’t just tutoring, and it’s never been replicated, but it continues to inspire.

Education Next
Doug HoltonJan 30, 2024
Students given a 2-page study manual had a higher probability of passing the exams (10-20%-points) and getting high grades (16-24%-points) in three consecutive #psy courses.
* Article: Enhancing learning with a two-page study manual https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959475223001214?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email#appsec1
* Manual: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0959475223001214-mmc2.pdf
* See also this 2-page handout by Barbara Oakley with 10 Rules of Good Studying & 10 Rules of Bad Studying https://www.math.toronto.edu/nhoell/10rules-of-studying.pdf
#StudentSuccess #EdPsy