Tag Archives: research

STEM resources

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

New NASA iPad Magazine App “Space Place Prime” is a new NASA magazine only for the iPad. This brand new app gathers some of the best and most recent Web offerings from NASA. It taps engrossing articles from The Space Place website, … Continue reading →

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Research to action: 5 must read bullying research briefs

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

A recent post by danah boyd, social media researcher announced some new resources in the effort to combat bullying, created for the new Born This Way Foundation, created by Lady Gaga and her mother. “The Foundation wants to create a kinder, braver … Continue reading →

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Games, technology, creativity, and creative reporting

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

A new study came out from Michigan State University this week - Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and Technology Project by Linda A. Jackson , Edward A. Witt, , Alexander Ivan Games, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Alexander von Eye, Yong Zhao. First … Continue reading →

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Don’t show, don’t tell?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Don’t show, don’t tell? MITnews Suppose someone showed you a novel gadget and told you, “Here’s how it works,” while demonstrating a single function, such as pushing a button. What would you do when they handed it to you? You’d … Continue reading →

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Studies Find ‘Easy’ Material May Not Be Easy to Learn

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Emerging research suggests that, contrary to what students may think, material that’s easy to understand is not always easy to learn—and working harder can help them hold on to what they’ve learned. This Education Week article summarizes several research studies … Continue reading →

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Research on Child Trends

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

This may be old news for some of you, but I just came across a website - Child Trends that seems like it would be a really useful resource for planning new school programs or for writing grants. It covers research on … Continue reading →

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Blaming the new new thing for an old old problem

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

In Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction in the New York Times last month, reporter Matt Richtel opened up a gold mine of frustrated parents, educators and brain researchers all blaming digital devices for distracting youth from their real jobs … Continue reading →

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Report: School Principals and Social Networking

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

via press release: A new research report was issued today that summarizes the results of an extended look at school principals’ use of social networking. The underlying research for the report, “School Principals and Social Networking in Education: Practices, Policies, … Continue reading →

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Open myths, closed responses about ‘digital natives’

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

The latest issue of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (Volume 26, Issue 5 - October 2010 - Wiley Online Library) has a special section of articles on various aspects of the “net generation” and “digital natives”. This is a … Continue reading →

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Unpacking a survey - High School Survey of Student Engagement

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

This post is by Steven Hicks, who is our project specialist at Generation YES. He writes about a recently released 2009 survey - High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) out of Indiana University. This year, 42,754 high school students … Continue reading →

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