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Conversation between James Gee and David Shaffer
Jim and David talk about games and the future of education. Originally posted 2008-03-29 11:03:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter...
Continue reading full postAnother fan?
In a recent op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor, Jonathan Zimmerman takes a line that will sound familiar to readers of the Epistemic Games blog. Writing about Harvard’s recent move to no longer require (or even encourage) final exams, Zimmerman...
Continue reading full postThe importance of IP
A recent report by the British Government argues that, as in the US: Intellectual Property is a critical component of our present and future success in the global economy. The UK’s economic competitiveness is increasingly driven by knowledge-based industries, especially...
Continue reading full postAssessment in the digital age
A short piece from WCER gives a nice description of our recent work on assessment, although it doesn’t mention the help we’ve had from the Macarthur Foundation’s Assessment Working Group led by Jim Gee, and also from Andre Rupp and...
Continue reading full postAnother nail for traditional testing
I was going to say another nail in the coffin, but sadly there is no coffin yet. This time, the problem is something that a new study calls the N-Effect, which shows that having more competitors lowers test scores. The...
Continue reading full postDoctor Thornburg, I presume
I got a wonderful email the other day from Dr. David Thornburg, who is the director of the Thornburg Center for Space Exploration. What was so wonderful about it is that when I read his name and biography, I realized...
Continue reading full postProfessor Kingsfield, on epistemology
Bob Mislevy just reminded me of a great quote from the old TV show The Paper Chase, spoken by an intimidating professor to a group of students at Harvard Law School: You come in here with a skull full of...
Continue reading full postDigital Media and Learning Game Changers Kids Competition 2010
Join the 2010 Game Changers Kids Competition for Spore and Little Big Planet players. This is your chance to prove yourself as an innovative video game creator! Winners must be under 18, and will be selected based on “Creativity” and...
Continue reading full postUrban Science as part of Mass Audubon’s Conservation Leadership Program
Our partners at the Massachusetts Audubon Society are including Urban Science as part of their Conservation Leadership Program August 16-20 for youths entering grades 9-12. To learn more about the free program and to sign up, click here....
Continue reading full postShould school be more like work?
One study suggests that maybe it should: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Monetary Incentives on Performance on the 12th-Grade NAEP Reading Assessment by Henry Braun, Irwin Kirsch & Kentaro Yamamoto This article describes a randomized field trial conducted...
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