Robin Holding Kay

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Why do teachers resist getting formative feedback from students in elementary or secondary school?

I am unable to find much research on this topic - Feedback research is common in higher level education, but not at elementary or secondary school levels. It seems simple and intuitive - ask...

04 April 2018 6,592 26 View

Do other countries/states/provinces give K-12 teachers tenure and if so, what is the impact on education?

In Ontario, Canada K-12 teachers essentially have tenure and very little accountability. Unless they commit a "serious" crime, they cannot be fired. Is this the same in other places around the...

10 February 2016 1,108 13 View

What is the attention span of today's student [digital native] in an acaedmic setting?

Brain Rules by John Medina suggests that attention span of a person/student [presumably in an academic setting] is about 10 minutes. However, after I dug around I could not find any current...

08 February 2016 478 6 View

How do academics use social media?

What sort of social media to academic find particularly useful and why? Which forms are not as useful and why? Finally, is social media more of a distraction than a benefit to academics? I have...

01 February 2016 2,512 35 View

Why is it so easy to cultivate and support myths and false models in education?

Multiple intelligences in the classroom, learning styles, Bloom's taxonomy, the SAMR model of technology integration, the need for homework - All of these ideas, not supported by research, have...

17 January 2016 2,357 57 View

How do you motivate K-12 teachers to be consumers of research and evidence?

Evidence-based teaching is now being encouraged by numerous educational factions and Hattie's meta-analyses have really helped. However, it appears that many K-12 teachers focus on teaching (nor...

11 January 2016 2,054 92 View

Do higher education students act (and demand to be) like customers in colleges and universities?

I came across a very interesting article in the Guardian entitled "My students have paid £9,000 and now they think they own me". I'm not sure if their is any research on this "alleged" student...

04 January 2016 3,383 41 View

Can social media be used effectively in the classroom or is it too distracting?

There are a number of possible ways to use social media to benefit learning in the classroom, but do the entertainment and social qualities/values also inhibit learning and focus. It is too...

29 December 2015 8,639 68 View

What evidence is there that the SAMR framework works with respect to integrating technology in education?

I have looked at the SAMR model for integrating technology into education and it is quite seductive at first identifying a continues from substitution (S) activities to ones that...

21 December 2015 2,398 22 View

What is your experience using synchronous vs. asynchronous modes of communication in online courses? Is one more effective than the other?

I recently came across a post (see below) entitled "Death of the Discussion Forum”. The title seems a little harsh, but the points made were fairly reasonable. So I was wondering what impact...

16 December 2015 8,656 16 View

Are there gender-based differences in the way people use Twitter (e.g., select followers, like posts, retweeting frequency)?

I have recently been made aware of a possible unexpected gender pattern involving Twitter - It may be the case than many females like to see personal information mixed with professional posts...

14 December 2015 8,530 20 View