Reflective Educational Research helps schools and other organizations make practical use of research and evaluation resources to document their unique success.
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/I have been pretty interested and impressed with this powerful new App for teachers on-the-fly data collection
Making evidence-based holistic education a reality
"HoloTracker is tool to help educators become super-powered observers"
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@IamDrLietz @wesleyan_u We have actually done studies comparing mission statements over time and across school types (Waldorf schools, Catholic schools, public, etc)
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Here's a rubric developed with Steve Stemler @wesleyan_u to help identify what themes are present in school mission statements:
https://t.co/OvUkxd0qJ6
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Using a coding rubric is one of the ways you can turn student drawings into actionable data. Here's a rubric @KristinFrang and I developed for helping teachers find meaning in drawings of their math classrooms:
https://t.co/RvCafTsXxV
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Research for Educators provides ideas about how to conduct research in your classroom, school, or district. https://t.co/5nJjI3BTDO
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Although many schools focus their data and research efforts on academic and cognitive outcomes, Dr. Steve Stemler and I collected some fun resources for schools interested in "Measuring Creativity in the Classroom":
https://t.co/xhbEQk0D6b
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Steve Stemler is a researcher and Professor @ Wesleyan U (CT). His work proves you can measure almost any student construct that you care about!
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Data can come from so many sources... one of my personal favorite ways to capture student perspective is through student drawings:
https://t.co/ym82NvR3sL
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See how @foxcroftacademy, a US High School developed a mission standards portfolio to align their student assessment system with ALL aspects of the school mission statement and core values:
https://t.co/ADMExNTYG6
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We often find it is more effective (and easier) to narrow our focus in research (the deductive model) rather then tackle huge concepts that are hard to deifne
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As simple as this sounds, a lot of school based research is about good planning before you start a new initiative or project
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How do you define and measure success in your school? In our research, we found school mission statements were a valuable (but often overlooked) resource to help school's frame their conversation of measuring success. https://t.co/7mYqg76DbZ
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Teachers are natural data collectors... adding research tools can compliment and provide a little structure and to the "data" they collect
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I think surveys are really valuable tool for school leaders... who are some of the groups that you have surveyed in your school?
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First developed for @EscolaConcept schools in Brazil, the STAR program is an ongoing professional learning experience for K12 teachers in developing their own capacity to conduct action research.
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I am delighted to join this evening!
My name is Damian Bebell
and for 20+ yearsI have conducted educational technology research @
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