Saturday was the scene of the first ever TouchPaper Problem Party, and it was amazing. It was, quite literally, a super fun nerdy education party! The story of its genesis is remarkably simple. A few months after I gave a talk … Read More
This is the seventh blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013 and due to be tackled at the first TouchPaper Problem Party. Question #7 - What is the optimal number of times for a student to (a) read, (b) hear, or (c) say … Read More
This is the sixth blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013 and due to be tackled at the first TouchPaper Problem Party. Question #6 - What rule best predicts teacher ‘behaviour’ ratings of pupils? Teachers are often asked to describe student behaviour: to their … Read More
This is the fifth blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013 and due to be tackled at the first TouchPaper Problem Party. Question #5 - What are the necessary and sufficient conditions under which students will enter a classroom and most speedily … Read More
This is the fourth blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013 and due to be tackled at the first TouchPaper Problem Party. Question #4 - What determines the complexity of a concept? In my estimation, this is the hardest of all the problems, … Read More
This is the third blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013 and due to be tackled at the first TouchPaper Problem Party. Question #3 - If a child needs to remember 20 chunks of knowledge from one lesson to the next, what … Read More
Back in September, the ResearchEd conference hosted a vast range of speakers suggesting how research might be more effectively used in education. My own contribution was a presentation of 7 problems which, if answered, would help teachers understand important things about … Read More
This is the second blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013. 2. How can one invoke in a class the emotional state most productive for: (a) prosocial behaviour, (b) evaluative thinking, (c) memorization, (d) creation? One of the things we do as … Read More
This is the first blogpost expanding on the TouchPaper Problems first discussed at #Researched2013. What is the shortest period of a time in which a person with dyslexia can be taught to spell the 1000 most common words in English? This question … Read More