Educational Insanity

[NOTE: this is the final post in a series of posts about a report recently issued based on a study done by Marzano Research Laboratory.  Part I is here, Part II is here, Part III is here, and Part IV is here.] PART V: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS [NOTE #2:  I know, I know...I'm a couple [...]

[NOTE: this is the fourth in a series of posts about a report recently issued based on a study done by Marzano Research Laboratory.  Part I is here, Part II is here, and Part III is here.] PART IV:  INTERNAL VALIDITY “Internal Validity is the approximate truth about inferences regarding cause-effect or causal relationships” (Trochim, [...]

[NOTE: this is the third in a series of posts about a report recently issued based on a study done by Marzano Research Laboratory.  Part I is here and Part II is here.] PART III:  MEASUREMENT VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY As I wrote yesterday, Marzano and his research team had a “dependent variable problem.”  That is, [...]

[NOTE: this is the second in a series of posts about a report recently issued based on a study done by Marzano Research Laboratory.  Part I is here.] PART II: RESEARCH DESIGN ISSUES From a research design perspective, this study (or collection of studies?)  is best described as unusual.  In fact, what Marzano’s research team [...]

Two of the more well-known brand names in education recently combined forces.  Robert J. Marzano (wildly popular consultant/author/speaker) produced a report of a study he conducted of Promethean ActivClassroom (wildly popular interactive white board (IWB) technology). The report has received lots of publicity; I have seen multiple references to it on Twitter and elsewhere. You [...]