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IPT 692R Notes: 1/26/2010

By Jared Stein | Published: January 26, 2010
What we’ve learned from Bloom Def of tutor matters Mastery of learning = next best thing –> critiques –> control groups, tests Constructivism seems to matter > situated cognition Frequency of feedback Tutoring happens via tests? Small changes? Human potential (and agency) What we wonder about technology platforms what problem are you solving? –>formal/admin/access –>Learning [...]
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3 Articles Orbiting Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem

By Jared Stein | Published: January 26, 2010
I’ve posted these annotations to the class’s Google Doc for Jon Mott’s IPT 692R course, but wanted to archive them here as well. These 3 article annotations seemed relevant in the discussion of Bloom’s 2 sigma problem: Cohen, A. (1987). Instructional Alignment: Searching for a Magic Bullet. Educational Researcher, 16:8, 16-20. Cohen reviews and expands [...]
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Revisiting Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem

By Jared Stein | Published: January 10, 2010
Bloom, B. (1984). “The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring,” Educational Researcher, 13:6(4-16). Bloom’s 2 sigma problem confronts educators and researchers with the challenge of improving student performance/learning outcomes by 2 sigma based on a combination of 2 or 3 significant variables in instruction, learner, environment, [...]
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