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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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Questions re. solitude and learning

By Jared Stein | Published: September 15, 2009
I take my very broad initial question (“What impact does solitude have on learning?”) from my passion consideration and explore it
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Sfard’s “On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One”

By Jared Stein | Published: June 30, 2009
Sfard, A. (1998). On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One. Educational researcher, 27(2), 4-13. Sfard explains how one’s choice of linguistic signifiers for teaching and learning may reflect, reveal, or even influence one’s thinking about education. The most prevalent of the two metaphors is the acquisition metaphor (AM). Recent discussion [...]
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