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Research WednesdayDesirable Difficulties
Dear Friends,
This week’s evidence comes from a new (April 24, 2024) study by Professor Onan Erdem and colleagues on the subject of “desirable difficulties.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-024-00245-7
The authors found, not surprisingly, that students do not always seek out the path of challenge, what the Greeks called the Scholar’s Bench on the hill, but rather the value of indolence. I’m often the same way, so I can’t get very judgmental about students who prefer pleasure over pain.
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Research Wednesday
Mary Murphy, “Cultures of Growth: How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations”
Dear Friends,
This week’s evidence comes from a wonderful new book by Indiana University Professor Mary Murphy, “Cultures of Growth: How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations” (2024, Simon & Shuster). Murphy was a graduate student of Carol Dweck at Stanford in the early 2000s and the exciting days of the original Mindset research. But now, almost 20 years later, Murphy provides powerful evidence that the previous emphasis on growth vs. fixed mindset at the individual level must be displaced by two realities.
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Research Wednesday
Federal Government and Local Curriculum Policies
A strategy for building a strong collegial culture while taking student learning into account in assessing teachers.
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Research Wednesday
US Department of Education
The Marshall Memo is a weekly digest of the best ideas and research from a wide range of publications. Every Sunday, I sit down and read through the journals and magazines that came in that week (I subscribe to more than 60).
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Research WednesdayWhat should schools do if ICE agents arrive at the door?
Administrators and teacher-leaders devote an extraordinary amount of time to developing school plans. But principals frequently tell me these documents amount to little more than a frustrating waste of time that are done only for the purpose of complying with state and district requirements. Here are five ways to transform school plans from document drills […]
Research Wednesday
Dr. Douglas Reeves and colleagues regularly publish on relevant topics for busy educators. Whether it is a book, article, or blog, each contain facts and practical next steps for practitioners. As with all our resources, please share with colleagues and communities.
