Research Studies Of The Week

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

Problem-based learning helps students stay in school is from Science Daily.

Meta-analysis shows positive effect of writing instruction on reading for students p-5 with reading, writing, or co-occurring reading and writing difficulties. link.springer.com/article/10.1…

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— Dan Willingham (@dtwuva.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM

Using AI to evaluate applicants “is interpreted more as a signal of how the organisation treats people than of how innovative it is…removing humans from the selection process appears to be a ‘bridge too far’, when it comes to technological advances” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/…

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— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) March 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM

International students don’t take opportunities from American students. They create them.

Mingyu Chen (PhD @princetonecon.bsky.social now@Amazon) built a powerful tool showing exactly how much international students contribute by state, degree type, & over time.

Please share this tool far & wide!

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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) March 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM

“International students increase schools’ funding via tuition payments, which leads to increased in-state enrollment and lower tuition prices.”

Link to working paper below

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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) March 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM

I’m adding this to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy” – Please Share More!:

We argue culturally relevant pedagogy benefits *everyone* and online learning is here to stay as a pedagogical tool or primary instructional mode

We suggest specific ways online learning can integrate CRP

Accepted version available for free here: www.samanthaviano.com/publications

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— Dr. Samantha Viano (@drsamviano.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM