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Effect Sizes in Education Research: What Hattie's Hinge Point and the Formative-Assessment Numbers Actually Show
The claim that formative assessment "doubles the speed of learning" traces to small early studies. Later meta-analyses, statistical critiqu…
Cognitive Load Theory and Worked Examples: What the Evidence Actually Supports
A close look at cognitive load theory's best-replicated finding, the worked-example effect, where it reverses with expertise, and why resea…
How People Actually Learn: What the Evidence on Memory, Practice and Assessment Does and Doesn't Show
Retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving are backed by decades of replicated experiments. Growth mindset and formative assessment show …