Author Archives: alby

Ali­son Booth and Patrick Nolen, “Choos­ing to Com­pete: How Dif­fer­ent Are Girls and Boys?”, IZA Dis­cus­sion Paper No. 4027. [Down­load .PDF, 288 kB] Abstract: Using a con­trolled exper­i­ment, we exam­ine the role of nur­ture in explain­ing the styl­ized fact that … Con­tinue read­ing →

John Falk and Lynn Dierk­ing “The 95 Per­cent Solu­tion: School is not where most Amer­i­cans learn most of their sci­ence”, Amer­i­can Sci­en­tist 98: 486–493 (2010), doi: 10.1511/2010.87.486. [Down­load .PDF] Abstract: We con­tend that a major edu­ca­tional advan­tage enjoyed by the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Johannes Met­zler and Ludger Woess­mann “The Impact of Teacher Sub­ject Knowl­edge on Stu­dent Achieve­ment: Evi­dence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Vari­a­tion” IZA Dis­cus­sion Paper Num­ber 4999 (2010) (.PDF link). Abstract: Teach­ers dif­fer greatly in how much they teach their stu­dents, but lit­tle … Con­tinue read­ing →

Please note that this paper is not science-specific. The Sci­ence Teach­ing Jour­nal Club would like to invite all teach­ers, not just sci­ence teach­ers, to par­tic­i­pate in our fourth meet­ing; please invite your friends and col­leagues. Roedi­ger, Henry and Jef­frey Karpicke, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Dri­ver, Ros­alind, “The fal­lacy of induc­tion in sci­ence teach­ing”, in Teach­ing Sci­ence, ed. Ralph Levin­son (Lon­don: Rout­ledge, 1994), 41–48. (Google Books) Dis­cus­sion points: Stu­dents are known to have pre­con­cep­tions about how the world works. How do you deal with this … Con­tinue read­ing →