Transcribing audio with less pain
Like so many people I’ve never really liked transcribing audio, for example from interviews or focus groups. It is time-consuming and boring. Of course, you can outsource this but that … Continue reading
Presentation ICME13
This is the presentation I gave at ICME-13: OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN maths: A curriculum approach with timss 2011 data Christian Bokhove University of Southampton Previous studies have shown that socioeconomic … Continue reading
Costs and Benefits of Initial Teacher Training Routes
Only recently did i manage to read the November 2014 report published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (but joint with the Institute of Education and NFER, funded by Nuffield) … Continue reading
TALIS 2013
TALIS 2013 has been released. Another very interesting and extensive study by the OECD. I will certainly take a closer look at the dataset. Just as a quick thing I … Continue reading
Longer schooldays
A recent assertion in the media (and of Gove) is that longer schooldays would lead to better performance and make life easier for working parents (see here, you can even … Continue reading
Convenience tooling
In research we often refer to ‘convenience sampling’ as sampling where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher. The most obvious criticism is sample … Continue reading
What the research says – LKL Big Data and Learning Analytics session #wtrs8
This Thursday March 21st, I attended the eighth “What The Research Says” session at the London Knowledge Lab on Big data and Learning Analytics. The first presentation was by Jenzabar, … Continue reading
BSRML conference – report
I have written three posts on the BSRLM day conference on November 17th, 2012. The three posts are: BSRLM conference part 1 BSRLM conference part 2 Alnuset BSRLM conference part … Continue reading
BSRLM conference part 3
The fourth session by Ainley reported on the Fibonacci project, integrating inquiry in mathematics and science education. It was good to hear that the word ‘utility’ that was used, did … Continue reading
BSRLM conference part 2 Alnuset
The third session I attended was more a discussion and critique session, led by Monaghan and Mason, on the topic of ‘cultural affordances’. The basis was the work of Chiappini, … Continue reading
