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  1. Oct 2019
    1. “noise” to the data. Imagine a simple experiment on the effect of mood (happy vs. sad) on the number of happy childhood eventspeople are able to recall.

      More examples of extraneous variable examples

  2. Sep 2019
    1. uantitative variables,

      Quantitative variable are important because it is a form of a statistical relationship where the average score on one variable is different when laid across the levels of the other.

    1. The teacher then designed activities to support students in learning not only what they wanted, but also what they needed to know.

      What do students scores look like when the teachers infuse what the students want to learn with what they have to learn. Is it improving the students testing scores?

    2. you will intuitively find ways to differentiate instruction for your students. You will design the project to scaffold content and skills in a variety of ways.

      This is a great point, it is important to have different ways of instructing. If it is assessments, projects, or individual work. You have to meet the needs of your students, every kid learns differently.

    3. In fact, we all need time to process and think alone just as much as we need time to learn from our peers.

      How do you find the perfect balance between teamwork and individual work? Some kids flourish being in teams, others working alone, how can you make everyone happy...

    4. More importantly, these formative assessments allow you to differentiate the type of instruction needed as you feed forward in the project.

      I think this section is very important because formative assessments scores can very, but they're a key focus in the understanding. By seeing the progress of students and seeing what they're still struggling with you can go back and do a refresher and give more instruction if needed.

    5. Perhaps you offer mini-lessons or center work to support your students’ learning, or maybe you show students a variety of resources from which to learn, including videos, games, and readings.

      Mini-lessons are a perfect option for learning because its giving choice in the students are doing. They're able to take ownership of their learning and thrive. An idea for mini- lesson could circle around watching a video and playing a game that puts into action the knowledge they just acquired.

    1. dominate that post-reading task and that I simply need to get myself engaged with the probably unfamiliar and certainly unchosen content,

      I think annotating is very important because we're not just reading, we're genuinely processing and absorbing the information.