#Assessments

Adam Jentleson 🎈

AJentleson

If a whistleblower filed a formal complaint with an Inspector General about women in prison camps getting forced hysterectomies but the victims were predominantly white women, there would be a

Sean Tuffy

SMTuffy

This should be interestinghttps://www.ft.com/content/346e4895-5054-46cb-9d39-e2b909810256 Spoiler alert: They do not I mean, independent directors on real company boards struggle to be effective. Regulators are asking an awful lot out of in

Yiqin Fu

yiqinfu

Fascinating experiment showing how American students are much less intrinsically motivated than their Chinese peers when taking low-stakes exams. Giving students $1 for each correctly answered question boosted American students'

www.TheLearningPoint.net 😺🎃🐋🐊🐙

learning_pt

The design of questions which force you to think Instead of focusing on cute pictures of Finland students playing around with stuff toys .. Excellent work by EI (Educational

Ethan Mollick

emollick

Interviewing job candidates to find out who you should hire (without careful training and planning) is just... bad. It exacerbates bias against minorities, and it results in worse assessments of

Martha Crawford

shrinkthinks

Lots of people are taking significant risks, and this is normalizing the idea of taking significant risk - this can be confusing: Can it really be unsafe if so many

Aaron Besecker

AaronBesecker

This story got published last night and is on today's front page -- State data shows Western New York not ready to reopen this weekend https://buffalonews.com/2020/05/12/state-data-shows-western-new-york-not-ready-to-reopen-this-weekend/ w/ @Sand

Ian Bogost

ibogost

The cult of leadership thrived on processing charisma into followers—to march off a cliff. The leaders, of course, always parachute to their own safety. Anyone who calls themself a “leader”

Stacey

staceymargarita

Some practical reasons to avoid high-stakes online tests, particularly using surveillance or browser lock tools:1-the more tech you use, the higher the likelihood something will go wrong. Quiz+surveillance tool= some

Mark Smyth

psychpolis

1) Doing a deep dive into research on the dose response relationship in psychotherapy sessions & outcome & how this could assist with projected psychology staffing needs on #mentalhealth teams.

Asao B. Inoue 🦄

AsaoBInoue

So I'm in the early stages of writing what I'm calling an "antiracist grammar book" -- Can any writing teachers help me? All I need is your TOP 2 GRAMMAR-related

Mika McKinnon

mikamckinnon

Dear coastal Alaska:Pay attention & be ready to head inland.Dear coastal PNW:Keep an eye on the news until we have tsunami confirmation.https://twitter.com/nws_ntwc/status/1318296316141658113 Subduction zone earthquakes involve vertical

Eóghan Macmillan

EoghanMacmillan

As of right now you've got about twelve hours. Please register. Even if politics doesn't affect you much, it affects people like me and my mum hugely.We know what it's

Zara Fahim

zarafahim15

**LONG THREAD** Didn’t feel it was my place to comment on #UCUstrike as an undergrad, but seeing students complain about strikes, I can’t keep it in. Gutted I’m abroad &

hagwil hayetsk

charlesmenzies

Euro-centric capitalists individualism spurs a kind of competition in academic circles best captured in the process or review and evaluation. Rather than note strengths, this form of academic 'critique' is

Khatvaanga

khatvaanga

A small thread on two different assessments. One by Air Marshal V. K Bhatia in Dec 2013 and another by Harvard Kennedy School from March 2020. Starting with this from