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Education research criticized for fraud and flawed math studies

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A recent analysis highlights severe flaws and potential fraud within educational research, particularly concerning math education. The author criticizes studies by Jo Boaler, a Stanford professor, whose "discovery-based" methods allegedly led to the removal of Algebra from Bay Area schools. Investigations revealed Boaler's research compared select student groups unfairly and used flawed testing methodologies, misrepresenting academic gains and gender gap closures. AI

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Education research criticized for fraud and flawed math studies

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Don't Worry About the Vase (Zvi Mowshowitz) TIER_1 English(EN) · Zvi Mowshowitz ·

    Childhood and Education #18: Do The Math

    We did reading yesterday.

  2. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Zvi ·

    Childhood and Education #18: Do The Math

    <p>We did reading yesterday. Now we do the math. Math is hard.</p> <p>It does not have to be this hard.</p> <p>A large part of the reason math is hard, or boring, is that education studies, especially in math, are worse than you know. It goes beyond the studies failing both math …

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