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   by masterjack 12y ago

   In terms of what has measurable effects in the classroom there is a very rigorous study by Hattie: "A synthesis of over 800 meta analyses relating to achievement" In it, things like computer assisted learning, simulation and games
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   by masterjack 12y ago

   It is even worse than that when negative results are not published. This is because a study can keep getting repeated by different parties until they get that p-value. In other words, if you never publish a negative or inconclusive result
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   by masterjack 12y ago

   These are some great points about the challenges of going public, but I wonder how much of it is just a deliberate logical decision to reap the most benefits. There's an incredible amount of capital flowing around (to the extent that
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   by masterjack 12y ago

   I was into HackerRank for a while (in a previous life I did a lot of TopCoder/CodeJam/ICPC/USACO/etc) but it just wasn't the same. Programming competitions have a long history and high standards, and there were jus
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   by masterjack 12y ago

   You can buy a replica of the original first edition Encyclopedia Brittanica, and it's full of interesting tidbits like how California is a "land in the West Indies. It is unknown whether it be an island or a peninsula." It&#