Penny Van Bergen
@Penny_VB
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Associate Professor in Educational Psychology | Views my own
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined July 2015
Memory is one of the most misunderstood phenomena in science. Everything you know is held in memory - conceptual understanding, strategies, autobiographical recollections deeply personal to who you are …
Memorization is not learning.
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“What should not happen, however, are personal attacks on those of us who do psychological research that call into question our character, political orientation, or care for students and their learning”. Bravo @Penny_VB Source: EduResearch Matters
blog.aare.edu.au
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Do you have a child who always forgets or loses things? @celia_harris and I break down the memory phenomena at play and some tips for parents and teachers
Doing everything for your child robs them of an opportunity to learn. Here are the dos and don'ts. @celia_harris @penny_vb @Macquarie_Uni @westernsydneyu
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I'm putting my money where my mouth is and dipping my toes into academic blogging. This may be a disastrous failure or slow success, time will tell. If you're interested in the cognitive science/psychology in education, please join me :) https://t.co/jJIbbVcgkX
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‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities? - excellent article from @JordsBaker
https://t.co/W4tKfF8j8f
smh.com.au
Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.
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35 years after the beginning of HECS, Skye Predavec finds that students are paying much more for much less #OffTheCharts
https://t.co/J0o3kTfoEF
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My views on why politicians need to consult topic experts to ensure policymaking in education is well founded and evidence-informed. https://t.co/TYdGSvlpx6
blog.aare.edu.au
Key priority:Research-informed policy making means turning away from populist views and towards genuine topic experts.
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If you have a child born at the start of the year, chances are you face a tricky decision about when to start school. @penny_vb @NaomiSweller @Macquarie_Uni
theconversation.com
If you have a child born at the start of the year, chances are you face a tricky decision about when to start school.
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Wondering if laptops or pen and paper is better for note-taking? Find out more from our Conversation piece led by the amazing @Penny_VB
https://t.co/3V9ynGC3J1 via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Note-taking on a laptop may be faster but handwriting engages the brain in a more active way than typing.
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On the importance of evidence in education with @ryanme19 and @deborahyoudell
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Finally, the paper makes a nice emphasis on elaboration which is should be a key focus for any school teaching and learning policy. Again, cognitive science emphasises focussing on the underlying meaning of concepts and the best ways of storing, retrieving and utilising that
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"Academic research comes with some important tests of rigour, including peer-review, independent ethics oversight, a global system of ranking journals to separate the robust from the "paper mills", and editorial review boards."
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@celia_harris & @Penny_VB suggest vicarious memories—memories for events we did not personally experience but that are told to us by others—arise from complex and dynamic #memory sharing process. Read the full commentary: https://t.co/E1Gj7UHY7X
@OfficialSARMAC
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Great article by @SallyLars_27 - maybe teachers aren’t doing so badly after all 🤷♀️
theconversation.com
My study clearly shows no long-term decline in NAPLAN results from 2008 to 2022. In 2023, they changed the way the test was organised.
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We have good news and bad news. Bad news! We have to make hard choices to close the gap on a $1 billion budget deficit. Good news! We’ve hired outside consultant firm Deloitte to teach us how to engage with campus stakeholders.
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Today, Cognitive Resonance is releasing a new guide titled Education Hazards of Generative AI. This free resource clarifies common misconceptions about how AI works and warns against misuses of this technology in education. Please share this widely. https://t.co/SmWOTDopSW
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Lots of cool stuff in the comments and responses
I am a mathematician and physicist. I've been working on consciousness for ≈7 years. I think that the problem of consciousness is much harder to understand than general relativity and and quantum field theory, combined. Please learn #ConSci before solving AI consciousness.
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Perhaps it is problematic to apply teaching strategies from one context and subject to others. 🤔 This paper is interesting as it has similar findings to the follow up research of some process-product studies.👇 https://t.co/GQPlHVL1Rh
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
We investigate the effects of ‘lecture-based’ (LBT)—i.e. individual work and rote learning—vs. ‘discussion-based’ (DBT)—i.e. participative and focused on student-centred learning—teaching styles on...
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