"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders." [Gift link]

Awful. This kind of behavior is reprehensible.

The way I just startled everyone in this Home2 Suites. #tar

When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...

Note that this in itself is a well-replicated finding. At least a dozen studies show that when researchers replicate qualitative research, or re-analyze it, they come to basically identical themes. There is nothing special about qualitative research with respect to replicability.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “In this field, you’ve got to get used to being rejected. A lot.”

I've been singing this to myself all day

There are a lot worse things than being in Florida this weekend for my daughter’s beach volleyball tournament.

If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Interesting post @ellamarkianos.bsky.social illustrating current limits on using #GenAI for high-level human work (e.g., meaning-making, identification of novel connections between abstract concepts). And still, deep learning models too often fail at algorithmic tasks.

Preach! "We believe epistemic processes have been one of the underlying issues across the three disciplinary crises and need to come to the fore in reform efforts." (1/2)

"Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research..." (1/2)

If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Frontier science: Good to see additional evidence of refutation text effects. In addition, the second result surprised me. "First, our data replicate prior results that refutation texts can have strong effects on conceptual change...and second..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

But, as they say, there is no time like the present [OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick] But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves! 2/3

An interesting and informative listen! I appreciated their discussion of instrumental v. executive help-seeking when using GenAI and how GenAI might change the typical expertise pyramid in a company.

Frontier science: Good to see additional evidence of refutation text effects. In addition, the second result surprised me. "First, our data replicate prior results that refutation texts can have strong effects on conceptual change...and second..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Watched this tonight. Really enjoyed it. Wish things like this were happening more often today.

The headline is this quote: "At this point in its trajectory, the risks of utilizing generative AI in children’s education overshadow its benefits." There's more to the story, though. And part of the story is we just don't have enough good research on #GenAI, yet. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

The headline is this quote: "At this point in its trajectory, the risks of utilizing generative AI in children’s education overshadow its benefits." There's more to the story, though. And part of the story is we just don't have enough good research on #GenAI, yet. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Spotify: bit.ly/AuthIntelSpo... Apple: apple.co/4thFPQ2

To solve the tanking problem in the NBA, how about they legislate that if you are in the bottom six teams in the league, you cannot draft the top three?

"Individual fears of AI in a given occupation are associated with the mismatch between psychological traits people deem necessary for an occupation and perceived potential of AI to possess these traits." And the fears vary country. (1/3) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

I'd like to see carefully designed research on this. "[Compared to teaching the class without the AI-assisted textbook], engagement went up. I always have that front row of students that’s engaged, but I had several front rows that were engaged. Students started showing up for office hours..." (1/n)

"What would it look like to take this dichotomy seriously? First, identify, celebrate, and maintain the teaching, mentoring, and research activities that define your mission. Embrace Baumol and be clear how these activities are central to who you are and accept that they are necessarily..." (1/n)

"Individual fears of AI in a given occupation are associated with the mismatch between psychological traits people deem necessary for an occupation and perceived potential of AI to possess these traits." And the fears vary country. (1/3) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

I haven't read the study, but hat-tip for what I really hope is a Britney reference in the title. <chef's kiss>

This approach sounds promising: "Logical Intelligence has developed what’s known as an energy-based reasoning model (EBM). Whereas LLMs effectively predict the most likely next word in a sequence, EBMs absorb a set of parameters—say, the rules to sudoku—and complete a task within those confines.

Had fun re-reading this article by Logan Fiorella on the science of habit and how it can be integrated into research on self-regulated learning (and really all learning and development). Habits are powerful tools for freeing bandwidth for higher-order thinking. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

🧪 It's been 10 years since Dorothy Bishop and I published a commentary in Nature about the risks of transparency. doi.org/10.1038/529459a 1/10

A year ago this week, an Executive Order came out on a Friday afternoon/evening that reduced all indirect costs rate recovery to 15% the following Monday. In this article I discuss what would have happened across the U.S. if this had not been halted. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

One of the ongoing, more redeeming qualities of social media is its ability, when properly structured, to bubble up the joyous creativity of everyday people.

Here’s one good thing about sub-freezing overnight temperatures: the snow doesn’t melt and is much easier to shovel. Early Jeff gets the cleared driveway.

📢 New publication: How should we communicate about scientific uncertainty - especially around environmental & health risks like microplastics? 🗣️💬 We ran an online experiment with 1,126 participants in Austria and found:

I don’t expect companies to make pronouncements about events in the world. But I do judge them on their actions and steer my spending accordingly.

“Our findings suggest that although respondents believe that questionable research practices should not be used, they conceded there are systemic reasons some use them.” Open Acc: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... BSky authors: @sarahcaroleo.bsky.social, @jesse-fleming.bsky.social, @bryancook.bsky.social

This is heartbreaking. [Gift link]

Ooof - this one hurts. A true comedic genius.

I wonder what this would or could look like for education research and other fields where benevolence is a prime motivator, rather than profits. "The question facing academics today is simple: What to do now? Scientists have been exploring an answer: concerted partnership with industry."

This well-executed meta-analysis unfortunately doesn't shed too much light on feedback timing effects in computer-assisted learning. We need more/differently-constructed studies. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

So pleased to help a bit with this open access article on how dispositional and situational motivation predicted dropout in primary school mathematics. Kudos to the fabulous University of Tübingen team and Armin Fabian in particular for his leadership! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

"After I wrote about the dust-up at the University of Oklahoma, I asked readers who are college professors to tell me whether they worried about getting in trouble, either for rigorous grading or for teaching controversial material. Over 200 educators wrote in..." (1/2) Gift: tinyurl.com/mvckmj5u

So pleased to help a bit with this open access article on how dispositional and situational motivation predicted dropout in primary school mathematics. Kudos to the fabulous University of Tübingen team and Armin Fabian in particular for his leadership! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

I'm not sure who snuck this into my office, but it was very much appreciated. It reminded me of the importance of spontaneous displays of appreciation. I gotta do more of that.

Oof. Just had to wade into my Junk Email folder - what a cesspool! Tons of emails from predatory journals and conferences asking (sometimes mildly threatening) me to submit a paper, give a talk, etc. This illustrates the importance of mentoring in an academic discipline. A layperson... (1/2)

It's cliche but I really believe it: no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care. And "care" is multidimensional, as this meta-analysis shows. Perceived faculty-student relationship quality positively predicted both performance and persistence. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

“Technology companies do not get a free pass to create powerful artificial intelligence tools and then look the other way when those programs are used to create child sexual abuse material.” Correct. This isn’t difficult. Investigate, prosecute where warranted, force changes.

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Super proud of the work that went into this one, which includes a systematic review and MEGA-ANALYSIS of the development of sense of belonging in STEM education across Grades K-12, with special attention to gender differences. (1/N) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

More anthropomorphic chatbots had higher perceived authenticity (e.g., realism), which in turn predicted attitude change. I worry humans... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1080/0144...

More anthropomorphic chatbots had higher perceived authenticity (e.g., realism), which in turn predicted attitude change. I worry humans... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1080/0144...