Burned-out Educational/Cognitive Psychologist. Sometimes I say stuff about things.
Aug 1, 2018 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
The root problem with many modern sciences is that we look at the result to judge whether the procedure that brought it forth is valid. This heuristic is rarely correct; inproper application is disastrous.
Judging the quality of the method based on the desirability of the results is what fundamentally drives problems like publication bias, questionable researches practices, even fraud. It corrupts the scientific method, as it subjugates it to the outcome of it.
Mar 5, 2018 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
Today I'm at the "Methodology for Measurement of Learning in Learning Analytics" workshop at #LAK18, presented by @UllaRingtved, Linda Corrin, and @SandraMilligan3, and various guest speakers.
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Here's an abstract of the workshop. #LAK18
