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Assessment, Growth Mindset, and Star Trek: The Kobayashi Maru
A fond memory from my childhood helps me understand the ways we observe human behavior and make attributions. It's also one of the more...
Ross Markle
Jun 23, 20206 min read
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Factor Focus: Self-Efficacy
The "Factor Focus" series is designed to review various noncognitive factors and their relevance to student success. Confidence is a...
Ross Markle
Jun 17, 20208 min read
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Improving survey response rates and motivation: tips, tricks, and science
As with many things in assessment, getting more and better responses isn't magic. It's really about learning from the science, a little...
Ross Markle
Jun 10, 20209 min read
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The pandemic shows us that everyone should go to college
While common ground between liberals and conservatives can be hard to find, employability seems to be one respite. I've spent a little...
Ross Markle
Jun 2, 20207 min read
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What is Assessment?
One of my all-time favorite professional memories starts with me sitting at the Northeastern Educational Research Association's Annual...
Ross Markle
May 25, 20209 min read
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Stop asking “what’s the best predictor?”
I had a call with a client the other day, a man who is highly experienced, intelligent, and – perhaps most importantly – legitimately...
Ross Markle
May 18, 20207 min read
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The Duck Problem
Our ability to change human behavior is often guided (or hindered) by the mechanisms we use to understand it in the first place. Imagine...
Ross Markle
Feb 19, 20197 min read
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Noncognitive Skills, Part 2: Why are they called "noncognitive"?
After years of considering/battling other terms, I decided to put my thoughts on the word "noncognitive" to paper. When I wrote my last...
Ross Markle
Feb 12, 20198 min read
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Noncognitive Skills, Part 1: Are They Really That Important?
In the first part of my series on noncognitive skills, I discuss why I think this domain is such a critical area of educational research...
Ross Markle
Feb 5, 20199 min read
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