Human Variation and How People Learn

Session Type: Virtual Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

We propose a national research agenda and synthesis of research that extend the report of the National Academies report How People Learn II to specifically address implications of educational science to support the design of appropriate and sufficient pedagogical intervention. This would lead to a focus on educational opportunities that are equitable, and not just equal -- appropriate and sufficient to the needs and characteristics of the learning persons. The need to address this is particularly amplified by the evidence of learning gaps that are becoming increasingly apparent.

Sub Unit

• AERA Honorary President Edmund W. Gordon Series

Chair

• Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University

Participants

• Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University

• Pamela Cantor, Turnaround for Children Inc.

• Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman, Teachers College, Columbia University