From the Coleface

MARCH 11, 2015

Over 15 years of working in L&D (and a dose of studying philosophy of science at university) makes me very alert to the phrase “research says” It is usually followed by an unsubstantiated claim. Here are a few links to articles that expose some of the more blatant “research says whoppers” Mehrabian: [link].

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

In the November Issue of TJ , Des Woods and Henry Marsden have an article called “How professionals learn” As the former head of learning at Ernst & Young and head of professional development at Linklaters, Des is writing from considerable experience. Professionals like business school style case studies.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 6, 2009

In October’s TJ, Justin Collinge writes a thought-provoking article called “Are you m*ssing a tr*ck?” The generation effect and the studies that he is citing are derived from experiments where people are asked to recall a random list of words.

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