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 Welcome to The What and Who of EDU. Join us as we talk with thought leaders, educators, and experts to explore the latest trends, innovations, and best practices shaping education today. Whether in the classroom or beyond, we equip educators with the tools and insights to support student learning anytime, anywhere.2025
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  • EP 7: Four Strategies, Five Point Gains: Digging Into The Data on The Real Impact of Evidence-Based Teaching

    EP 7: Four Strategies, Five Point Gains: Digging Into The Data on The Real Impact of Evidence-Based Teaching
    May 14 2025

    What if improving your students’ exam scores didn’t mean more grading, longer lectures, or sacrificing your personal life to the pedagogical gods? In this special episode of Digging Into the Data, host Marisa Bluestone sits down with Marcy Baughman, VP of Learning Science & Research at Macmillan Learning, to break down a large-scale study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The focus? Four powerhouse evidence-based teaching strategies and the measurable impact they had on over 1,400 students across three semesters.

    From surprising subgroup insights to tips you can try tomorrow, we’re giving you the research-backed goods—and a few mic-drop moments you won’t want to miss.

    Brought to you by Macmillan Learning

    🔍 What You’ll Learn:

    • Why “thinking about thinking” might just be the ultimate grade booster.

    • What instructors think they’re doing vs. what students feel they’re experiencing.

    • How small digital nudges created big academic wins.

    • Why it’s not just what you teach—but how students understand they’re learning.

    • What students really need to hear when they’re knee-deep in coursework (and why you should say it more often).

    • How the simple act of assigning the right resource can unlock better outcomes—without adding more to your plate.

    • The one strategy students loved... but couldn’t name.

    📚 Today's Syllabus:

    📜 The Goals Behind the Study → 00:02:01
    📊 Defining the Four Strategies → 00:03:28
    🏫 The Biggest Surprises → 00:05:10
    💡 Metacognition's Outsized Impact → 00:07:17
    🛠 Scaling Strategies: What’s Ready, What’s Not → 00:09:02
    🔍 Bridging Perception Gaps in Active Learning → 00:12:23
    ✨ Instructors Who Pivoted Mid-Semester → 00:13:21
    🎓 One Simple, Powerful Teaching Habit → 00:15:40
    🎯 How to Implement Goal Setting and Reflection → 00:17:11
    🧠 The 5-Point Impact of Evidence Based Teaching → 00:19:03
    ✨ What We Learned Today — A Brief Summary → 00:22:18

    📖 Required Reading:

    Links to studies, references, and Macmillan Learning resources mentioned in the episode:

    • Macmillan Learning. Goal Setting and Reflection Surveys Research Note. (2024). https://community.macmillanlearning.com

    • About Achieve: https://go.macmillanlearning.com/achieve

    • Goal Setting and Reflection Surveys Research Note: https://go.macmillanlearning.com/rs/1

    • Digging Into the Data: Why Metacognition is the new Meta in Learning Apple | Spotify

    • Learning Forward – Evidence-Based Teaching Practices That Work: https://community.macmillanlearning.com/t5/learning-stories-blog/learning-forward-evidence-based-teaching-practices-that-work/ba-p/23054

    Guest:

    Marcy Baughman
    VP, Learning Science & Research, Macmillan Learning

    Office Hours:

    📞 Leave us a voicemail! Got a classroom story, tip, or question? Call (512) 765-4688 and you might be featured in a future episode.

    📨 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Email us at TheWhatAndWhoOfEDU@macmillan.com.
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  • EP 6: From Copy-Paste to Critical Thinking: 10 AI Guardrails and Hacks Every Educator Needs

    EP 6: From Copy-Paste to Critical Thinking: 10 AI Guardrails and Hacks Every Educator Needs
    Apr 30 2025
    We’ve all read those suspiciously flawless essays that scream “I was born in a chatbot!” And while AI isn’t going anywhere, neither is our responsibility as educators to teach thinking—not just typing. In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, host Marisa Bluestone brings you 10 practical AI guardrails and hacks straight from real educators. From rubric-writing clones and "tilted" assignments to Socratic prompt design and digital fire safety, these strategies show how AI can support, not supplant, authentic learning. This podcast is brought to you by Macmillan Learning. 🎓Today's Syllabus: Dr. Erika Martinez (Univ. of South Florida) – AI as a digital assistant to boost productivity and reclaim time. [00:02:04] Jennifer Duncan (Georgia State Univ.) – Use AI to TILT your assignments and make expectations crystal clear. [00:03:14] Dr. Amy Goodman (Baylor Univ.) – AI as a rubric-writing coach to articulate grading standards—and your sanity. [00:04:54] Dr. Christin Monroe (Landmark College) – Map AI use back to learning objectives. If it doesn’t serve the goal, skip it. [00:06:58] Adriana Bryant (Lone Star College–Kingwood) – Establish syllabus-based “fire safety” guardrails for safe exploration. [00:09:02] Dr. Margaret Holloway (Clark Atlanta Univ.) – Limit AI use to brainstorming—so students still do the thinking. [00:10:34] Betsy Langness (Jefferson Comm. & Tech College) – Promote AI accuracy + ethics: use it, cite it, verify it. [00:12:18] Julie Moore (Eastern Univ.) – Remind students their stories matter—bots can’t replace their lived experience. [00:13:35] Dr. Amy Goodman (Encore!) – Teach prompt-based learning: Socratic nudges > full-blown solutions. [00:15:39] Adriana Bryant (Double Encore!) – Require AI documentation for digital literacy and transparency. [00:17:38] Instructors (in order of appearance): Dr. Erika Martinez is a Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida, where she has been teaching economics for 14 years. She also teaches at UNC-Kenan Flagler Business School’s MBA@UNC online program and Santa Barbara City College, covering courses from principles of economics to advanced microeconomic theory and many economic electives. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards and is passionate about making economics accessible and engaging for all students. Jennifer Duncan is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University's Perimeter College. Jennifer has been teaching English literature and composition for twenty-five years and specializing in online teaching for fifteen. Dr. Amy Goodman is a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at Baylor University, where she has taught since 1999. In addition to teaching, she is also a course designer (for the Mathematics Department and the School of Education), OER author, teaching mentor to other faculty and graduate students, and learning analytics researcher. Her pedagogy is founded on the belief that all students - any student - can be successful at mathematics. Dr. Christin Monroe is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Landmark College, where she has been teaching for five years. She teaches in Principles of Chemistry, Introduction to Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry, with a focus on supporting neurodivergent learners through inclusive and innovative teaching practices. Adriana Bryant is an English and Developmental English Instructor at Lone Star College- Kingwood in Texas. She teaches courses of different modalities, and strives to create an engaging environment that helps foster her students' growth and overall desire to learn. She also contributes to professional development within my department and college community. Dr. Margaret Holloway is an Assistant Professor of English and the Composition Coordinator in the English & Modern Languages Department at Clark Atlanta University. Her research is rooted in the rhetoric and composition discipline, and she has nine years of college-level teaching experience. Betsy Langness has been with Jefferson Community and Technical College since 2002. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in 2015, she was a Counselor at the college and taught as an adjunct for 9 years. Before coming to Jefferson, she was a Senior Academic Advisor for the Honors Program at the University of Louisville. She is currently teaching general and developmental psychology courses in a virtual, asynchronous environment. Julie Moore has been teaching writing, literature, and writing center pedagogy in Higher Education for 35 years; presently, she works as a Senior Online Academic Advisor and First-Year Composition Instructor for Eastern University's LifeFlex program. The author of four collections of poems, Moore has recently won the Donald Murray Prize from Writing on the Edge and several notable prizes for her poetry. Extra Credit: 👉 Learn more about Macmillan Learning’s AI-powered tutoring tools...
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  • EP 5: Not Your Average High School: How Bard Early College is Rewriting the Diploma Track

    EP 5: Not Your Average High School: How Bard Early College is Rewriting the Diploma Track
    Apr 16 2025

    Today's Syllabus:

    What happens when we stop seeing high school and college as separate worlds? In this episode, host LaShawn Springer chats with Dr. Siska Brutsaert, principal of Bard High School Early College Bronx, about how their innovative dual enrollment model is disrupting the traditional diploma track and empowering students to take on college-level coursework before they’ve even turned 18.

    We explore how Bard creates a “place to think” by hiring mission-driven faculty, cultivating a deep sense of student agency, and building a supportive learning community where teenagers thrive through academic rigor. Whether you're an educator, administrator, or just someone who believes students are capable of more, this episode is your invitation to rethink what high school can be.

    🧠 What You’ll Learn

    • How Bard High School Early College blends high school and college into one transformative experience

    • Why trusting students with real intellectual responsibility changes everything

    • How informal writing and faculty workshops build rigorous, yet supportive, classrooms

    • The power of community in reducing academic stress and competition

    • Why scaffolding skills like time management and self-advocacy can be just as important as content mastery

    This podcast is brought to you by Macmillan Learning.

    📖 Required Reading

    Learn more about Bard High School Early College Bronx: https://bhsec.bard.edu/bronx/

    Check out the podcast producer, Macmillan Learning https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us

    BFW Publishing Group: https://www.bfwpub.com/high-school/us

    Extra Credit:

    👉 Follow us on Instagram | LinkedIn


    Office Hours:

    📞If this episode got you thinking differently about dual enrollment, trust, or how we build real-world readiness into our classrooms—we want to hear about it. Drop us a voicemail at (512) 765-4688. We might feature your voice in a future episode.

    📨 If you have an idea for a show or would like to be a guest, send us an email at: TheWhatAndWhoOfEDU@macmillan.com.

    For more information about our hosts, you can visit us here. https://go.macmillanlearning.com/the-what-and-who-of-edu#about

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