Zach Baquet
@zachbaquet.bsky.social
PhD Student in Quantitative Measurement & Learning Sciences at UH. Studying School Choice + Black Parent Belonging in School Communities.
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It is always a treat to have Allan Wigfield come chat with students in my Achievement Motivation seminar! @tjroyuh.bsky.social @zachbaquet.bsky.social @summerrobinson.bsky.social @aera-motsig.bsky.social (1/4)
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It is always a treat to have Allan Wigfield come chat with students in my Achievement Motivation seminar! @tjroyuh.bsky.social @zachbaquet.bsky.social @summerrobinson.bsky.social @aera-motsig.bsky.social (1/4)
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Today in Achievement Motivation, we had an extremely interesting conversation with @dustinthoman.bsky.social about interest! We talked about how important the social context can be for supporting (or harming) the development of interest, particularly for students with stigmatized identities.
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today in Achievement Motivation, we had an extremely interesting conversation with @dustinthoman.bsky.social about interest! We talked about how important the social context can be for supporting (or harming) the development of interest, particularly for students with stigmatized identities.
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Traditional blood-filtering treatments for children with leukemia come with serious risks. A team from UH and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a safer alternative. stories.uh.edu/2025-childho...
UH Researchers Develop Safer Treatment for Children with Leukemia
A groundbreaking microfluidic device developed by University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine researchers could make life-saving leukemia treatments safer for children by reducing risks assoc...
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March 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Traditional blood-filtering treatments for children with leukemia come with serious risks. A team from UH and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a safer alternative. stories.uh.edu/2025-childho...
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Attended a research meeting today, and a researcher expressed concern that the study will be flagged because we made it possible for patients who only speak Spanish to enroll.
I admittedly died a little bit inside. Hard to believe this current state is reality. #StandUpforScience
I admittedly died a little bit inside. Hard to believe this current state is reality. #StandUpforScience
March 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Attended a research meeting today, and a researcher expressed concern that the study will be flagged because we made it possible for patients who only speak Spanish to enroll.
I admittedly died a little bit inside. Hard to believe this current state is reality. #StandUpforScience
I admittedly died a little bit inside. Hard to believe this current state is reality. #StandUpforScience
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What We Retrieve Matters
Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect?
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#edusky
Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect?
theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/02/24/w...
#edusky
What We Retrieve Matters - The Effortful Educator
Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect?
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February 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What We Retrieve Matters
Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect?
theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/02/24/w...
#edusky
Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect?
theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/02/24/w...
#edusky
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You can’t improve education unless you know what’s happening in education now. The main source of that information in the US is NCES. The commissioner was just put on leave.
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Courts rule on Trump administration initiatives including DOGE, DEI
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You can’t improve education unless you know what’s happening in education now. The main source of that information in the US is NCES. The commissioner was just put on leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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For #BlackHistoryMonth, let us celebrate the life and accomplishments of Bettye Washington Greene. One of the first African American women in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, her work contributed to innovations in pharmaceuticals and more. 🎢🧪⚛️ #WomenInSTEM en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_...
February 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth, let us celebrate the life and accomplishments of Bettye Washington Greene. One of the first African American women in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, her work contributed to innovations in pharmaceuticals and more. 🎢🧪⚛️ #WomenInSTEM en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_...
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We investigated belonging as complementary to expectancies and values and found that competence beliefs & perceptions of course importance and cost related to final course grade; crs interest related to contemporaneous grades during course
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November 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
We investigated belonging as complementary to expectancies and values and found that competence beliefs & perceptions of course importance and cost related to final course grade; crs interest related to contemporaneous grades during course
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Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.
February 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.
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In our faculty meeting today, we discussed retrieval practice and the counter-intuitive concept that one must forget in order to learn. We shared Tom Sherrignton’s @teacherhead.bsky.social blog post and asked teachers to choose a few strategies to focus on in the coming weeks.
bit.ly/3CCUdwR
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10 Techniques for Retrieval Practice
Image Credit: I’ve written about retrieval practice several times in other posts but here I just want to make it easy to lay out various alternative methods for the process of reviewing your …
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February 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In our faculty meeting today, we discussed retrieval practice and the counter-intuitive concept that one must forget in order to learn. We shared Tom Sherrignton’s @teacherhead.bsky.social blog post and asked teachers to choose a few strategies to focus on in the coming weeks.
bit.ly/3CCUdwR
bit.ly/3CCUdwR
