Labor Economist @AucklandUni. Interested in skills, technology, and education.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined July 2022
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Sam Stemper retweeted
You know what other tools know better than most instructors? Coursera and YouTube courses from top faculty, *the internet*, books from the library. How many students used those tools instead of formal ed? Very very few. How many will use Claude independently to learn the material? Probably the same amount.
I know it doesn’t sound glamorous, but the primary role of faculty is to get students in the seats and create incentives to actually absorb the information. This is your job. AI can help as a tool, I’ve seen some great harnesses of AI for education, but it will not do this.
Sam Stemper retweeted
Lots going on in the intervening years, but it is true that (in many places) foot traffic in Auckland is still far from its pre-COVID levels. K Road, Upper Queen Street particularly sluggish. Stronger recovery in Britomart/Commercial Bay area.
Sam Stemper retweeted
How has access to the internet affected adolescent development globally? Former #CIDPhDAffiliates @rjain_econ and @samstemper share insights from their recent paper on 3G internet and student achievement in #CIDVoices. @IQSS
bit.ly/4dcIZev
Sam Stemper retweeted
🚨Now out in the @J_HumanResource🚨
"Testing"
w/ A. Bergbauer & Rick Hanushek
👉In low-/medium-performing countries, more standardized testing is associated with higher student achievement
👉Different testing regimes have different effects
🔗jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/2…
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Sam Stemper retweeted
New research shows the economic gains from ensuring all children acquire universal basic skills. In Australia, 1 in 5 children don't achieve basic skills. Closing this gap could be worth $2 trillion to our economy - and reduce inequality. hanushek.stanford.edu/sites/… @Woessmann
Sam Stemper retweeted
🚨🧵📜@davidfromterra, Julien Lafortune and I have a new wp!
Perhaps the longest-standing debate in education is on whether money matters. Esp. in the case of capital (building /renovating school facilities), conflicting results have led scholars to conclude that “it depends.”
Sam Stemper retweeted
New analysis of 72 countries in #PISA - @OECDEduSkills int'l test
COVID induced school closures led to educational loss of more than 7 months of schooling
Learning losses are larger for countries with longer school closures, and those from poor backgrounds
shorturl.at/mBJWX
#Covid #LearningLoss #SchoolClosures
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@angrist_noam @leecrawfurd @susannahhares @JustinSandefur @pengzell @Woessmann @DeWitteK @EmiVegasV
