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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Education 2nd Priority in Election 2008
The Pew Research Center released a May, 2008, study that show education as the second highest priority (78% and tied with health care at 78%) of voters, behind the economy (88%). I wonder how many voters equate education with schooling? … Continue reading
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Two Million Minutes
Every high school student has the same amount of time to acquire tools to compete globally. High school students today will create the products, serices, and delivery mechanisms for the next several decades. Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination offers … Continue reading
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11 Year Olds Read Wiesel’s "Night"
Joh offers a thoughtful review of Elie Wiesel’s 1086 Nobel Peace Prize winner Night. It’s slim and intense about Elie’s childhood experiences in Nazi deathcamps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Joh’s school requires 11 year old students to read this chilling book. … Continue reading
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Tools to Organize Online Research
Bethany Smith describes online tools she uses to organize her research. How do you keep track of research papers in order to find, use, and cite them on demand? While on her site, check out other posts. Great blog for … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Learning, Learning on Demand, Research
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Weapons of Math Destruction – An Inconvenient Truth
Check out this cartoon by Weapons of Math Destruction titled “An Inconvenient Truth” that compares results of Direct Instruction with Discovery Learning in Project Follow Through. DI blows away DL. How do we explain these results, asks a DL character?
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Everday Math Responds to National Math Panel Report
Barry Garelick offers snippets of response from the Everday Math program view of the National Math Panel report. The tenor of comments indicate strong dissatisfaction with PK12 math instruction in general. I offer this link for mobile PC independent software … Continue reading
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Direct Instruction Math Students Outperform Constructivist Students
Ken DeRosa describes tested results of student mathematics performance in a constructivist and a direct instruction class in mathematics. DI students outperformed students in the classroom of the more experienced teacher’s constructivist class. This study was not definitive, but it … Continue reading
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Tall Poppy Education Syndrome
Tall Poppy Syndrome, an inclination in media and among the general public to belittle the achievements of prominent people. Business definition by BNET . Education definition of Tall Poppy Education Syndrome (TPES) by Bob Heiny / Tablet PC Education Blog: … Continue reading
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Does Educator Inbreeding Limit Mobile PC Learning in Schools?
I wonder to what extent slower than possible adoption of school based mobile PC learning exists because of teacher hiring inbreeding? Gina Ruiz warns, in Workforce Management Online (May 2008), that HR inbreeding results in hiring virtual clones of existing … Continue reading
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Do Teachers Limit Student Learning?
Nancy Flanagan asked in response to a comment on one of her posts about a month ago, if anyone really thinks teachers restrict learning. She’s a thoughtful writer, an experienced teacher, and an education policy wonk (that’s a kudo). Jane, … Continue reading