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Chris Harrow

Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms | eSchool News - 1 views

  • It’s our opinion that one of the reasons this debate exists is because there is no true definition of what Flipped Learning is. The method is often simplified to videos being watched at home and homework being done at school. If this is the definition, then we should all be skeptical. Instead, we should look closer at
Chris Harrow

America Needs To Study Fractions: Scientific American Podcast - 2 views

  • a new study finds that Americans are falling significantly behind in math aptitude compared with China, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada. And the root cause is deficiencies in knowledge of fractions and division.
Chris Harrow

The Problem With Lectures : Uncertain Principles - 1 views

  • What's this have to do with lectures and my students' complaints? Well, far too often, lectures and recitation sessions are just like the conversations Steve and I had with Paul. When somebody else is presenting a detailed explanation of how they solve some problem, it's very easy to nod along and say "Yes, yes, of course, that's the thing to do." You leave the room perfectly convinced that you've understood everything, but when you try to apply what you think you know by explaining it to someone else, you find that you didn't really understand a thing.
  • That's the problem with good explanations: they're incredibly seductive, convincing you that you understand things that you don't understand at all.
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    Great post I found via John Burk
Robert Ryshke

What makes a brilliant teacher? - 0 views

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    While watching a brilliant teacher in action, you too may have wondered: "What is it that makes them excellent?" Do we, as an educational community actually realise what makes a true teacher? Is it purely down to perfect pedagogy, rigorous planning and assessing, diligent resource making and clever behaviour management; or is there something more?
John Burk

the research on transfer and some practical implications (Transfer, part 2) - 2 views

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    excellent summary on research on transfer. A must read post. 
Chris Harrow

Freakonomics » The Way We Teach Math, Sciences, and Languages Is Wrong - 4 views

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    why the inertia to making needed changes in pedagogy?
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