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Why teacher training fails - and how we can correct that - The Washington Post - 6 views

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  • Learning to practice, this book vividly illustrates, takes time and effort, trial and error. It won’t happen tomorrow. But even a small movement in the direction of more practice will reap benefits, in teaching and many other things we do.
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http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sed/staff/Sadler/articles/Sadler%20and%20Good%20EA.pdf - 2 views

www.cfa.harvard.edu/...Sadler%20and%20Good%20EA.pdf harvard peer review peer grading test corrections
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  • Chris Harrow on 21 Sep 12
     
    Admittedly, peer grading is not the same as grading by an expert who really knows the material. But it is better than nothing! In fact, done conscientiously, using a well designed rubric, it's a lot better than you might think, particularly when the results are compared with grading by an instructor who has a large number of assignments to grade in a limited amount of time! In some studies, students were observed to learn better when they were asked to actively assess their answers and those of their peers according to the instructor's rubric. In particular, students who self-graded using a rubric outperformed students who were graded by instructors.
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BETWEEN THE FOLDS | Origami and Paper Art | Independent Lens | PBS - 0 views

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  • Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science.
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MOOCtalk - 0 views

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  • Chris Harrow on 28 Aug 12
     
    An interesting 'blog from Stanford's Keith Devlin (NPR's Math Guy) who is documenting his thinking as he prepares to offer a MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) on Mathematical Thinking.  This is an incredibly compelling read if you are interested in transition issues from secondary to college, the future potential of online courses, and/or mathematics education.
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Emory scandal: Critics doubt college ratings  | ajc.com - 0 views

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  • “I’ve always questioned the rankings’ validity,” Taylor said. “It’s marketing, and when we talk about marketing, it’s selling.”
  • Many parents won’t even consider sending children to colleges that fail to earn high marks.
  • “There are lies, damned lies, statistics and rankings,” the website says. He defined this mania as “paying too much attention to the rankings and looking for status vs. making the right fit for a person.”
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  • The school reported SAT and ACT data for admitted students instead of enrolled students. That artificially inflated Emory’s test scores.
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Seth's Blog » Blog Archive » Tyler Cowen's Unusual Final Exam - 1 views

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  • “Here is the exam. Write your own questions. Write your own answers. Harder questions and better answers get more points.”
  • “Write a question you wish had been in this exam, and answer it”. As I recall some students didn’t appreciate that opportunity as much as I did.
  • One result of this strategy is that every student will be correct in their prediction of what will be on the exam. Regardless of which material is actually most important
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Are Independents Just Partisans In Disguise? : It's All Politics : NPR - 0 views

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  • Chris Harrow on 22 Aug 12
     
    I wonder how we could use this in classrooms where we're attempting to teach our students to be open to new ideas and perspectives.
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The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic - 2 views

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  • The flip-side is that bargains literally make us feel good about ourselves. Even the most useless junk in the world is appealing if the price feels like a steal.
  • Chris Harrow on 21 Aug 12
     
    Some interesting consumer math points that apply to us all -- teachers, students, and broader community.  How can we help our students (and our own minds!) grasp these points?
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Yes, algebra is necessary. - Daniel Willingham - 1 views

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  • it's misleading to depict math as the chief villain in America's high dropout rate.
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Is Algebra Necessary? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • There are many defenses of algebra and the virtue of learning it. Most of them sound reasonable on first hearing; many of them I once accepted. But the more I examine them, the clearer it seems that they are largely or wholly wrong — unsupported by research or evidence, or based on wishful logic.
  • Of all who embark on higher education, only 58 percent end up with bachelor’s degrees. The main impediment to graduation: freshman math.
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EdTechTeacher on Vimeo - 2 views

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  • Chris Harrow on 17 Jul 12
     
    Love Diigo?  Want to use it while browsing on your iPad?  Here's how.
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Pie charts | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - 1 views

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  • Chris Harrow on 15 Jul 12
     
    Perhaps one of the worst displays of statistical information I've seen.
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Seth's Blog: What do you do when they don't understand? - 2 views

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  • No one is going to read the whole thing, ever again. But we need to make it much easier to read the part of the thing that someone really cares about.
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