The Trouble with Poverty (The Autonomy Myth, Chapter 1) | Aaron Ross Powell - 25 views
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Poverty is measured in relative terms.
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But if incomes tripled—if suddenly everyone in the US could purchase three times as much quality of life as they could before—there would still be a bottom quintile and one-fifth of children would be in it.
Mindfulness meditation benefits and changes brain structures in 8 weeks - 2 views
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In a study published in the January 30 edition of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers concluded that an eight week mindful meditation practice produced measurable changes in participants' brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. This is the first study to document meditation-produced changes in the brain's grey matter over time.
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Previous research has documented structural differences between the brains of experienced mediation practitioners and individuals with no history of meditation. These brain changes included thickening of the cerebral cortex in areas associated with the integration of emotions and attention. However, earlier studies were unable to document that those brain differences were actually caused by meditation.
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mindfulness meditation (which focuses on nonjudgmental awareness of sensations, feelings and state of mind)
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Maths duck - 92 views
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A superb site with lots and fun maths games on a wide range of topics across the maths curriculum. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
The Math Worksheet Site.com - 2 views
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Some great free maths worksheets on this 'paid for' site. Additional resources can be found when you press the 'preview' link. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
http://www.mathsmaster.org/ - 76 views
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A great maths video tutorial site that covers all the basics. Great to use for extra support or home study guides. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
7 in 10 Students Have Skipped Buying a Textbook Because of Its Cost - Students - The Ch... - 22 views
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"Students recognize that textbooks are essential to their education but have been pushed to the breaking point by skyrocketing costs,"
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does not measure the academic consequences for students who do not purchase textbooks
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78 percent of those students who reported not buying a textbook said they expected to perform worse in that class, even though some borrowed or shared the textbook.
Bunny Balance - 49 views
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A maths game for younger students where player must balance or unbalance the seesaw with bunnies of varying weights. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Learning on the Move: Mobile Learning Devices « The Power of Us - 36 views
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Whyville , What does it take to build a sustainable, green energy community? 8th Graders are showing us how using WhyPower, an interactive learning game within the largest interactive learning world, WhyVille. Here is an interactive game. http://www.poweracrosstexas.org/projects/whypower-interactive-game Energy Game: WHYPOWER Whyville is a thriving community with its own economy, newspaper, government and much more. It now has its own power grid! As part of the WhyCareers program, we are “electrifying” Whyville with a power grid that uses traditional and renewable energy sources. Students will manage the power grid to select the right mix of coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar and wind energy. They will build homes in Whyville! They will observe and measure power use in Whyville, and form good energy behaviors and habits. Finally, they will explore the math, science and career topics related to energy. Just like in real life, success in Whyville is not pre-programmed! Students skill, initiative, creativity and teamwork determines the rewards they receive and the “virtual money” they earn in WhyPower. Whyville. Run a city using energy reources.
Count Us In Maths Games - 59 views
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A collection of 15 games for younger learners about various maths topics. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete - 137 views
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sociology. Forget taxonomy, ontology, and psychology. Who knows why people do what they do? The point is they do it, and we can track and measure it with unprecedented fidelity. With enough data, the numbers speak for themselves.
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The big target here isn't advertising, though. It's science. The scientific method is built around testable hypotheses. These models, for the most part, are systems visualized in the minds of scientists. The models are then tested, and experiments confirm or falsify theoretical models of how the world works.
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But faced with massive data, this approach to science — hypothesize, model, test — is becoming obsolete.
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article discussing whether math models can replace other tools for understanding the world.
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I dissagree. Maybe for someone who can cope with the massive scale Google works with but for the average student bah humbug. As far as the students I see the scientific method still needs to be taught as they need a lot of help learning how to gather reliable information from the web. As far as google is concerned the students simplistic, unevaluated searches are as valuable as someone who actually understands what they are looking for or maybe more valuable because more students are doing almost thoughtless searches. The real need is a good course, hopefully online, to teach students how to do a reasoned search. agoogleaday is a start.
Corkboard.me - Shareable sticky notes web-app. - 149 views
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"The simplest way to manage life, work and play."
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This is a great yet simple tool to use. The chat in real time feature has lots of potential. I've used Wallwisher for this style of communication/collaboration in the past, but CorkboardMe seems a better alternative (although Wallwisher is completely free and allows privacy settings/security measures to be taken without additional cost.)
Ralph Tyler's Little Book - 43 views
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The belief at the time was that schools should require strong discipline and that "children should not talk to one another; all communication should be between the teacher and the class (Tyler, 1975)."
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War I, as it soon would be called, would have a dramatic effect on education
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Following the introduction of the Army's intelligence test, a "Testing Movement" in education, became established and spread throughout the United States
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Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 70 views
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When it comes to showing results, he said, “We better put up or shut up.”
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Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
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how the district was innovating.
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NAEP Gets It One-Third Right -- THE Journal - 15 views
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gets, the more the debate will stir and positive things can come of all this.
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9 Gail Desler California I look forward to following this discussion! Currently many school districts have the same keyboarding + MS Office requirement for tech proficiency shared above by Interested Parent. I think to continue with that model well into the 21st century is really the train wreck waiting to happen. I've read through the NAEP draft. as well as some of their referenced documents from ISTE, http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ DOT , and the http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/2 DOT 1stcentdefinition and am hopeful that the NAEP framework will promote the integration of technology literacy across the curriculum. Thanks for starting the conversation.
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Wed, Sep 9, 2009 Dick Schutz http://ssrn.com/author=1199505 The framework defines technology as "any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or desires." I can't think of any human action that wouldn't fall under that definition The definition of technological literacy is "the capacity to use, understand, and evaluate technology as well as to apply concepts and processes to solve problems and reach one’s goals. It encompasses the three areas of Technology and Society, Design and Systems, and Information and Communications Technology." That's pretty much universal expertise. This is to be measured with a 50 minute test starting at Grade 4. The specs for the tests at Grades 8 and 12 merely get more detailed and more abstract. By the time this gets run through the Item Response Theory wringer we'll have results that are sensitive to racial/SES differences but not to instructional differences. I'll look forward to your forthcoming explanations of how this came to happen.
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Font Size May Not Aid Learning, but Its Style Can, Researchers Find - NYTimes.com - 110 views
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Is it easier to remember a new fact if it appears in normal type, like this, or in big, bold letters, like this?
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Font size has no effect on memory, even though most people assume that bigger is better. But font style does.
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New research finds that people retain significantly more material — whether science, history or language — when they study it in a font that is not only unfamiliar but also hard to read.
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Kendall tau rank correlation coefficient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 7 views
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it is a measure of rank correlation
The Default Major - Skating Through B-School - NYTimes.com - 41 views
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Dr. Mason, who teaches economics at the University of North Florida, believes his students are just as intelligent as they’ve always been. But many of them don’t read their textbooks, or do much of anything else that their parents would have called studying. “We used to complain that K-12 schools didn’t hold students to high standards,” he says with a sigh. “And here we are doing the same thing ourselves.”
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all evidence suggests that student disengagement is at its worst in Dr. Mason’s domain: undergraduate business education.
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“Business education has come to be defined in the minds of students as a place for developing elite social networks and getting access to corporate recruiters,”
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