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John Mikton

Syria and the Cycle of American Intervention - The Atlantic - 0 views

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Arnie Bieber

Johari Window - take the test online - 1 views

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    Interesting self assessment/360 degree tool
Lawrence Hrubes

Students 'cannot multi-task with mobiles and study' - BBC News - 0 views

  • Researchers found that students sending and receiving messages while studying scored lower test results and were less effective at tasks such as note taking.The study examined how a generation of "voracious texters" might be affected by so many online distractions.It found that when students did not use mobiles, they were better at being able to recall information.
Lawrence Hrubes

How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers - The New York Times - 0 views

  • TWO of our most vital industries, health care and education, have become increasingly subjected to metrics and measurements. Of course, we need to hold professionals accountable. But the focus on numbers has gone too far. We’re hitting the targets, but missing the point.
  • We also need more research on quality measurement and comparing different patient populations. The only way to understand whether a high mortality rate, or dropout rate, represents poor performance is to adequately appreciate all of the factors that contribute to these outcomes — physical and mental, social and environmental — and adjust for them.
  • He developed what is known as Donabedian’s triad, which states that quality can be measured by looking at outcomes (how the subjects fared), processes (what was done) and structures (how the work was organized).
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  • “The secret of quality is love,” he said.
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