we have gotten the cart before the horse. We are less concerned with whether students learn the right thing than whether they learn in the way that we rely upon to measure how well they learn when compared to their peers. We do this without even having considered whether the measurement is even useful, much less necessary or even counter-productive.
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United Nations Cyberschoolbus - 3 views
Academic Literacy - 3 views
visual_literacy - 0 views
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An online learning activity that will engage you in a number of different picture books and, more importantly, the realm of visual literacy.
OurWorld 2.0 - 0 views
Cheating in Computer Science - 3 views
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We do it for no better reason than tradition, habit, and inertia.
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I no longer teach programming by teaching the features of the language and asking the students for original compositions in the language. Instead I give them programs that work and ask them to change their behavior. I give them programs that do not work and ask them to repair them. I give them programs and ask them to decompose them. I give them executables and ask them for source, un-commented source and ask for the comments, description, or specification.
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"Bill Murray approaches the teaching-learning system as a game in which students, teachers, and others play various roles. He wonders whether the game itself encourages cheating, and suggests that teachers could restructure the game so that cheating is less rewarding and less likely."
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Fascinating essay about assessment and cheating, and how teachers have created this situation.
Make Big Profit From Nature Protection « Nestlines - 1 views
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Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural world
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