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Standardized Testing: What (Low) Scores Mean
An article on standardized testing (Revealed: The school board member who took standardized test, by Marion Brady) was published a few days ago on The Washington Post and raised my eyebrows, for it denounces a real scandal but, at the … Continue reading
Myths of Teaching & Learning: What have you learned today?
A little method common in the academic area known as “assessment” is to ask students, at the end of a class the question: What have you learned in the class? This is the latest myth I’m covering, in the series … Continue reading
The Times They Are A-changin’
Herbie Hancock plays (with Tal Wilkenfeld and Kristina Train) the Dylan tune, The Times They Are A-changing. Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be … Continue reading
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Zen of Teaching
Just a quick post on my research project, which began here with the series of posts on Myths of Teaching & Learning some months ago, and was born of my interest to investigate the inertia to change of educational institutions … Continue reading
Myths of Teaching & Learning: The Liberal Arts
Today I am reading the very nice article Is it time to kill the liberal arts degree? from Salon. Author Kim Brooks make a fine job with her analysis, which can be summed up thus: Colleges of Liberal Arts provide … Continue reading