Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell, surprise surprise: A new study concludes that those first-graders who are behind their peers would have learned more if their teachers had just taught them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And then practiced it a lot. Right … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesA little while ago I wrote a reaction to a post about 8 steps to make your course less boring, and at the end of it I promised to post my own list. Here it is. I will qualify this … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesWe have a lot this week: Gee on Games in School: Don’t Make Prison Better, Use Them to Free Students and Teachers | Games and Learning “Most people involved with games and learning are familiar with the work of James … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesYour lifestyle contributes to the destruction of natural habitats, and that includes the deaths of many animals. Eat in whatever way invokes respect and gratitude in your soul. Be grateful we live in this time of contrived and soon-to-be over … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTovar Cerulli – The hidden costs of vegetarianism. An excellent essay. Though crops can be grown without manure, such approaches typically require more acreage than do integrated plant-animal systems. Why till more land, and perhaps displace more wildlife habitat, for … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutePLOS Medicine: Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. John P. A. Ioannidis, Published: August 30, 2005 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 Interesting. There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAh, the state of education in the Republican U.S. How little things have changed…… Henry A. Giroux | Thinking Dangerously in an Age of Political Betrayal. 2014: a Texas GOP Party platform that states, “We oppose teaching of Higher order … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCMEC > Press Releases > Press Releases Detail > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada. Inspired by what they … Continue reading