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Tag Archives: Methodology
Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Weird Children Of Video Games and Neuroscience
Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Weird Children Of Video Games and Neuroscience. Here are the highlights: 1. People with no memory can remember playing Tetris 2. You can use the same drug to treat a heroin addiction … Continue reading
On Peter Lawrence’s Article, The Heart of Research is Sick
Boy does he have it right on the nose. lawrence-the-heart-of-research-is-sick-2011.pdf (application/pdf Object). I know people who insist on putting their names on things their grad students did. There are others who do it more subtly. They are just as despicable. … Continue reading
Why Education Research Is Failing Us: Begley – Sharon Begley – Newsweek.com
Why Education Research Is Failing Us: Begley – Sharon Begley – Newsweek.com. Synopsis: This article reports on a meta study comparing inquiry methods against a more trditional approach. What was found is that: “There is a dearth of carefully crafted, … Continue reading
Is it wrong to buy publications from grad students and pass them off as your own?
Apparently it is in China – if you get caught. Chinese academia ghost-writing ‘widespread’ This BBC article claims that “More than $100m (£63m) changes hands in China every year for ghost-written academic papers, according to research by a Chinese university.” … Continue reading
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It’s all a matter of point of view…
for a computer scientist, everything is an algorithm. to a musician, everything is a song. to a writer, everything is a story. to thespians, everything is a play. to a film-maker, everything is a movie. to an educator, everything is … Continue reading
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Software Ethology, a new approach to design and analysis
I have recently been working on a new methodology for the analysis of commercial video games in order to uncover mechanisms used to support learning. I am calling this new approach Instructional Ethology. It combines structural analysis based on black … Continue reading
