"Teaching Problem Solving: You Can and You Should" (Elizabeth Zwicky)
Mrs. Zwicky gave a really excellent talk that balanced real research in education, in problem solving, and in systems administration. She teaches systems administration to Navy recruits for a defense...
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Girls and Math
Every girl gets the memo: To: Girls From: The Establishment Re: Math Math is hard, and you'll never need it anyway. You'll just be cooking and making babies, after all. cc: Boys But most teen girls,...
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I'm watching the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting, discussing the fate of the Michigan and Florida delegations. This committee consists of the elite among the Democratic superdelegates. These...
View ArticleUsers and their Motivations
I stumbled upon a summary of the Drefyus model of skill acquisition by Andrew Hunt today, copied out of the powerpoint here. There's a bullet point in there that I hadn't seen before:Level 1: Beginner...
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