Archive for May, 2008
08-05-30
Tags:CiteULike Computing Paperville psy145 Psy97 Research Teaching
I just noticed a link to post to CiteULike while looking up this paper DIVERSITY: Culture, Gender, and Math — Guiso et al. 320 (5880): 1164 — Science
The paper itself isn’t exactly groundbreaking, but is nonetheless a useful update for teaching.
I also […]
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08-05-27
Tags:blog Computing distribution modeling power law Statstics 6 blogs linked to this one you are reading in the past 6 months, according to my Technorati profile. I am indifferent to, but not disinterested in, the number. I probably have more trackbacks than that, but I don’t expect it to be ranked […]
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08-05-27
Tags:adoption Paperville Psy97 psychology race Teaching
This is material for teaching Developmental Psych: De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized, according to NY Times. I skimmed through the executive summary of the report. What struck me was that the psychological and sociological publications cited are mostly 5-15 years old. It looks […]
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08-05-26
Tags:Education psy145 spelling spelling bees Teaching
Get ready for the most intense sport for kids under 15 — Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Broadcast Times
The Quarterfinals air live on ESPN360.com from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 29.
The […]
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08-05-22
Tags:Computing Research One of my first Web2.0 projects was to modify ZenPhoto into an online transcription for our spelling project. It uses editable DIV extensively, which means a lot of onclick events inside of onclick events. It was written back in 2005, and has been working well with Firefox 1.x, 2.x, and IE all versions. […]
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08-05-16
Tags:Education English psy145 reading Teaching A number of reports from The Primary Review are quite interesting.
May 16, 2008 Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts Press release: Teaching matters: the last three interim reports from the Primary Review start the countdown to the final report
Overview briefing document: […]
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08-05-06
Tags:Computing Research Moving to a new computer. The new C drive is a little crammed, so I moved all my PDF files, 4G of them, to D drive. I thought I copied all program perferences to the new user profile, including Adobe Acrobat’s Organizer preferences.
If you are like me, reading tons of PDF files for […]
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08-05-06
Tags:Education psy145 Teaching Sara Mead took a more careful look at the latest Reading First report on her blog Early Ed Watch. The discussion focused on the curious finding that late-awardees did better than the earlier cohort.
A Second Look at Reading First | New America Blogs
… researchers found evidence of both increased instructional time […]
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08-05-05
Tags:Education NCLB psy145 reading reading first Teaching
The study of Reading First is not complete, but the early results are not promising. Not at all.
If the program continues to do nothing, it should be abandoned. There’s more than one way to teach a kid to read. Let’s try […]
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08-05-03
Tags:Education NCLB psy145 reading reading first Lots of talks after the news broke that Reading First failed the midterm exam. The final prospect doesn’ look good either. I have more than once expressed my marvel over how everything education is politics in the US.
Among the 200+ news stories on this topic […]
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08-05-01
Tags:Education NCLB Paperville politics psy145 reading first Teaching It’s on the news: Reading First is this much effective. Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report - Introduction PDF: Full Report (1.64 MB) Created under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, the Reading First program provides assistance to states and districts […]
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08-05-01
Tags:Computing Accessites.org has a good discussion on Graceful Degradation & Progressive Enhancement
Progressive Enhancement
Progressive enhancement became known — at least under that name — in 2003, when Steve Champeon began using it on Webmonkey and during the SXSW conference. It starts at the opposite end from graceful degradation: begin with the basic version, then add enhancements […]
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