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Interesting Article
I think this article will be of interest (if anyone is still looking at this site): http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/29/139973743/think-youre-an-auditory-or-visual-learner-scientists-say-its-unlikely
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Teaching Journal #8
Oops, I forgot one from earlier, so here is my last post: Addison, J., and S. McGee. “Writing in High School/Writing in College: Research Trends and Future Directions. ” College Composition and Communication : SPECIAL ISSUE: The Future of Rhetoric and Composition 62.1 (2010): 147-179. ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest. Web. 2 May. 2011. … Continue reading
An article I stumbled on this morning.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/teaching-math-advanced-discussion/ It might be a result of the goals of the college, and how we reinforce and choose certain qualities in our faculty, but I know that all of my colleagues and I feel the same way as Dr. Mighton. … Continue reading
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Hesse, Douglas. “The Place of Creative Writing in Composition Studies. ” College Composition and Communication : SPECIAL ISSUE: The Future of Rhetoric and Composition 62.1 (2010): 31-52. ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. In this article, Douglas Hesse argues that even though creative writing and composition studies have … Continue reading
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How Much Math Do Students Need to Succeed in Business and Economics Statistics?
My article this week is “How Much Math Do Students Need to Succeed in Business and Economics Statistics? An Ordered Probit Analysis” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/green.html. This article presents the result of a statistical study looking at the impact … Continue reading
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Driscoll and Wood Chapters 9 and 10
Some of the ideas in these chapters went over my head, as I don’t have direct knowledge of how college teachers interact with each other. However, I can relate to the idea of group and collaborative work and the importance … Continue reading
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Media convergence – a review
Grant, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina and editor of Communication Technology Update, and Wilkinson, professor and coordinator of the International Journalism Programme at United International College (Zhuhai, China), founded jointly … Continue reading
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Driscoll & Wood Chapters 9 & 10
The two most recent chapters of Driscoll & Wood delved into the transition from applying Outcomes-Based Assessment strategies to individual classes/courses and ingraining them as department or university culture. Moreover, I felt these chapters represented a distinct epistemological shift that … Continue reading
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Fraiberg, S.. “Composition 2.0: Toward a Multilingual and Multimodal Framework. ” College Composition and Communication : SPECIAL ISSUE: The Future of Rhetoric and Composition 62.1 (2010): 100-126. ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. Fraiberg’s article is partly a response to calls from within composition studies for working to … Continue reading
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Hands-on learning in statistics
My article this week is “Do Hands-On Activities Increase Student Understanding?: A Case Study” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/pfaff.html. This article concerns the effectiveness of using more hands-on activities for improving student understanding of statistical concepts. A key concern with … Continue reading
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