by DWTTe@msSpr_ngSemesterProject | May 26, 2024 | Learning and Teaching
Robert Sternberg said: The characteristics of real-world problems are entirely different from the characteristics of problems on standardized tests. Standardized test problems are mostly multiple choice or short answer and have a right or wrong answer. Real...
by DWTTe@msSpr_ngSemesterProject | May 26, 2024 | Learning and Teaching
I participated in a Twitter conversation yesterday that bounced around a bit. I believe that most of the folks I conversed with were from the United Kingdom. I also believe that many of them were in favor of what we might call ‘strict discipline’ in schools. One of...
by DWTTe@msSpr_ngSemesterProject | May 26, 2024 | Learning and Teaching
Autor et al. defined new work as “the introduction of new job tasks or job categories requiring specialized human expertise” (p. 1). In other words, in which occupational sectors are new tasks, work, and jobs emerging/declining, and for whom? Here is an informative...
by DWTTe@msSpr_ngSemesterProject | May 9, 2024 | Learning and Teaching, Slides
When we subject young people to 13 years of ‘just tell me what to do’ schooling that emphasizes giving teachers ‘the right answer’ instead of exploration and risk-taking, we shouldn’t be surprised that their ‘curiosity in learning’ has been...
