Posts by 81stcolumn
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Rust Never sleeps.......
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Ben - maybe more than one oldie here.....
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RB.
You're just old.
Old, gothic, more numerous than you might imagine, oh, and quite sprightly today.
With a history of activism that goes back as far as the miners strike in '84. Now, where would you rather live ?
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Danielle -Got to admit that I had a hissy fit when having achieved well at Uni in the UK I was being asked to do another set of exams to find out if I was good enough to study in the US. Cost me quite a lucrative scholarship at the time. I'm really gald you got something out of it though.
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Stephen -
Provided that I have understood what you guys mean by rote.... I see what you are getting at but there is an issue about learning paradigms here.
Rote to skills
Acquiring skills from rote can be quite context specific and is quite slow in the long run But it does build confidence (in some) and quite robust task solutions, it also leads to boredom if not managed correctly. This leans more heaviliy on motivational skills for the instructors but less on resources and foresight.
Skills to rote
Skipping the rote bit at the start can be scary for the learner and doesn't always end up with the desired outcome (good and bad). Focus on the skill process and then allowing only necessary repetition to improve the skills is more economical and flexible but sometimes less robust (sometimes the skill is less efficient too). It also places more demands on instructors and resources.
nb. My issue is not with one approach or another but rather expecting to use one approach only and then getting upset when it doesn't always work. I should perhaps be more honest by posing this rhetorical question: Should we be teaching context specific skills in what is now a rapidly changing world ?
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Would it help to point out that the US IMHO undermines undergraduate programmes with the use of the GRE.
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Kevin -
How much time do you actually spend teaching ?
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While i'm in distraction mode.
<quote> It seems that the rate of cigarette smoking amongst young New Zealanders has increased. One theory is that the kids don't like the man telling them not to smoke, so they're sticking it to the man by lighting up. <quote/>
Herald report seems to suggest a greater increase in smoking amongst women. Thin = pretty/healthy to smoking = Thin anyone ?
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It is not inconcievable to make pokies less addictive. They contain ROMs which I presume to be progammable ?
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I leave it to you guys to judge whether the police have a complete grasp on the matter they seem to be dealing with Guy Faulkes ?