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20 Apr 09

Examples and Exemplication in the Journal of English Grammar

  • asic communication
    strategy used in the negotiation of meaning in many different contexts,
    occurring in both spoken and written language
  • The basic example is often
    termed the positive example. A negative example illustrates
    a mistake or the wrong way to do something
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17 Apr 09

eLearn: Feature Article

  • They operate at "twitch speed,"
    expecting instant responses and feedback
  • these trends are manifest in what is sometimes called "learner-centered" or
    "student-centered" design. This is more than just adapting for different
    learning styles or allowing the user to change the font size and background
    color; it is the placing of the control of learning itself into the hands of the
    learner
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16 Mar 09

Obama's Education Opening - WSJ.com

  • The Milwaukee school system is receiving millions of dollars for additional school construction though it has excess capacity and stagnant enrollment
  • Audits in 2001 and 2004 found $2.5 million missing or misspent, and the city's schools superintendent was fired in December for incompetence. How does shoveling hundreds of millions of dollars more into such a system advance Mr. Obama's reform agenda
02 Mar 09

TESL-EJ June 2008 -- Trial by Twitter

  • I soon have multiple tabs open on my browser where I have followed the most
    interesting links, and I then start tagging these at http://del.icio.us/vancestevens
    according to my own folksonomy (an idiosonomy?), which might in turn lead me to
    others who have tagged these sites as well
  • For example, due to small posting requirements, "language students don't need to
    feel pressured into writing huge, long blog posts

academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia

  • Classroom Community:
  • can definitely say that changed the classroom dynamics for the better
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John Dewey [Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education ]

  • Dewey never cared for rote memorization of facts,
    formulas, or mere job training. He did not, however, think educators should
    ignore issues of social control and classroom discipline or the control
    implicitly contained in the academic disciplines and skilled practices
  • Nonetheless, he clearly recognized that orthodox communism as practiced in the
    Soviet Union was inconsistent with his commitment to fully participatory
    democracy.
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16 Feb 09

Can merit pay for Michigan teachers boost student performance? | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

  • Early experiments rewarding teachers individually led to questions about whether
    such systems were a disincentive for collaboration and teamwork. And teachers
    generally do not support incentive plans that reward some teachers in a building
    more than others.

A History of Public Education In The United States

  • demand for skilled workers in the middle of the eighteenth century led Benjamin
    Franklin to start a new kind of secondary school
09 Feb 09

The great college savings fiasco - MSN Money - New Investor Center

  • In fact, a retirement account may be your best college saving option. A Roth IRA gives you most of the federal tax
    benefits of a 529 plan and none of the drawbacks.

The Associated Press: WHO GETS WHAT: Billions to colleges and students

help prevent tuition increases at a time when families can least afford them

www.google.com/...mScA3iumnp4Hed51cYE5wD967IRU80 - Preview

education higher_education stimulus economy

  • help prevent tuition increases at a time when families can least afford them
  • how much gets directed to high-need institutions for building projects, versus
    elite universities that would benefit if the final package spends more of the
    money on scientific research
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