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@DahlD And if those TX kids do try higher order thinking skills at least teachers can beat them with effective corporal punishment #edchat
Greg McVerry
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@colonelb Its not the ALEC script its the hunt for #RTTT dollars script. Maybe they are one in same. dot know background
Greg McVerry
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@CreativelyTrain Not just business answwer but also answer of those who believe in cognitive architecture (ie Kirschner et al) #lrnchat
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@mathfour Hey just saw you TX repub platform this year. Suggest increased corporal punishment and stop teaching critical thinking.
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@mathfour Except when I am doing the kind of stats I have to for work now I often find myself writing out models in word or story #mathchat
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@mathfour If there r version of non-real math that exists n real world wouldnt it make it real, thereby proving real has many defs #mathchat
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@Peter_Price No thats called every day life. Oops I guess that makes it authentic. #mathchat
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@mwilkinson3 Can every student see the "beauty" in math. Its that liek expecting everyone in music ed to fall in love with symphony #matchat
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@ColinTGraham Agree term "authentic" can be hollow construct. Often many refer to it as anything not involving direct instruction. #mathchat
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@lutzfernandez I love the quote from Cobb at the end that chances are this won't work and we won't know in a year anyway #ctedreform
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@daveandcori But you are right they aint much better.
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@daveandcori You can not keep politics out of education. Dont know many dems calling ofr corporal punishment and not teaching crit thinking
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@DrJohnsonMD @BWGleason @digiphile @cnn @dan_munz Not a lie. Just bad reporting. technically mandate struck under commerce allowed as tax
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@Knight3k Honest mistake. Technically the mandate was coted down under commerce clause but upheld as a tax. So in a way they were right
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@rickmohrien My fav method small online discussion groups. Allows you to see the use of processes develop overtime in authenthic environment
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@rickmohrien You could also have students self reflect on how they use processes over time and analyze these reflections.
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@rickmohrien One method works effective would be a think aloud at different time points. Identify holes in strategy use provide mini lesson
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@rickmohrien Provide more information. Are you talking cognitive processes of problem solving, reading, writing? #sschat #edchat #edtech
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@scott_harris_jr I pray the math will work (don't think it will). Have new standards not aligned to current test and new test noone has seen
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@mramidon I just don't want to reinforce the ideaa that there are formal learning and informal learning out of school vs in school practice
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