Archives for April 2014

Error in Social Progress Index? Inadverdently Noted in New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristoff

April 3, 2014 by

Here are the links to the column and the Index Editorials, Columns, Op-Ed, Letters, Opinionator and More Opinion – The New York Times. Social Progress Index – Data – Social Progress Index – The Social Progress Imperative. The error is described in my comment. “Please Correct: “…the United States excels in access to advanced education…” […]

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Grade Inflation Pays But So Does Rolling Back the Odometer – Or Overrating a Bond

April 2, 2014 by

But, eventually, the piper gets paid.  Unearned grades means unlearned material. I just read the following article, Correspondence Bias in Performance Evaluation: Why Grade Inflation Works by Don A. Moore, Samuel A. Swift, Zachariah S. Sharek and Francesca Gino of Carnegie Mellon University.  http://www.cbdr.cmu.edu/papers/pdfs/cdr_608.pdf. After hypothesizing (and later demonstrating) that graduate schools don’t pay attention to any particular […]

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PISA Results (Program for International Assessment)

April 2, 2014 by

PISA products – OECD. (includes rankings of student performance by country/economy )

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Adding “Links to Studies” Category

April 2, 2014 by

When I add a link, I will post the title, the link, and a brief description.  The description, though, will focus only on why I am posting the link.

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New York Times Conflates Teaching with Marketing and Then Notes Students Could Do Better?

April 1, 2014 by

Here are links to two articles in today’s The New York Times.  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/education/using-the-arts-to-teach-how-to-prepare-for-climate-crisis.html?rref=us&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&pgtype=article and http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/us/us-students-strong-at-problem-solving-but-trail-other-nations.html?ref=us (only online for now) The first article seems to be about how a professor, one of many,  is using a creative new approach to teaching about climate change issues.  I looked at ratemyprofessor.com for her.  Here is what I found. She is tremendously […]

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