Category: Stub

Stubs and other half-baked posts

A Kids’ Coding Expert Says We’re Making Computer Class Way Too Boring : NPR Ed : NPR

Love this. First, Mitchel Resnick is the oracle. Second, PBS Kids is partnering with MIT/Scratch to get their characters into Scratch Jr.

This week, thousands of events around the world are encouraging computer-coding literacy. “Coding is really about creative self-expression and storytelling,” says Mitchel Resnick of MIT’s Media Lab.

Source: A Kids’ Coding Expert Says We’re Making Computer Class Way Too Boring : NPR Ed : NPR

How Higher Ed Can Up Its Game: 3 Big Ideas : NPR Ed : NPR

Oh dear. This is exactly the WRONG conclusion to reach. It’s the conclusion that “highly selective” colleges use, and it’s perfectly, exactly, precisely beside the point of good education. The incoming and outgoing gatekeepers are NOT the locus of preparation. The teaching is.

In closing the discussion, Walsh had one big recommendation: Make schools with teacher-prep programs harder to get into, and to graduate from, to see a big impact.

Source: How Higher Ed Can Up Its Game: 3 Big Ideas : NPR Ed : NPR

Teachers Nurture Growth Mindsets in Math – Education Week

Open problems. Growth mindset.

Great exercise: “My favorite no.” – have students submit answers on index cards. Walk through an incorrect one on the board (anonymously). Everyone gains insight from the misconceptions and mistakes.

 

Despite skepticism from some parts of the mathematics field, new strategies are emerging for teachers to help students develop positive learning attitudes toward math.

Source: Teachers Nurture Growth Mindsets in Math – Education Week