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27 juillet 2018

Why We Shouldn't Embrace the Genetics of Education

By John Warner. On Monday, scientists published a study in Nature Genetics that analyzed the genes of 1.1 million people of European ancestry, including over 300,000 23andMe customers. Over 99 percent of our DNA is identical in all humans, but researchers focused on the remaining 1 percent and found thousands of DNA variants that are correlated with educational attainment. This information can be combined into a single number, called a polygenic score. – “Why Progressives Should Embrace the Genetics of Education” by Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden in the New York Times, July 24, 2018. More...

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27 juillet 2018

The Problems of Real-Time Feedback in Teaching Writing

By John Warner. I’m trying to understand where the notion that constantly monitoring students and subjecting them to real-time feedback is a benefit to learning came from, because I gotta[1] tell you, from my perspective as a teacher of writing, it’s nuts. More...

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27 juillet 2018

Finding the Right Atmosphere for Learning

By John Warner. A de rigueur scene in sci-fi movies when the intrepid crew has landed on a potentially hostile planet:
Captain: What’s the atmosphere like? Is it safe?
Crewmember Who Will Later Have an Alien Burst Out of His Torso: Looks good, Captain, compatible with human life.
While in these movies there are always dangers beyond the potential poisonous nature of the atmosphere itself – like the aliens who will later burst out of torsos – the atmosphere is first. More...

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27 juillet 2018

Who Am I Now?

By John Warner. Just over two years ago I wrote my “Not a Quit Lit Essay,” about leaving teaching (only semi-voluntarily). What appeared available to me on that path didn’t seem like enough, and so I chose to try a new one. More...

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27 juillet 2018

Gen Ed Is a Problem of Pedagogy, Not Subject Matter

By John Warner. Here’s an idea that popped into my head. Tell me what you think about it: Gen ed is a problem of pedagogy, not subject matter. More...

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27 juillet 2018

Vive la Nap!

By John Warner. According to Robert Channick writing at the Chicago Tribune, “A small but growing number of businesses are encouraging sleep-deprived employees to grab 40 winks during the workday, providing rooms – or in some cases, high-tech napping pods – to get the job done right. Benefits include a more productive workforce, and, hopefully the end to stealth sales meeting snoozes.” More...

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27 juillet 2018

More States Adopt Robo-Grading. That's Bananas.

By John Warner. We are literally requiring students to write badly to do well. More...

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27 juillet 2018

What We Learn When Our Writing 'Fails'

By John Warner. How can we incentivize students to take writing risks, and give them an escape when they get in over their heads. More...

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27 juillet 2018

The Best Algorithm-Driven Writing Instruction You Can Imagine

By John Warner. Imagine you are in the 8th grade, working on an argumentative essay regarding “censorship in the libraries.” After writing a first draft, you receive this marginal comment about one of your sentences:
“When writing argumentatively, it's often easy to use casual language when trying to persuade your reader. Remember though, it is important to continue a formal tone and style in all forms of writing.”
How would you respond. More...

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27 juillet 2018

Tenure Is Already Dead

By John Warner. For many of us, it was never alive in the first place, but the values tenure is meant to promote can and must endure. More...

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