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$47,000.00 an hour?
I am a professor at a small liberal arts college, and I love my job. I do my best to provide help my students develop, learn, and reach their full potential. Most days I think I do a pretty good … Continue reading
Personal Drivers and Blind Spots in Study on Poor Smart Kids and College Choice
There has been a trickle of misinformed media reports about a recent study from Caroline Hoxby and Christopher Avery, and the latest (from the Atlantic, of course) brought my frustration above the level necessary for a blog post. Apologies in … Continue reading
Deep and Shallow Arguments in Logos, Cursing and Civil War Memory
Over the weekend I witnessed several seemingly unrelated conversations that held a common thread. On the surface, these might seem to be shallow conversations about logos, style of language, or word usage. However for many having strong feelings about these … Continue reading
Posted in education, history, science
Tagged Aaron Bady, Coleman, edreform, education, TNC
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A Day at an Elementary School with a Cognitive Psychologist
In what is becoming an annual tradition, I spent a day at elementary school last week, as part of the WATCH Dogs program. I thought I’d share some reflections. I learn something new every time I go. If you are … Continue reading
Myths Come From Values, Not From Ignorance
Like many interested in how we apply basic cognitive science to education, I was interested in the recent finding that many teachers still endorse many myths and misconceptions about neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Here is the original paper, and an … Continue reading
Posted in education, psychology, science
Tagged education, learning styles, neuromyths, neuroscience, psychology, teaching
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Obama’s Tears and No Voter Left Behind
Like many progressive Obama supporters, I was moved by his tears as he thanked his Chicago staff and volunteers this past week. Whether or not you believe he is a great president, it is pretty clear he is a good … Continue reading
A Failure of Imagination – Jonah Lehrer is “Nothing more than a schoolteacher”
I have followed with morbid fascination the downfall of Jonah Lehrer. I’ll admit to really enjoying Proust was a Neuroscientist, as well as How We Decide. I still see value in each of these books, and I will continue to … Continue reading
Kids These Days – My new class
I thought my readers might be interested in a description of a new class I am teaching. I am super excited about it, but it is very new to me, and I can tell there will be challenges ahead. The … Continue reading
My first scientific presentation (and my 100th blog post!)
This is my 100th blog post, and I thought it might be fun to return to a point near the beginning of my time in science writing and communication, the summer after my junior year in high school, when I … Continue reading
Reflections about my Experiment with General Psychology
I promised to update the few of you interested in my experiment in General Psychology last semester. You can have a more thorough description of my logic and motivation here, but the basic themes were this: A point system, with … Continue reading
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Tagged 200, classes, general psychology, intro, psychology
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