After I sent out my email last night I received some feedback from Steve Jones
from the City of Medicine Academy about the whole divergent/convergent
distinction and I think he's got it more right than I do about these scenes
from Apollo 13.
The make this out of that scene (called, Apollo 13
Gee, don't you wish that you could sit back, relax with your favorite
beverage,
and watch a major scientist being interviewed?
Yeah, me neither. ;-)
But for those who would like to have that experience, the NY Times
has an article on an MIT professor who is in essence doing his
own TV talk show.
There is an interesting article in the NY Times that focuses on
a few mathematicians with too much time on their hands and
the mathematical insights they have had about the shapes of
pasta. The article can be accessed here:
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a
recent discussion-list post Platonic vs Socratic Methods (was '. . .
. Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool') [Hake
(2012)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Joe
Hi
Interesting article. One thing I did not see mentioned was different types of
courses that might differentiate Rep and Dem faculty. For example, if Rep
profs tend to be more in quantitative fields and Dem profs in touchy-feely
fields, distributions of grades could differ by area in the
Good point--
I believe that you're going to find most Repubs in Engineering, Business and
Economics; not fields noted for grade inflation.
On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Interesting article. One thing I did not see mentioned was different types
of courses that might
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:27:41 -0800, Paul K Brandon wrote
Good point--
I believe that you're going to find most Repubs in Engineering,
Business and Economics; not fields noted for grade inflation.
According to the article by Bar Zussman, the Republicans
are mostly in the natural sciences and
Hi
I was thinking more of differences within departments rather than
departmental differences. For example, there would be more or less
quantitative courses within economics, within psychology, ... , perhaps
for many disciplines? I haven't had a chance to see whether we have
access to the paper
