Science Education & Policy
- The Hourglass Pattern
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1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Jun 10 2011 - 4:52am
- Global Warming Skeptics Conserve Energy As Much As Believers
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You might think that those who are skeptical (or downright intransigent) on a CO2 basis for global warming are bigger wasters of energy or greater polluters than those who accept climate science. Not so. Skeptics are just as green. Their reasons may si ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 22 2011 - 7:29pm
- Convergence Inducing Process
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Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Apr 25 2011 - 3:12pm
- New Immigration Rules- Back Door Policy To Shut Down Private Education Sector
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LONDON, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- Proposed changes to the immigration rules will not actually target sham colleges, instead the changes will shut down legitimate private education providers. This feeling is wide spread throughout the coalition Governm ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 25 2011 - 10:25am
- An Evidence-Based Approach To Science Education (Or: Dr. Hattie, And How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Numbers.)
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Article - Greg Doheny - Apr 26 2011 - 7:38pm
- Carl Wieman's Interactive Learning A Success Even In Larger Physics Classes
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In 2009, Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman published a series of articles here at Science 2.0 with ways to improve science education (see Why Not Try A Scientific Approach To Science Education?) and one of the ideas he advocated was using clickers and consensus g ...
Article - News Staff - May 12 2011 - 3:07pm
- When Smart Kids Fail
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Bright people run into two curses in life that others mistake as blessings. The first is that many tasks come easy to them. The second is that they can do okay for a long time without experiencing failure or set-backs. Both of these lead to a life of un ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - May 16 2011 - 8:48am
- The Ohio State Science Day
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Article - Mark Berman - May 18 2011 - 4:01pm
- Should Scientists Be Exempt From Freedom Of Information Requests?
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During the ClimateGate scandal, researchers at East Anglia were not found to be manipulating data but were stonewalling Freedom of Information requests, the bedrock of a democratic science society since the work is financed by taxpayers. ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 26 2011 - 1:00pm
- Complexity And Randomness
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Complexity and Randomness This pattern is from System's thinker Gerald Weinberg, and has been extremely helpful to illustrate the difference between complexity and randomness. It is also a nice example of the self-referential methodology of PAC, as t ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:21pm
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