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23rd February 2013, 09:08 AM | #41 |
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I thought I would comment a little bit on this exchange, because I found that there are truths in both responses, and some miscommunication of ideas. Please follow the links to the full quote for reference.
@SomeGuy: This was an excellent response to a post that doesn't exist. Acleron was not making any argument to the validity or reliability of the Khan Academy, but you responded to him as if that were so. He (she?) merely produced an anecdote of how the videos have helped him learn about linear algebra, indeed, perhaps the videos have already piqued his interest enough to make him want to delve further, or perhaps to audit an actual university class. Yes, current research favours constructivism and student-centred learning, but in no way did Acleron's post require prompting of what almost surely could be considered a rant. @Acleron: asking whether @SomeGuy has specifically done the research to show how "the prevailing fashions" are ineffective is ludicrous. Research has been done and is ongoing (as mentioned by @SomeGuy, serious research has been going on since the middle of the lat century ... read up on Robert Marzano as one modern example of research-based teaching/learning). As education is a social science, studies include data that report on effect sizes, etc., much quantitative data is available if you have the time. |
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23rd February 2013, 09:39 AM | #42 |
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23rd February 2013, 10:29 AM | #43 |
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In lieu of JREF creating its own line of videos there are many youtube users that have taken on the skeptical front with great videos. Users Qualiasoup, TheraminTrees, c0nc0rdance for purely skeptical topics ... vsauce, minutephysics, asapscience, and Brian Dunning (inFact videos) for a "softer" approach on misconceptions, etc.
To add to this, my honest opinion is that Khan Academy style lessons on these topics would be doing a disservice to the plethora of interesting videos that are already out there. |
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25th February 2013, 12:47 AM | #44 |
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“Ego is subversive and devolutionary, truly destructive and terrible; ego is the generator of privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Ego is the fire that burns within the pit of hell, devouring and consuming everything that enters and leaving utterly nothing behind. Ego is horrible, cruel, and restraining, the darkness of the world, and the doom and bane of man.” – my reaction to that famous Bertrand Russell quote. |
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25th February 2013, 03:41 AM | #45 |
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25th February 2013, 05:30 AM | #46 |
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Obviously, other people have different opinions, but every time I see the site I am blown away. I find the whole concept, simply amazing.
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26th February 2013, 06:51 PM | #47 |
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I was stumped on one question on the khan academy. I couldn't figure it out anywhere. It was how to find two common divisors between two numbers. I couldnt figure the order so my numbers weren't always right.
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