Articles Tagged with history

Teaching to the test

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Standardization and its discontents

We face some of the dilemmas of test season.

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Brave new world words

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Language change

We contribute to the effort to keep language in step with technology.

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Making a drawing (II)

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When the details are important

Sometimes careful pencil-work is vital.

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Making a drawing (I)

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The importance of the rough sketch

Sometimes, the rougher the better.

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Beginning with a question mark

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The written and the spoken word

We ask a question: how do you ask a question?

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The narrative imperative

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Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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Professional writing

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and professional reading

Some writing is not what we’d expect.

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The danger of the best

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Unexpected effects of good reading

Some books don’t seem quite as good as we remember.

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Why keep old things?

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Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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Putting pen to paper (II)

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The novelists’ instrument

We examine an incident in which new technology did not change literary genres.

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