Articles Tagged with learning

Teaching to the test (II)

Published on May 7, 2024May 6, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Good questions?

The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask.

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Burnout

Published on April 30, 2024April 29, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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time and tide

Published on March 19, 2024March 17, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Teaching complexity

Almost every subject is complicated if you go deeply enough into it.  Where do you stop teaching?

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Breadcrumbs

Published on March 5, 2024March 4, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Not even suggestions

Our tutor’s activities sometimes depart from the syllabus.

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Aldehydes and ketones

Published on February 6, 2024February 4, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The road not taken

Our tutor considers past alternatives.

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Three dimensions are hard

Published on January 30, 2024January 28, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Two is easy, four is elegant

Sometimes the more sophisticated stuff is easier.

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Choosing classes (II)

Published on January 16, 2024January 14, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Predicting the future

If you had to do High School all over again, what classes would you take?

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Choosing classes (I)

Published on January 9, 2024January 7, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Supply and demand

Choosing next year’s classes can be a puzzle for High School students.

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Still behind

Published on December 12, 2023December 11, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A fragile system?

Teachers are still seeing the effects of the COVID lockdown.  Why?

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A testing time (II)

Published on December 5, 2023December 3, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Different tests

What is a test supposed to do, anyway?

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