Microclimates

Weather and learning

If you look closely, there is enormous diversity.  This can be a problem.

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What it looks like

The craters of the Moon

It looks like something familiar. . .

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Tinkering

Radio sets and Perl

Playing around can be unexpectedly useful.

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Prepositions and infinitives

A difficult translation

English is a very unusual language.

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The Aspirational Bookcase

Good intentions

It can take time to get around to things.

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Long reads

An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Notice to Mariners

Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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Misnaming things

The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Teaching to the test (II)

Good questions?

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

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Burnout

Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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