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Incognito PSYC prof. Developmental/educational/stats/methods/psychometrics/assessment

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@MartinCothran What developmental psychologists know with near-100% certainty about cognitive development, not the pseudopsychology so often touted at teachers' conferences, is actually strongly supportive of information-rich, language-based models like classical education.

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@mackenzieprice The culture of childhood is universal across time and culture. Our tech-savvy kids still teach each other chants and clapping games. They trade toys and treats when nobody's watching. Lunch and recess are the adult-free zones where the culture of childhood thrives.

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@Andercot My college spent $1M on a VR lab ten years ago. It's hardly ever been used, but there are other tech fads that have fizzled. Smartboards? Video discs? Clickers? And don't we use today's teaching stations/projectors exactly the same way that we used overhead projectors years ago?

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@ghostofchristo1 AI has made it impossible to identify the small number of undergrads who are truly effective writers and have a strong grasp of standard written English, the ones we used to talk to about considering grad school because we knew they'd be able to meet the writing demands.

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@DanaPalubiak Being able to correctly pronounce (i.e., decode) "declaration" is of minimal value to someone who doesn't know what the word means and is unfamiliar with the network of concepts to which it belongs. Decoding skills must be taught in information-rich environments.

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@CaffeinatedLiha Dorothy Sayers
Are Women Human?

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@ModestyQueen19 This happens partly because older women are invisible to society at large. Like socially neglected children who get tired of being ignored, they retreat

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@dondawastaken And he or she always publishes in a journal titled "Frontiers in [whatever key words you used in your search]." I dunno, but it seems a little fishy to me.

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@ihteshamali Aren't they just admitting they've been ripping students off for years?

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@Marc__Watkins What often happens is a student in a chat group who used AI for an assignment shares the output with the group without disclosing its AI origin. Of course, submitting another student's work is classic cheating, but students get morally outraged when told Turnitin detected AI.

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@marcportermagee @gtmom My next book if I was planning to write one:
Learning Styles: The Lie that Won't Die

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@FeralHeather Students of yesteryear tasked with writing papers visited "libraries" where they read real books. They waited weeks for their interlibrary loan requests to be fulfilled and became skilled at using microfiche readers. Tears of joy flowed when libraries installed photocopiers.

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@ok6ixx Yes! I love historical novels that include family trees.

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@jonathanbfine It's a profession with a distinctive lifestyle, very fulfilling for those who get past the early phase. The profession's structure allows an individual to engage in learning for learning's sake and interact with colleagues who share an abject hatred of dressing up for anything.

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@data_republican So, basically, the same stuff he'll learn in college

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@Ravenismeee Activities were similar to those we use smartphones for.
Making small talk with others in line
Working crossword puzzles
Flipping through magazines
Reading Greensheets, which were a print version of Craigslist

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@ayojoestar Two methods
1. Spend hours on hold after calling an 800 number. Sometimes it was necessary to do this several times due to disconnections or the need to contact multiple airlines.
2. Use a travel agent

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@saniyafatma1278 When the middle school model proved to be a failure within a few years of its adoption, middle schools became indistinguishable from junior highs except that 11-year-olds were in classes with 14-year-olds, hence the need for social promotion and 9th-grade campuses. 1/2

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@saniyafatma1278 Sorry, can't resist this teachable moment. "Middle School" is based on an different educational theory than "Junior High School", one that promised to cure all the problems of imposing the secondary model on students who weren't developmentally ready for it. 1/2

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@ThrillaRilla369 More cheese