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Crash course in Learning Theory

dr.curry @ July 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet

I just ran across this, and I think it’s great. Go see the Crash Course in Learning Theory. Talk about tailoring instruction to today’s crowd!
BTW, I’ve also started browsing the blog it comes from, Creating Passionate Users. It’s a hoot!

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Yet another blow to Constructivism!

dr.curry @ September 19, 2006 # One Comment

Is the pendulum swinging back?
Check out this article originally from the Wall Street Journal on how the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has abandoned their open-ended, problem-solving, “fuzzy math” approach.
It just makes me giggle.

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Arguably one of the best articles I’ve read in years (re: Constructivism doesn’t work!)

dr.curry @ June 28, 2006 # One Comment

Now, now, all you constructivists out there just settle down. I approach the whole behaviorist/constructivist conversation with my own beliefs, but without judgement for those who don’t see it like I do. I very much adhere to the behaviorist philosophy, and personally have major issues with some of the tenets set forth by constructivism. [...]

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The Proper Study of Instructional Design

dr.curry @ June 26, 2006 # No Comment Yet

So, as it always seems, here I am as a young assistant professor still trying to figure out my place in this world. You know, who am I, what is my line of research, and does it really matter? So I was reading in the new edition of Issues and Trends in Instructional Design and [...]

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Foundations readings revisited

dr.curry @ June 22, 2006 # No Comment Yet

So, apparently something crazy has happened. Just one day after I get that list posted of readings for my Foundations class, I found another book. I checked to see if I could change my order for fall, but I really shouldn’t–not can’t, it’ll just be a pain.
Reiser, R.A. & Dempsy, J.V. (2007). Trends [...]

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