Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Put your hands up and move away from the textbook

Dan Meyer is a dynamic young math teacher for the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District. He totally gets it when it comes to assessment. Here are four great posts, the first three of which I wish I could get every teacher and administrator in Minnesota to read:

How math must assess (be sure to read Dan’s ‘mini-thesis’)

From the mailbag: Kay Endriss

“NCLB is forcing me to teach to the test.”

The presentation (includes a Quicktime movie)

Thanks, Chris, for introducing me to Dan’s blog. You called him a ‘must-read.’ I think you’re right.

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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7 min

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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