What I’ve Learned from Many Years of Teaching Calculus to First-Year College Students
‘Under “content”, the main issue is not that students don’t understand the concepts of calculus, it is that they don’t have facility with arithmetic and algebra.’
(tags: math teaching calculus)
And The Happiest Place On Earth Is…, Morley Safer On Why The Danes Are Considered The Happiest People On Earth - CBS News
The Danes’ secret to happiness? Low expectations!
(tags: happiness culture europe denmark research)
Ideas and Trends - For a Good Retirement, Find Work. Good Luck. - NYTimes.com
“In an industry survey, a majority of technology companies candidly said they would not hire anyone over 40.”
(tags: tech jobs career retirement)
Small Trees for Small Urban Lots
Japanese tree lilac looks nice.
(tags: gardening landscaping trees)
Why women quit technology careers
“We are finding that attrition rates among women spike between 35 and 40 — what we call the fight-or-flight moment.”
(tags: career gender technology)
/Message: The ‘No Women Speakers’ Meme Is Awake Again
(tags: toblog women gender conferences)
Study: Social networks may subvert ‘digital divide’ | The Social - CNET News.com
“Students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout”
(tags: learning teens social-networks)
highschooljournalism.org - high school journalism from asne
(tags: teaching highschool journalism)
SocialLearn: Bridging the Gap Between Web 2.0 and Higher Education at […]
Althouse: On boldface and ludic reading.
“if you want to know what is conducive to ludic reading, I say it’s the web.”
(tags: reading flow)
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Brandeis University
“When the consultant was a ‘mother,’ she was rated as less competent, less committed, less suitable for hiring, promotion, or training, and was offered a lower starting salary than the other three.”
(tags: motherhood gender career research sociology parenting)
» WP Contact Manager | Design Intellection
(tags: wordpress themes cms contacts […]
Drupal Hosting Review: AN Hosting
(tags: drupal hosting reviews)
Official Google Docs Blog: Want your docs to be stylin’?
finally!
(tags: google docs styling css)
The Power of Niche Social Network Sites - Bokardo
“PatientsLikeMe, Ravelry, and Dogster demonstrate the power of niche communities. It’s not just improved communication, it’s improved action.”
(tags: social-networks socialsoftware social design)
High Performance Web Sites :: High Performance Web Sites, Part 2
(tags: performance webdev websites architecture)
Men Explain Things to Me | Reproductive Justice and Gender | AlterNet
“… the out-and-out confrontational confidence of the totally ignorant is, in my experience, gendered. Men explain things to me, and other women, whether or not they know what they’re talking […]
