zenta

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by zenta 2y ago
There are likely many, many definitions of what "maximizing learning" means. And that drives different approaches to education. Not "whether education should seek to maximize students’ learning." That could be taken as
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by zenta 3y ago
When was this? "Startup" suggests recent, but aloha shirts have been the most common outfit downtown every day of the week (except for maybe lawyers in court) since the nineties at least. Or are you saying that you were super casu
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by zenta 3y ago
Really curious where those numbers come from. Do you have a link you can share?
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by zenta 4y ago
It's not though. Give ten kids from the same class a self study online course and give another ten a private tutor, and they won't see the same score distribution. Where's the signal there? SAT results don't have a line
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by zenta 4y ago
Probably the most common pro-SAT take I see is: "I wouldn't be where I was today without the SAT, so therefore it must be a good thing." Which is fine. What _is_ narrow sighted is extending that to "Everyone will benefit
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by zenta 4y ago
Nit: I don't know that it changes the point, but 0.01% of 8B is 800K.
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by zenta 4y ago
Factually accurate is the lowest bar to clear.
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by zenta 5y ago
I built one of those Wordle clones that made it into the app store. Built it mostly to see how long it would take me to do it with flutter (it didn't take long). The app doesn't collect any data or connect to the interwebs. Not re
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by zenta 5y ago
The comments on these articles seem to generally come out in favor of standardized testing (specifically the SAT). I find that interesting because college admissions seemingly generalizes to candidate evaluation. And if you were to sugges
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by zenta 5y ago
> Bikeshedding is... Frequently statements which start like this also, unintentionally, tend to be great examples of bikeshedding themselves.
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by zenta 5y ago
Of the two other responses to this thread, one recommends "don't be a jerk" and the other recommends "complain enough". I wonder if there just isn't a negative feedback loop here (everybody gets helped) so peop
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by zenta 6y ago
Is there an appetite for something like an instagram/snap, but closed/paid/private? I'm working on something _similar_ for the education, but I also use it for my extended family. Wouldn't be hard to spin up a grou
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by zenta 6y ago
Conversely, would it be different for a 16yo? What about 15yo? Or 12yo?
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by zenta 10y ago
Those FAQs/Facts are amusing. > Myth: Law enforcement officers deployed concussion grenades resulting in the grievous injury to a protester’s arm. > Fact: Law enforcement has at no time used concussion grenades during protest a
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by zenta 14y ago
Reductio ad absurdum: I would like to own my own [nuclear weapon], please.