tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1833163674901934780..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Writing essay tests helps students learn? Do tell.undinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-36068274223565372712011-01-24T04:09:17.612-08:002011-01-24T04:09:17.612-08:00Writing ability is crucial to anybody success and ...Writing ability is crucial to anybody success and your future success. A well written article is necessary to grow a website in leaf and bounds. Thanks for sharing this nice blog with us.UK Essay Writing Serviceshttp://www.essayservice.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-14177044977458653742011-01-23T09:30:49.043-08:002011-01-23T09:30:49.043-08:00Tee hee...shiny gadgets. ;)Tee hee...shiny gadgets. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-10719894125169842712011-01-22T20:29:29.082-08:002011-01-22T20:29:29.082-08:00Surprise, surprise...it’s not as if we didn’t know...Surprise, surprise...it’s not as if we didn’t know that writing essays is the best way of actually learning content, analysing and remembering content!! Also..it’s not as if we didn’t already know that those in the liberal arts developed critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing skills. But let’s be honest here...in order for one to do really well in these areas one has to have a strong mastery of all of these skill sets. While I’d also agree with undine and Historiann that the administrators should be told I doubt that they’ll pay attention since full mastery of these skill sets inevitably requires small classes and relatively few technical expensive gadgets. Sadly the fact that these small classes aren’t big money makers that they won’t require expensive gadgets means administrators aren’t going to be happy. I just can’t see them relishing this proposal.Antheahttp://www.senseworlds.com/bewildernessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-65682451996688915962011-01-22T17:23:44.800-08:002011-01-22T17:23:44.800-08:00Thanks, Dr. Koshary, for the reference; I'll l...Thanks, Dr. Koshary, for the reference; I'll look at that book.<br /><br />Historian, I think you're right. No one wants to hear that education still takes place in small batches, carefully tended, when "betterfastercheaper" is being touted by those with a financial interest at stake.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-82265775969516910242011-01-22T07:13:24.999-08:002011-01-22T07:13:24.999-08:00Thanks for the link and commentary, undine. You a...Thanks for the link and commentary, undine. You ask, <i>"Could someone beyond an obscure pseudonymous blogger put this 2 + 2 together, please, and let the legislators know about it?"</i><br /><br />I don't think so. There are two barriers to this happening: 1) pencils and paper are not *shiny new digital technologies* that will get people excited in investing in them. 2) Although the technology isn't expensive, the labor required on the part of both students in studying and the professors/instructors in reading their tests is. <br /><br />What most people think of as research in "education" is really a snipe hunt for a way to grow people's brains betterfastercheaper. But the fact is that education, when it works, still works the same way it has for centuries, if it has ever worked at all. But no one wants to hear that--they're sure they've got the miracle cure, or at least a convincing-enough bottle of snake oil they can sell the rubes and strike it rich.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-44516747267169544562011-01-21T09:43:54.257-08:002011-01-21T09:43:54.257-08:00Agreed — and, for what it's worth, I also was ...Agreed — and, for what it's worth, I also was reminded of the medieval memory palace. And, thereby, <i>The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci</i>, which introduced the concept to me way back when.Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.com