As promised, more substantive posts (including a reflection on my freshman seminar on math, linguistics, and writing) to come soon, once I finish my thesis.1 For now, assorted links accrued over procrastination during thesis-writing. Terry Tao has a really cool…
Social Science
Education, Math, Science, Social Science
On Education Studies and the Problem of High Dimensions: A Plea for Wisdom and Judgment
by Rafe Kinsey •
As I think and read about various educational approaches (in the process of preparing for the course I’m teaching in the fall about math and writing), I sometimes see studies with conclusions like this: Students who were taught using method…