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by "Dan Goldner"
Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:02 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Balancing Activity in Investigating Dynamic Problems
Replies: 5
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Balancing Activity in Investigating Dynamic Problems

Jim, This squares perfectly with my experience teaching high school math. Its time well spent to ask questions that reveal what the student thinks is going on. Amending that view then becomes relatively easy. Its the difference between standing in one place, shouting into the fog "IM OVER HEEEE...
by "Dan Goldner"
Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:06 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Can SD models be validated without being run?
Replies: 38
Views: 27623

Can SD models be validated without being run?

Jim asks, "Is there any real reason -- beyond widespread practice and anecdotal evidence -- to run experience through statistical methods as opposed to running it through, say, a good story telling machine?" Why choose? Why not do both? As this thread has described, we build confidence in ...
by "Dan Goldner"
Fri May 30, 2003 12:57 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: School quality related models
Replies: 5
Views: 4918

School quality related models

Martin, You may already be aware of the k-12 mailing list (http://www.clexchange.org) discussing SD in schools. Last summer, a long-term plan for SD in schools was developed, including a sketch of the overall goals of the program. That sketch could be interpreted as one definition of educational qua...