[tips] Miley and salvia

2010-12-11 Thread sblack
Something new (for me, anyway). When I heard about the young singer- actress Miley Cyrus caught on camera smoking salvia (http://tinyurl.com/25gsf63), I thought they were talking about pot (cannabis sativa). Silly me. It turns out it's different stuff, namely salvia divinorum, a plant which pr

[tips] The Wolfram and Benezet Silver Bullets For Making Math Education Work

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a recent post "The Wolfram and Benezet Silver Bullets For Making Math Education Work" [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: Conrad Wolfram, in his talk "Teaching kids real math

[tips] Remembering H.M.

2010-12-11 Thread sblack
Carol DeVolder recently posted an interesting article on Brenda Milner, the Canadian neuropsychologist who made H.M. famous. (see http://tinyurl.com/24xov68 ). And at age 92, there's nothing wrong with *her* memory! By happenstance, I recently came across two further articles remembering H.M.