My copy of Word defaults to Arabic numerals. But, Word does innumerable things poorly that our students tend to trust. Most egregious is how it handled citations for APA. With an explicit APA style setting for references/citations, it in no way handles them so that students can be reasonably successful. (e.g., from what I can tell, it can't handle multiple author sources.) But, there it says it, "APA" as a style option.
Paul On Jul 8, 2012, at 5:08 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > As Richard Hake indicates, Louis Menand's 2003 New Yorker "review" of > the Chicago Manual of Style is a fun read (really!): > http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/06/031006crbo_books1?currentPage=all > > "Few features of Word can be responsible for more user meltdowns than > Footnote and Endnote… To begin with, the designers of Word apparently > believe that the conventional method of endnote numbering is with > lowercase Roman numerals—i, ii, iii, etc. When was the last time you > read anything that adhered to this style?" > > Any suggestions why the original designers chose this absurd notation > for the default footnote numbering – and why they retained it through > successive versions of WORD? (I don't have the latest version of WORD > so I don't know if it remains the default setting.) > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > [email protected] > http://www.esterson.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > > From: Richard Hake <[email protected]> > Subject: Microsoft's Lesson For Public Education > Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 16:13:05 -0700 > Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a > recent discussion-list post "Microsoft's Lesson For Public Education" > [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads: > > ***************************************************** > ABSTRACT: EDDRA2's Mike Martin at <http://yhoo.it/Pw1ks5>; wrote: > (paraphrasing): "Everyone in education should read 'Microsoft's > Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That > Felled a Tech Giant' at <http://vnty.fr/M4dJvA>;. . . . . . What > educators need to know and to trumpet widely is precisely Microsoft's > 'astonishingly foolish management decision' to focus on ranking > employees instead of focusing on consumers - a ranking system that > Bill Gates is now trying to impose on public education. . . . . Gates' > ideas will stop teachers from developing education that is effective > for children and instead focus on things that look good in the > evaluation system." > > As sequels to the above, see the Microsoft/Gates put-downs at, e.g.: > 1. Barbara and David Mikkelson's Urban Legend "Car Balk" at > <http://bit.ly/RAGFjJ>;; > > 2. Louis Menand's hilarious "The End Matter: The nightmare of citation" > at <http://nyr.kr/McQrGm>;; > 3. Gene Glass' insightful "High Button Shoes and Education Reform" at > <http://bit.ly/KcWqIs>;. > ***************************************************** > To access the complete 11 kB post please click on > <http://bit.ly/MdbtVq>;. > > Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University > Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>; > Links to SDI Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M>; > Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>; > Twitter <http://bit.ly/juvd52>; > GooglePlus: <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE>; > > ". . . . it is time to speak some truth to power in this country: > MICROSOFT WORD IS A TERRIBLE PROGRAM" > - Louis Menand (2003) > > REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/>; and accessed on 07 > July 2012. > Hake, R.R. 2012. "Microsoft's Lesson For Public Education," online on > the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/MdbtVq>. ; Post of 7 Jul > 2012 13:54:43-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the > complete post were transmitted to several discussion lists and are also > on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/LxEBKK>; with a provision > for comments. > > Menand, L. 2003. "The End Matter: The nightmare of citation." New > Yorker, 6 October, online at <http://nyr.kr/McQrGm>;. > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=18880 > or send a blank email to > leave-18880-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18895 or send a blank email to leave-18895-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
