A key paragraph, the last one in my rant, was inadvertently omitted.
Please add at the end:
The above opinion was formed in part by searching documents from NSF,
AAAS, NSTA, and NCTM over the last few years for the word "metric" to
see what they provide by way of support in espousing greater metric
education. Many hits were obtained but virtually all of them pertained
to measuring the performance of students or of "new and improved"
pedagogical techniques. Very few references to the metric system were
found.
Jim
"James R. Frysinger" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ....
> > I merely attributed extensive usage in this form it to American regional
> > variation of English. I would say 'what are your performance measures?'
> > whereas I have heard Americans say 'what are your performance metrics?'.
> ....
>
> That is also a rather common buzzword in Educationalese, a language
> noted for saying less with more verbiage. In that regard it is similar
> to Bureaucratese.
>
> If we were to eradicate all the journal articles and other documents in
> the field of Pedagogy that contain "rubric", "paradigm", "empower", or
> "metric(s)" then we would have done mankind a great service. One person
> could carry in one hand what was left. And carrying that to the trash
> would be a further service.
>
> Jim
>
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> Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
> James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
> 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789
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Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789
