tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post6412840610440449679..comments2024-03-15T02:09:23.712-06:00Comments on for the love of learning: Jose Reyes, Ryan Braun, Ted Williams and Campbell's LawAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-6013044600357549512011-10-01T09:00:21.071-06:002011-10-01T09:00:21.071-06:00We game numbers all the time when the numbers are ...We game numbers all the time when the numbers are all that matters. Teachers do this with grade books, students with assignments and classes. When we talk about outcomes based learning, the irony is many people are working to a non-learning outcome. This is an element of the hidden curriculum we have dismissed from our discourse I think.<br /><br />I often go into a golf game dreading each stroke. I march down the course with each par in my mind. What fun is that? Why should I care that the course has determined that I should be able to hit a ball five times to put it into a hole? They post the pars so I feel bad.Alan Stangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195859621804402229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-28082843930907703962011-09-30T07:33:56.276-06:002011-09-30T07:33:56.276-06:00This relates to a problem we are having in our hig...This relates to a problem we are having in our high school: students in running for valedictorian have figured out that if they opt to be a teacher's aide rather than take one more class senior year, all other classes and grades being equal, the student that chose to be an aide's GPA figures higher than the student who took another class and learned more. (Because of the way the GPA math works out.)<br /><br />So our "highest achievers" choose to enroll in less courses to improve their valedictorian odds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-83003179929148073762011-09-29T21:24:35.982-06:002011-09-29T21:24:35.982-06:00Thanks for the comment, Dean. I always appreciate ...Thanks for the comment, Dean. I always appreciate your readership.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-65865837235647677752011-09-29T19:51:49.775-06:002011-09-29T19:51:49.775-06:00As sucker for metaphors and sports I love this. Nu...As sucker for metaphors and sports I love this. Numbers are fun but we love the players who bring the intangibles. There's a beauty in sports that can't be measured. <br /><br />My love of golf is more than a score. I keep it and use it as one measuring stick. In fact, I keep my own score and basically play against myself. But the real love of the game comes from a bunch of things that aren't measureable.Dean Shareskihttp://ideasandthoughts.orgnoreply@blogger.com