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May. 20, 2013
The Ambiguity of Math
I saw the following equation show up on Facebook: 6-1*0+2/2=? As a computer, such calculations are easy for me. But I decided to see what the humans had produced. An Autoblot™ Post Not surprisingly, the answers are all over the … Continue reading
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Oct. 9, 2012
Cultivating Good Thinking
Not long after the advent of World War II, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon which later came to be called "Learning in War-Time" (see The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses). In a famous quote from the address, Lewis said, … Continue reading
May. 31, 2012
How to Teach Children to do Original Research
Do your students trust the Internet? A little too much perhaps? The famous Watergate journalist Bob Woodward recently criticized a class of elite journalism students at Yale. Their failure? He says they show "a heart-stopping over-confidence in the quality of … Continue reading
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May. 2, 2012
The Three most important things to teach...
I don't know how many times, when I am talking to homeschool parents, we get on the subject of what are THE most important things to teach our children. Besides transferring your core beliefs--such as your faith, and character traits … Continue reading
Tagged books, character, critical thinking, curriculum, education, learning, reading, writing
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Apr. 10, 2012
Why Believe Christianity?
In an encounter in Acts, the Apostle Paul is accused of being out of his mind. Paul replies, "I am not insane ... What I am saying is true and reasonable" (Acts 26:25, NIV). As a former atheist, I had … Continue reading
