Daily Bookmarks 06/11/2008
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A game developed so that visually impaired users can play it, using either a Wiimote or keyboard. One of the goals was to create “an engaging game that relies more on high quality audio than visuals.” Very interesting concept; quality accessibly game design could also help designing for other applications.
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Alfie Kohn on reasons to abolish the current grading system in favor of authentic assessment to focus on learning, rather than grading. Includes a number of citations that would be worth exploring.
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Researchers have found three consistent effects of using
– and especially, emphasizing the importance of – letter or number grades:- Grades tend to reduce students’ interest in the
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Grades tend to reduce students’ preference for
challenging tasks… - Grades tend to reduce the quality of students’ thinking…
- Grades tend to reduce students’ interest in the
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