"'Another nail in the coffin for learning styles' – students did not benefit from studying according to their supposed learning style"
April 16, 2018
I have to say I was always skeptical of the "kinesthetic" learning style.
I have to say I was always skeptical of the "kinesthetic" learning style.
While I think it's a little early to declare "the end," it sure is trending strongly that way.
How's this for a really bad prediction?
In 1920, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that "the world's supply of recoverable petroleum" was no more than 60 billion barrels. It was wrong. The world has already produced 1,400 billion barrels of oil. Worldwide, there is about 1,700 billion barrels of oil in reserve – nearly a 60-year supply at current production rates. And the size of the ultimate resource is likely to be greater than 10 trillion barrels.
John Cochrane with an excellent answer to the "Democratic economic establishment".
Their bottom line, really, is that entitlements and deficits are not a problem. They put the blame pretty much entirely on the recently enacted corporate tax cut. (I'm simplifying a bit. As did they, a lot.)
By contrast, we focused on entitlement spending -- Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, pensions, and social programs -- as the central budget problem, and entitlement reform (not "cut") together with a strong focus on economic growth as the best answer.
A big knock on economics--mostly macroeconomics, but that's another post--is a supposed lack of refutable hypotheses and accurate predictions. Well, here's Alex Tabarrok using an acclaimed microeconomic theory to make a prediction. Keep track and see how it turns out.
As always, one paper--particularly a paper that "counter[s] the centuries-long paradigm"--needs lots of confirmation. But it could get very interesting soon.
Supposedly Trader Joe's and TJ Maxx also use the "treasure hunt" approach to some degree. I can't argue with success, but I'm not a fan.
Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, and Malibu are apparently old and busted. Hidden Hills is the new hotness.
The spirit is very much there, but he picked up some polish later on. (And Little Steven, too.)