Month: November 2016

What’s this word? … Of course that’s what it is!

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Millions Have Dyslexia, Few Understand It
November 28, 2016·
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/28/502601662/millions-have-dyslexia-few-understand-it

Over the years, I survived by memorizing words. It started with boxes and boxes of index cards. I’d practice each night, looking at a word and saying its sound as quickly as I could. I memorized hundreds and hundreds — maybe a few thousand — words this way.

I’ve never been able to sound out unfamiliar words. And I still can’t.

However, most estimates in the United States put it at somewhere between 5 and 17 percent of the population.

… “What’s this word?” And as she answers, he almost always has the same response: “Of course that’s what it is!”

related:

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/29/503693391/researchers-study-what-makes-dyslexic-brains-different

Most middle schoolers can’t tell native ads from articles

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Students Have ‘Dismaying’ Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds
November 23, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real

“Many assume that because young people are fluent in social media they are equally savvy about what they find there,” the researchers wrote. “Our work shows the opposite.”

Most students could identify the traditional ad, but more than 80 percent of them believed that the “sponsored content” article was a real news story.

…young people tended to credulously accept information as presented even without supporting evidence or citations.

Entr’acte

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Entr’acte
by Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
on Nevermore – The Imaginary Life And Mysterious Death Of Edgar Allan Poe

Similar Artists:

  • Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2005 Broadway Cast)
  • Next To Normal (Original Cast)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)