Teach Effectively!

I know that I should have a schedule for reviewing the products of the U.S. government’s What Works Clearinghouse, but I don’t. I have previous posts here (24 Mar 2005) and here (7 Jan 05) but my calendar is irregular. Still, I thought it was a good time to check in on the goings on again.

What did I find? There are new materials in the second-level analyses—studies on a topics but not full-blown reviews by the WWClearingHouse that are worth reviewing: Cognitive Tutor; Connected Mathematics Project (CMP); The Expert Mathematician. Nothing stunning….

I’d really like to provide a set of links to what the WWC has accomplished, but the technical folks, those who run the Web site, are so wedded to the technology of one particular commercial company that it’s very difficult to refer to their links. I really wish they would get a clue that not all of us want to be beholden to one company’s technology.

More importantly, I’m still waiting to get to the heavy stuff. I know it takes time, but y’all got the resources. Giddy-ap!

Link to the general site (given their adoption of M$ technology, you’ll have to explore on your own.)