Comments on: Three Fascinating Leads http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Marc Aronson http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Marc Aronson Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:41:08 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/#comment-677 Anastasia: I have read the first NEA study carefully, and the second more quickly, and found both unconvincing -- poorly conducted and leading to dubious conclusions. But I found your results more interesting. I totally agree with ABS and think that high school math teacher has it exactly right. Math students should read poetry,and poets should learn the beauty of math. Anastasia: I have read the first NEA study carefully, and the second more quickly, and found both unconvincing — poorly conducted and leading to dubious conclusions. But I found your results more interesting.

I totally agree with ABS and think that high school math teacher has it exactly right. Math students should read poetry,and poets should learn the beauty of math.

]]> By: ABS http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-678 ABS Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:19:45 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/#comment-678 Regarding math: it goes in both directions. My high school Calc/Linear Algebra teacher used to assign essays to us so that we could articulate and explain abstract concepts in addition to solving problems. That's what got me through upper levels of math. I loved the ideas. Too often we focus on rote implementation. Mathematicians and poets... all esoteric and misunderstood. Regarding math: it goes in both directions. My high school Calc/Linear Algebra teacher used to assign essays to us so that we could articulate and explain abstract concepts in addition to solving problems. That’s what got me through upper levels of math. I loved the ideas. Too often we focus on rote implementation.

Mathematicians and poets… all esoteric and misunderstood.

]]> By: Anastasia http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Anastasia Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:58:11 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2008/10/10/three-fascinating-leads/#comment-679 Hi Marc. It's Anastasia from Ypulse. The study was presented at a forum organized by the NEA about how to get more tweens and teens to read - inspired by their own research on the growing decline in reading they see happening with teens and young adults. To your point, there are many, many young people who are not reading long form content or books for pleasure or very little. If you haven't read the study, contact the National Endowment for the Arts and request the executive summary of "To Read or Not To Read" A Question of National Consequence. My hunch is that the research can apply to non-readers if they are matched with the right titles and given the books for free. Hi Marc. It’s Anastasia from Ypulse. The study was presented at a forum organized by the NEA about how to get more tweens and teens to read – inspired by their own research on the growing decline in reading they see happening with teens and young adults. To your point, there are many, many young people who are not reading long form content or books for pleasure or very little. If you haven’t read the study, contact the National Endowment for the Arts and request the executive summary of “To Read or Not To Read” A Question of National Consequence. My hunch is that the research can apply to non-readers if they are matched with the right titles and given the books for free.

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