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Pavaki Blog: January 2010
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Sunday, January 31, 2010. Unjustified Criticism of The Way Math is Taught. I have come across many unjust. Criticisms of US education system in general and the way math is taught in particular, but this one. Takes the prize: the author. Who himself is a math teacher, criticizes a particular problem statement as being unrealistic, the solution to be artificial and the laments that the problem doesn't teach any problem solving skill. Let us first take a look at the problem. The problem can easily be solved...
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Mahesh V Chalil: August 2008
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Monday, August 11, 2008. Four harmful Java idioms, and how to fix them. Four harmful Java idioms, and how to fix them. Thanks to John O'Hanley, JavaWorld.com. Posted by Mahesh V.C. Wednesday, August 6, 2008. EJB 30 with RAD 7. EJB 30 Development with RAD 7. Posted by Mahesh V.C. Monday, August 4, 2008. Document Vs RPC Style, literal vs encoding. I am sure many of you want to clear it out:. Encoding style: literal vs encoded. RPC Encoded Vs Document Literal. Posted by Mahesh V.C. Posted by Mahesh V.C.
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Pavaki Blog: My Thoughts on "Race To Nowhere"
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Saturday, December 4, 2010. My Thoughts on "Race To Nowhere". Last Thursday I got the opportunity to watch Race To Nowhere. Another one at The Huffington Post. A level headed post by a blogger. That I particularly liked and a CNN news report. So I would limit this post to my own thoughts. Pankaj, Pavaki Editor. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pavaki: A Problem Solving Ecosystem. Is an online resource for parents, coaches, tutors, teachers, students and job-seekers to coach and practice problem solvin...
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Pavaki Blog: March 2011
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Friday, March 18, 2011. Comparing public and private high schools. Whenever I am with parents of middle school children, one of the topics that invariably dominates the discussion is about the choice of high school and which one is better. California schools are annually evaluated and assigned a performance index called Academic Performance Index or API. Which is supposed to be an indicator of academic excellence, among other things. The chart below shows the Growth API of 5 different public high sch...
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Pavaki Blog: Waiting For Superman
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Watched the Waiting For Superman. Netflix CD yesterday - well made documentary with lots of stats and cogent arguments on current state of public schools in US. Much more convincing than the rival, and somewhat antithetical Race To Nowhere. Waiting for Superman makes following points:. The primary reason for this state is the current structure of the school system and the teachers union. There are no systemic incentives for teachers to improve themselves or work harder.
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Pavaki Blog: Comparing public and private high schools
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Friday, March 18, 2011. Comparing public and private high schools. Whenever I am with parents of middle school children, one of the topics that invariably dominates the discussion is about the choice of high school and which one is better. California schools are annually evaluated and assigned a performance index called Academic Performance Index or API. Which is supposed to be an indicator of academic excellence, among other things. The chart below shows the Growth API of 5 different public high sch...
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Pavaki Blog: February 2011
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Got the stats on MATHCOUNTS Chapter competition participation and score. From Chapter co-coordinator today. This may not make much sense to those unfamiliar with the the MATHCOUNTS. Competitions, so let me give a backgrounder and summaries some of the results. The school where I coach is part of the Silicon Valley Chapter. Coming back to stats:. The ratio of sixth graders participating in the contest is much more in the Silicon Valley Chapter than at the national level. Netflix...
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Pavaki Blog: December 2010
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Saturday, December 4, 2010. My Thoughts on "Race To Nowhere". Last Thursday I got the opportunity to watch Race To Nowhere. Another one at The Huffington Post. A level headed post by a blogger. That I particularly liked and a CNN news report. So I would limit this post to my own thoughts. Pankaj, Pavaki Editor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Pavaki: A Problem Solving Ecosystem. Is an online resource for parents, coaches, tutors, teachers, students and job-seekers to coach and practice problem solving skill.
