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Repair Kit For Grading 2
Repair Kit For Grading 2. This is the second part of a review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. My last post covered “fixes 1 – 3“. Today I’ll be looking at “fixes 4 – 6”. Fix #4 Don’t punish academic dishonesty with reduced grades; apply other consequences…
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Repair Kit For Grading
Repair Kit For Grading. This post is the first part of a book review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. O’Connor identifies 15 different areas where he believes that grades are “broken”. He then gives strategies that would “fix” the problem. Today I’ll be looking at the first…
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Top books of 2024
Top books of 2024. We’re at the end of another year and that means it’s time for reflection. Today I’ll be highlighting 5 of my favorite books from 2024. I tried to select from different genres and the list below is not in any particular order. Business/leadership How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies…
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How the mighty fall
How the mighty fall. Today I’ll be talking about the book by Jim Collins entitled “How the might fall“. Why this book? I like to read a variety of different books. Collins’ book, “Good to great” made a big impact on me. I still use ideas from his book. Specifically, “Getting the right people on…
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Biography on Henry Kissinger
Today I’m reviewing Walter Isaacson’s Biography on Henry Kissinger. History is best understood by exploring the lives of key individuals. Kissinger played an central role in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He was a foreign policy rock star. Book stats This book is not for the fainthearted. The paperback is just short of 900 pages…
