Karen Greenwood Henke, an education writer, has a new article that she is writing. She will share part of her article on this blog. She would like to receive your feedback. Her article raises some interesting questions about learning in the 21st century. Here's an excerpt to get you thinking:
We need to turn the problem on its side. Instead of teaching to the “head” of the tail of students, we need to develop structures that enable each student to discover their own learning style. With qualified teachers, timely data, and technology, our school system can serve the “long tail” learners as well as traditional students.
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I am excited to share my thinking with all of you and get your feedback on some work that I am doing. First, a definition of the long tail: A long-tail distribution is a statistical curve that is tall at the beginning, drops quickly, and continues into infinity. Check out Chris Anderson's blog: http://www.thelongtail.com/
How can serving "Long-tail Learners" help all students in general?
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