Re: [LM_NET] Rewards "and motivating learners"

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

"Research can tell anyone anything they want to hear -- depends on who
does the research and who analyzes it --"

That would be POOR research (incomplete, biased, not knowledgeable,
non-critical, not evaluated, etc) and or FAULTY analysis (biased,
misguided, ignoring data, misinterpreted, unreviewed, etc) .

For interesting, on on-topic examples, take a look at the discussion of
children's reading and family involvement or children's carseats in
Levitt and Dubner's _Freakonomics_ and the discussions and reviews. (ex:
<http://www.hbook.com/publications/magazine/editorials/jul05.asp>,
child_lit archives,
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1509794,00.html?gusrc=rss>
NYT Magazine, )


Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS  Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net  robert@beiffert.net


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