Science of Music

@ethanhein Haters gonna hate hate hate

@GregSchwanbeck @a_freeparticle @Rainmaker1973 Cool! And for the students to drive the speaker you can use listeningtowaves.com/signalgenerator

@timgill924 Great advice if you want to spend your life becoming an expert on something three other people care about

@MatRyanELATeach @JayWamsted What proportion do you estimate enjoys them? Any particular type of studying?

@ScienceofMusic1 @JayWamsted Some kids may be bored by them. But students often enjoy these titles.

Me: Posts a tweet about how The Great Gatsby gets overplayed in classrooms Replies: Oh yeah sure but also... The Scarlet Letter Catcher in the Rye Frankenstein Fahrenheit 451 Heart of Darkness Things Fall Apart Animal Farm Night Huck Finn To Kill a Mockingbird Hemingway

That's us! Teachers have been loving these workshops. So many of them say it is the best PD they have ever had.

They might have compassion burnout. They probably loved kids when they started, but the conditions of the job made them too unhappy to care. They are not the problem. The job conditions are.

I was in a classroom today with a teacher who CLEARLY doesn't like kids.... this is a reality everyday. Heartbreaking!!!!! @_CrystalMWatson

@_BlackTrash Wonder is endless

@ethanhein The same could be said about math

@LoveScienceMusc The point is that he was creating with the most typical user in mind.

@ScienceofMusic1 Nice. Yea once your ears get used to any speaker or headphone then you can make solid choices

This year I need to start mixing on headphones so I can be more mobile. I’ve only ever made mixing judgements on speakers so will need some time for my ears to adapt and the mixes to translate

@mkobach improvisation

What’s a niche topic you could give a 45 minute presentation on with zero prep?

@nightmerical chatGPT

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I’m taking the family in a day trip to San Diego on Thursday. I need food recommendations. What is something that you can only find in San Diego that we must try?

@fab_maurin @DrBradJohnson Do you reeeaaally believe that? In my experience is mastery drives from interest.

@ScienceofMusic1 @DrBradJohnson Some would say that interest derives from mastery. Discover any topic (even though it doesn't seem appealing at first), practice, become proficient. Interest will arise. School has a decisive role to play at step 1.

Unfortunately, we don't allow time for students to be curious or creative in our educational system. Traits that are highly desirable in the real world for which we claim to prepare them.

@fab_maurin @DrBradJohnson Only if those topics generate interest. Reading Catcher in the Rye, for example, does not. Solving equations. I don't think so.

@DrBradJohnson On creativity: agree. On curiosity - what students do at school: • Exploring a broad range of topics • Being introduced to literature, history, etc. • Learning in itself Isn't school all about curiosity?

@DrBradJohnson The problem is all the time allocated to meaningless tasks.

@alfiekohn Also, high school grades do not reflect work performance in those that didn't go to college. In the academic house of mirrors, past grades are reflected as future grades.

This study confirms that high school grades predict college grades better than tests (like the SAT or ACT) do, but the real story here is that 80-90% of the variance in college grades isn't predicted by either grades OR tests: goo.gl/w2Djpv

@mcgregis @alfiekohn That's great! Inflating grades is a great way of making them meaningless, and is within reach of teachers.

@alfiekohn Ontario grades are hugely inflated. Pandemic made it worse. Students expected high grades for little work.