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 * The Problem of Metrics Exercise**

Check out this exercise I just put together and take 5 minutes to watch the video. It is BRILLIANT. I already used it in my graduate school ethics class on Sunday when I get my usual run of participants want to know the details of what's expected on the Week 5 assignment. I was thinking about John Collins (2007) writing theories, which is why I gave them some focused questions before watching the video: 

 **Seinfeld Teaches History: Learning vs.Teaching to Past Tests** Before you watch the following video think of the following questions, which you will answer at the end. 1. How does grading papers and tests inhibit learning? 2. Based on the Seinfeld history class experience, give 3 benefits of a live classroom and 3 ways in which a live classroom obstructs learning. 3. How is your own learning effected by your need to pass exams and get good grades? The video can be found here: http:// cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/ lesson/9592-seinfeld-teaches- history

Reference Collins, J. J. (2007). //The Collins Writing Program: Improving Student Performance Through Writing and Thinking Across the Curriculum//. West Newberry, MA: Collins Education Associates.

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