HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jones@ils.nwu.edu
Subject: New Ph.D. Program
Organization: institute for the learning sciences
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:20:12 GMT

T h e   L  E  A  R  N  I  N  G    S  C  I  E  N  C  E  S    P h. D.   P r o g r
a m


Preparing individuals for productive work and a   high quality of life in
today's society is a complex  challenge for schools and corporations. To meet
this challenge, Northwestern University has established a unique Ph.D. program
in the Learning Sciences. Its purpose is to advance the research and
development of innovative educational structures and technologies.

Research in the Learning Sciences is aimed at creating environments that offer
all students a rich variety of opportunities for learning to think effectively,
both within and outside of formal learning settings. Graduate student and
faculty research efforts are supported by a multimedia, networked computing 
infrastructure and an unusual commitment to developing technologies that
function effectively within their intended settings. 

The Learning Sciences is a synthesis of computational and social science
disciplines including artificial intelligence, cognitive and developmental
psychology, educational research, linguistics, computer science, anthropology
and fields that develop strategies for teaching complex subject matter. 

Through research, field work and apprenticeships, the Ph.D. program will
prepare its graduates to assume leadership roles in advancing the scientific
understanding and systematic practices of learning and teaching.

Students are eligible for competitively-awarded multi-year funding. To qualify
for financial aid, candidates should apply by January 15, 1993. Applications
received after that date may be  considered. Individuals with relevant teaching
experience or a strong academic  background in a field related to the Learning
Sciences are encouraged to apply. For  application materials or for further
information, contact:

Professor Roy Pea
Ph.D. Program Chair 
The Learning Sciences 
Northwestern University
1890 Maple Avenue
Evanston, IL  60201
phone: 708-491-8152
fax:    708-491-5258
email: jones@ils.nwu.edu
  
Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: happy@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Rusty Soots)
Subject: Photosynthesis Demos or Class Activities?
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:24:05 GMT

  I'm currently student-teaching three periods of high school advanced
biology and I would like some help.  I already have a lab lined up for
my classes to do but I don't have any demonstrations or class
activities planned for this unit.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks a lot in advance!

							Rusty
*******************************************************************************
Russell J. Soots - North Carolina State University - happy@catt.ncsu.edu
Science Education/Microbiology/Genetics - Graduation Date:  May 8, 1993..yeah!!
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Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: demerit@vms.macc.wisc.edu (J. DeMerit)
Subject: Re: Conferences...
Organization:  University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
Date:  5 NOV 92 11:15:27    

In article <Bx722p.Io7@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>, vsuresh@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (V. Suresh Kumar) writes...

> 
>    Hi Netters,
> 
>I'm looking for 
> 
>    "Multimedia",   
>         "AI and Education", &
>               "Science Education"  
> 
>    conferences in USA between 1 Jan and 1 May, 1993.  
> 
>    All pointers are welcome.
> 
>         Thanks very much,
> 
>             -- Suresh

I recently requested information on educational software, journals, 
conferences, etc.  All the responses I received, requested for me to forward 
the info.

Therefore, please post to the net any responses to this request.  I think many 
people are interested in this stuff.

Thanks, Catherine
Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu (Patrick S. Golden)
Subject: Free Middle/High School Broadcasts
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Hampton)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 16:10:21 GMT

REACHING FOR THE STARS

A free, nationwide distance-learning program designed to  
encourage young minority and female middle and high-school  
students to pursue careers in science and engineering

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (ET)

December 16, 1992
February 10, 1993
March 17, 1993
April 7, 1993
May 12, 1993

Program Description:            	
Each of the 30-minute programs in the five-part interactive series  
will profile a different recipient of a Virginia Space Grant 
scholarship or  fellowship.  These  young minority and female 
researchers will describe what  motivated them to  pursue careers 
in the sciences and engineering, what their lives are  like at the  
college or university where they study, and what their career  
aspirations are.   Each researcher will also teach a basic science 
lesson and briefly  discuss the  relationship of that science lesson to 
their university research  project.  Viewers  will have the 
opportunity to ask questions of the young researchers  via 
telephone  during an interactive segment of the program.  Pre- and 
post- broadcast material  will be mailed to those registering for the 
series. 

Target Audience:  Middle school and high school students and  
other interested viewers

Program Objectives:

The series is designed to provide viewers with:

- An awareness of the career possibilities and rewards that exist for  
students --   particularly minorities and women -- in engineering 
and the  sciences.

- A knowledge of the scholastic paths students must travel to  
become engineers  and scientists.

- An understanding of the nature of five young minority and  
female researchers'  college experiences and what viewers will 
encounter if they attend  college and  major in the sciences.

- Knowledge of five basic science lessons and how those lessons are  
related to  more sophisticated research.

Reaching for the Stars is a cooperative educational project of the  
Virginia Space  Grant Consortium, Old Dominion University and 
the National  Aeronautics  and Space Administration.

For Registration Information:	
Old Dominion University's Academic Television Services at  (800)  
548-4807

VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM
2713-D Magruder Blvd.
Hampton, VA  23666
(804) 865-0726
E-mail: pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu
-- 
|-------------------------------|
|++Patrick Golden++             | 
|Virginia Space Grant Consortium|
|pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu       |
From: spurrett@superbowl.und.ac.za (David Spurrett)
Newsgroups: sci.edu
Subject: Question: Abstract Subjects & General academic performance.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:39:45 GMT
Organization: University Of Natal (Durban)
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc15.superbowl.und.ac.za

I am interested to hear from anyone who knows of research into the 
relationship (empirical, not necessarily causal) between the study of highly 
abstract subjects like philosophy and mathematics, and the general academic 
performance of the student/s in question.  I know of one study which found a 
close link between study of phil or math, and dramatically above average 
performance in all other areas.  This study did not have any control groups
(from say high school level) to see if any causal link was suggested, which 
is my area of most intense curiosity at present.  Either follow on the net
(if this is the correct group, otherwise sorry for any offence) of email.

Thanks,

o------------------------------------------o------------------------------o
| David Spurrett, Department of Philosophy |  `I have seen the truth, and |
| University of Natal, Durban              |   it makes no sense.'        |
| email: spurrett@superbowl.und.ac.za      |              - OFFICIAL!     |
o------------------------------------------o------------------------------o
Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: cnbs08@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Subject: EDUCATION SOFTWARE - JOB OPPORTUNITY
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:55:59 GMT




UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE


FACULTY OF ENGINEERING




COMPUTING OFFICERS




Two computing officers are required to support a major project in the Engineering Faculty, sponsored by the University Funding Councils Teaching and Learning Technologies Programme.   The project will be carried out in collaboration with the Universities of Cambridge and Heriot-Watt, and will represent an innovative approach to support engineering education through computer-based interactive exploration of engineering concepts.

The computing officers will work closely with engineering teaching staff for the development of interactive teaching and learning software.   The software will be developed on Unix workstations using X-windows and perhaps Multimedia techniques.   The posts requires experience in numerical and non-numerical computing, computer graphics, interface design and C programming.

Applicants should have a good degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject and at least two years programming experience.   Experience in the use of computers in teaching engineering and programming using X-windows, and an application of multimedia would be an advantage.

The appointment will be for one year in the first instance with a probable extension to three years.   Salary will be in the range of 12,129-17,052, depending on age and experience (the salary range is currently under review).

Applications, including name of two referees, should be submitted to Professor T S Durrani, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Srathclyde, Royal College, 204 George Street, Glasgow Gl  lXW, from whom further particulars may be obtained.
From: lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lili Velez)
Newsgroups: sci.edu
Subject: Re: What can we have for an educational system?
Date: 12 Nov 92 06:23:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.of0cIEW00WB48qJIRe
Organization: Doctoral student, English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I wholeheartedly agree:  administrators should not be paid triple or
quadruple what t classroom teachers get paid.  And I am _tired_ of the
argument that if we don't offer high admin. salaries, we won't get anyone
who is any good willing to take the job.  That concept has nearly bankrupted
my local school system:  administrators have started using places like
Wood-Ridge as wage-boosters....they come in, take the salary for a few years,
and then move on to the next district (and the next pay hike).

Lili
Rhet in the Blue Linen Labcoat
Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: rahauser@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rod Hauser)
Subject: Overpriced Administrators (was Re: what can we do...)
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:25:05 GMT


> lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lili Velez)

>I wholeheartedly agree:  administrators should not be paid triple or
>quadruple what t classroom teachers get paid.  And I am _tired_ of the
>argument that if we don't offer high admin. salaries, we won't get anyone
>who is any good willing to take the job.  That concept has nearly bankrupted
>my local school system:  administrators have started using places like
>Wood-Ridge as wage-boosters....they come in, take the salary for a few years,
>and then move on to the next district (and the next pay hike).

Exactly.  Who was it said that those who do not want the job are more qualified
than those who do?  I believe that it applies to school administration as well
as politics.  In my more revolutionary moods I think that we (yes, you, me and
the rest of the public) should fire all the administrators unequivocally.  But
then a calmer mood will overtake me and I'll decide that giving every school
district in the nation three years to scale administration salaries down to
equal pay with the teachers would perhaps suffice.

Rod Hauser
rahauser@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
-- 
Rod Hauser........................................rahauser@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
From: lmk2@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
Newsgroups: sci.edu
Subject: Re: Question: Abstract Subjects & General academic performance.
Date: 11 Nov 1992 23:10:25 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <spurrett.34.721489185@superbowl.und.ac.za> spurrett@superbowl.und.ac.za (David Spurrett) writes:
>I am interested to hear from anyone who knows of research into the 
>relationship (empirical, not necessarily causal) between the study of highly 
>abstract subjects like philosophy and mathematics, and the general academic 
>performance of the student/s in question.  I know of one study which found a 
>close link between study of phil or math, and dramatically above average 
>performance in all other areas.  This study did not have any control groups

Well, I'm not sure of a study, but I attended St. John's College for my
undergraduate education, and it seemed, across the board, that even 
students who had performed poorly in many subjects in high school or
previous college experiences, did exceptionally improved work when studying
very difficult mathematical and philosophical texts and that all of
their work improved.  I can't speak for myself, because I always did
quite well in school, but I know that the general feeling at the 
school was that delving deeply into these questions in mathematics
and philosophy made learning more interesting and just plain fun.
No control groups here, though, just a lot of hard-working kids reading
great books.

Leslie Kay

Xref: sparky sci.edu:1148 sci.engr:2268
From: shaze@cs.ubc.ca (Scott Hazelhurst)
Newsgroups: sci.edu,sci.engr
Subject: undergraduate colleges
Date: 11 Nov 1992 15:21:48 -0800
Organization: Courant Institute, New York University
Distribution: na
Reply-To: young@cims.nyu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: pacific.cs.ubc.ca




Hello everybody,

I have a cousin who is finishing high school and looking around for
a decent university to do his undergraduate degree.  

Does anyone know of a reference/college guide which is SPECIFIC TO
UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS and/or ENGINEERING departments ??

I have looked in some of the `standard' guides, and Barron's, but the
standard ones are too general, and Barron's is primarily for
graduates.

Any info would be much appreciated, preferably e-mailed to me at
young@cims.nyu.edu, or posted if thats easier.

thanks,

robin



-- 
---shaze@cs.ubc.ca----------------------------------------------------------
   Scott Hazelhurst    
Newsgroups: sci.edu
From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: Conferences...
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 01:41:36 GMT

In article <Bx722p.Io7@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>, vsuresh@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (V. Suresh Kumar) writes...
>I'm looking for 
>    "Multimedia",   
>         "AI and Education", &
>               "Science Education"  

1) news.announce.conferences
2) Each of the above has a respective news group.
	The exercise for the reader is determine the file and lines of the
	news.group and get there.
3) Read available FAQs and posts first before posting.
4) Seek out conventional journals like ACM journals, why even the IEEE has
a document just devoted to listing conferences in the IEEE (the TAG).
Look toward the back for the Calendar of events.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
Seeking Books to buy:	Bongard, Pattern Recognition
			3 down 1 to go.
Newsgroups: sci.edu,sci.astro,sci.space,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer
From: ebergman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell)
Subject: MS Windows Programs Available from SIMTEL20
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 21:19:05 GMT

Folks:

My Microsoft Windows shareware programs were recently uploaded to
simtel20 and are available for anonymous ftp:

Program Name    Filename     Ver.  Description          Req'd

Astronomy Lab   ALW113.ZIP   1.13  Astronomy program    MS Win 3.x
Anim8           ANIM8.ZIP    1.02  Animation program    MS Win 3.x
Astronomy Clock ACLOCK.ZIP   1.12  Clock for astronomy  MS Win 3.x
                                   enthusiasts
Bog             BOG.ZIP      1.05  Word search game     MS Win 3.X
FracView        FRACVIEW.ZIP 1.03  Fractal viewer       MS Win 3.x
Hangman         HANGMAN.ZIP  1.01  Hangman game         MS Win 3.x
Puzzle-8        PZL8.ZIP     1.02  8 tile puzzle        MS Win 3.x
RCALC           RCALC103.ZIP 1.03  Talking RPN          MS Win 3.1
                                   calculator
Stopwatch       SW.ZIP       1.02  Clock/stopwatch      MS Win 3.x
Talking Clock   TCLK_106.ZIP 1.06  Talking clock        MS Win 3.1

They are stored in the simtel20/windows3 directory.

Here's how to get the programs from simtel20:

1.	ftp 192.88.110.20

2.	login as anonymous and use your e-mail address as a password, 
	e.g. user@company.com

4.	cd pd1:<msdos.windows3>

(Is simtel20 is a DEC 20 running Tops 20?  If so, cool!)

5.	binary

6.	get alw113.zip

7.	get bog.zip, etc.

8.	quit

If you don't have ftp access, feel free to send me a 3 1/2" or 5 1/4"
high density floppy disk in a self-addressed POSTPAID POSTPAID POSTPAID
mailer and I'll send you the programs (please include a cover letter
telling me what you want).

Eric Bergman-Terrell
Personal MicroCosms
8547 E. Arapahoe Rd.
Suite J-147
Greenwood Village, CO  80112 USA
Xref: sparky sci.classics:1006 alt.mythology:2045
From: erynn@stein.u.washington.edu (                       )
Newsgroups: sci.classics,alt.mythology
Subject: Re: Robert Graves-- transcendent genius or raving loon?
Date: 14 Nov 92 03:43:02 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

diarmuid@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Diarmuid Pigott) writes:

>: > I was told by a friend that the most understandable way to read TWG 
>: > was chapter by chapter backwards.
>: 
>: That's not a bad idea, actually.  At least, you'll get to the admission
>: that the whole thing is a poetic myth quickly.
>: 
>Funny, I just read the introduction. It's quite explicit there! Or
>doesn't anyone else read them anymore?

Well, actually, I read introductions, forwards, prefaces, indexes, 
bibliographies and various and sundry other literary entities.  I remember
 reading that Graves wasn't presenting it as fact.  But like you, I suspect 
ththat nobody reads those things these days.  My issue is that those folks
who =don't= read the intros seem to think that Graves has these wonderful
facts and a superb grasp of history.  "As a historian, he's a fine poet."
From: hide@unlinfo.unl.edu (harry ide)
Newsgroups: sci.classics
Subject: Re: Sulla and Aristotle
Date: 6 Nov 1992 14:54:52 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

allen-benjamin@yale.edu (Benjamin Allen) writes:

>Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts reports that a large cache of previously lost
>works of Aristotle was discovered by Sullan troops in 80 B.C.  Does anyone
>know the source of this story, and if so, which works they were?

Strabo _Geographica_ 13.1.54 and Plutarch _Sulla_ 26. Strabo says that
Aristotle gave his library to Theophrastus, and Theophrastus to 
Neleus, who went to Skepsis, and handed it on to others. They hid 
the books to protect them from the Attalian kings looking for books 
for the library at Pergamum, and Apellikos eventually got hold of 
them. Sulla then took Apellikos's library, which got to the bookseller
Tyrannion. Andronikos got a copy from him, and it became at
least part of the basis for Andronikos's edition of Aristotle's works,
which is the basis for our current editions. Neither Strabo nor 
Plutarch lists the works in this library.

There's been a lot of discussion about this story. Some people think 
this was the only copy of the unpublished works of Aristotle's (which 
are the only ones now extant). It seems much more likely that there 
were other copies in Aristotle's school. There is, for example, evidence
that Hellenistic philosophers knew some of Aristotle's works (though 
that's controversial).

Harry A. Ide
hide@unlinfo.unl.edu
Newsgroups: sci.classics
From: bil@cmn14.Stanford.EDU (Bill Schottstaedt)
Subject: On Reading Frontinus
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 15:06:04 GMT

A while ago someone here mentioned Mr Frontinus, so I hurried
off to the library and plowed in, and here's my summary for
net-readers-on-the-go:

"Spurius Cursor, son of the dictator, opposed a troop of camels,
but the smell of the beasts caused his men to panic and evacuate
the province, delivering him into the hands of the enemy.

Furius Manlius, the consul, in a battle with the Etruscans,
roused himself to such a pitch of fury that he accidentally
slew himelf.

Samsonite Hostilius, a Roman knight who gave his praenomen as
Lucius, came upon many cows in an unwooded plain, and ate too
much raw meat".
From: ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria)
Newsgroups: sci.classics
Subject: Re: authoress of Odyssey (<< Robert Graves)
Date: 7 Nov 1992 00:42:26 GMT
Reply-To: ingria@BBN.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
In-reply-to: andrews@Csli.Stanford.EDU's message of Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:55:25 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.025525.17839@Csli.Stanford.EDU> andrews@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Avery Andrews) writes:
   In article <leqtlmINNn3g@news.bbn.com>, ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria) writes:

     >   Oh -- and his endorsement of Samuel Butler's theory that Nausicaa wrote
     >   the Odyssey *is* woo-woo.
     >
     >I have to confess that, even thought I know Butler's book is off base,
     >I find it charming.  

   But the way it *should* have happened is that Homer's daughter devises
   the alphabet to record dad's Big Poem, & then writes the Odyssey herself.

You mean Homer's daughter was Phoenician?

-30-
Bob


--
-30-
Bob Ingria
Newsgroups: sci.classics
From: njal@engin.umich.edu (David Schairer)
Subject: Re: quincunx, what does it mean
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 18:04:21 EST
Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan


If memory serves, the word 'quincunx' can refer specifically to two interesting
things:  First, the '5' on a die (Roman dice were almost exactly like
ours, but not quite as perfectly cubical :) ) was called a 'quincunx',
because of the arrangement like this:

  o     o

     o

  o     o

Furthermore, in agriculture, a 'quincunx' was a common way to arrange trees
or vines, for the root system (being "circular" in the ideal layout) could
be fit optimally into soil using that pattern rather than using rows.

I imagine the book you mentioned was more likely referring to the former
than the latter, or to some other thing in this arrangement.
Xref: sparky sci.classics:964 alt.mythology:2041
From: luis@cs.arizona.edu (Luis Fernandez)
Newsgroups: sci.classics,alt.mythology
Subject: WANTED: Information about Dardanos
Keywords: Dardanos, Laomedon, Priam
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:31:15 GMT
Followup-To: poster


Greetings.

  I'm searching for books concerning Dardanos and his kin. Primarily,
I'm hoping to find information about Laomedon, his sons, and their sons.
What I would like is pre-Homeric sources, or later books that make references 
to them. I've been having a good time looking through ancient mythology trying 
to find references made to this family, but there's just so much and time 
is so scarce I feel that external help may be benificial. Basically what I
am doing is making a sort of "family tree". I need information regarding who
begat whom and what everyone did. I'm also very interested in the war between
Hercules (with the Greeks) and Laomedon; specifically, what roles the lead
characters appearing in the Illiad played (and the time differential between 
this war and the war with Troy; how many years passed between them? How old
was Hector and what role did he play? &c.)

Thanks in advance for any help that you may give.
  Luis Fernandez
--
Luis Fernandez                       .sig out for lunch....
luis@caslon.cs.arizona.edu           Be back in an hour 
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