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Chalmers praised Mosteller for his ability to apply abstract statistical principals to real-world social problems...
...mathematics, apprenticeship methods focus less on formulas than on analyzing the way a mathematician chooses a path to a solution. The technique is valid for higher math as well as basic arithmetic. In East Lansing, Mich., Magdalene Lampert's fifth-graders connect numbers to real-world situations. Instead of dutifully working out common denominators to compare fractions, for example, one of her students reasoned that "five-sixths is smaller than seven-eighths because the piece that is missing in seven-eighths is smaller than in five-sixths." Says Lampert: "This reveals more complicated thinking and a better understanding of symbols...
Michael Kremer '85 was a typical Social Studies concentrator looking for a little real-world experience after graduation. Interested in Africa, he decided to take a three-week tour of Kenya in fall...
...water rafting. Then, during the 1976 Democratic Convention, the fledgling Children's Express scooped the national press corps by breaking the news that Walter Mondale would be Jimmy Carter's running mate. "My ideas were totally changed after that," recalls Clampitt. "Suddenly, it was about children taking responsibility -- about real-world journalism...
...ship wrecks covered the movie ad pages. Perhaps the fact that so many natural disasters occurred within one short time period is just some sort of bad coincidence. But the fact that so many of these disasters are considered worst-evers in their categories probably has a more real-world cause...