Comments on: What kids want to know http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Education and Websearches: Schools Are Important to Everyone, I Promise! at www.matthewktabor.com : Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75452 Education and Websearches: Schools Are Important to Everyone, I Promise! at www.matthewktabor.com : Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis Thu, 15 May 2008 20:44:57 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75452 [...] Joanne Jacobs linked today to a post about the top 15 web searches conducted by children. The results are as follows: 1. Games 2. Dogs 3. Animals 4. Civil War 5. George Washington 6. Holocaust 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Multiplication 9. Math Games 10. Weather 11. Frogs 12. Fractions 13. Planets 14. Sharks 15. Plants [...] [...] Joanne Jacobs linked today to a post about the top 15 web searches conducted by children. The results are as follows: 1. Games 2. Dogs 3. Animals 4. Civil War 5. George Washington 6. Holocaust 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Multiplication 9. Math Games 10. Weather 11. Frogs 12. Fractions 13. Planets 14. Sharks 15. Plants [...]

]]> By: Fun Facts for $500, Alex at The Core Knowledge Blog http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75438 Fun Facts for $500, Alex at The Core Knowledge Blog Thu, 15 May 2008 18:15:10 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75438 [...] Hat tip: Joanne Jacobs. [...] [...] Hat tip: Joanne Jacobs. [...]

]]> By: Mike Anderson http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75418 Mike Anderson Thu, 15 May 2008 13:30:19 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75418 What, no DINOSAURS? I call shenanigans. What, no DINOSAURS? I call shenanigans.

]]> By: Barry Garelick http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75416 Barry Garelick Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:21 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/what-kids-want-to-know/#comment-75416 I don't know why you're surprised to see so many math categories. Given how math is taught, kids are seeking information on how to do the problems for which they have not been given enough instruction to solve. I don’t know why you’re surprised to see so many math categories. Given how math is taught, kids are seeking information on how to do the problems for which they have not been given enough instruction to solve.

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