{"id":508,"date":"2010-06-29T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T23:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techtied.net\/?p=508"},"modified":"2010-06-29T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T23:40:57","slug":"this-is-granularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimplicity.hopto.org\/techtied\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"This is Granularity&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming on the heels of my post this morning is a new release from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\">TED.com<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorders.html\">Aditi Shankardass<\/a> &#8212; who shares her work on brain research that has uncovered the misdiagnosis of 50% of autistic children due to using behavioral observations alone.\u00a0 Sounds like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtied.net\/?p=506\">examining the boulder<\/a> from the outside again and coming to inaccurate conclusions.<\/p>\n<p><!--copy and paste--><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/AditiShankardass_2009I-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/AditiShankardass-2009I.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=893&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorder;year=2009;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=a_taste_of_tedindia;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=medicine_without_borders;event=TEDIndia+2009;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Seems, despite the associated costs, that we should address this issue by examining our decision-making paradigms.\u00a0 Should we assess the American Educational System on the basis of high-stakes tests alone?\u00a0\u00a0 Should we use carrot\/stick methodologies to increase competition and offer rewards for excellence when we want a comprehensive and viable education for all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming on the heels of my post this morning is a new release from TED.com &#8211; 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