It all has me thinking about the ATC21s project from a few years ago and the attempt to capture the capabilities in themselves. One of my takeaways was that capabilities are often captured through something and the ability to separate the doing from the thing can be very hard.
📑 Self-Assessing Creative Problem Solving
So what’s the point of all this? Well, since we now have a self-test that measures more than simply divergent thinking and is specifically geared towards computing education, we could start experimenting with interventions in courses and measure its effects pre and post intervention using the CPPST
Wouter Groeneveld discusses his development of the Creative Programming Problem Solving Test (CPPST), a self-assessment test that measures more than just divergent thinking. It explores various aspects of problem-solving associated with programming with the intent to help developers test the efficacy of interventions. I am not sure I am really a true ‘programmer’, but a part of my work is involved in creating solutions for problems with the tools at hand. What I liked about the test was the way in which it helped think and reflect through the act of answering the various questions. Whatever the outcome, I felt that there was something in the actual asking of the various questions.
Welcome back to another month. I feel like it has had a bit of everything, catching up with family visiting from interstate, eldest daughter managing to go on her first school camp in three years, as well as being being thrust into health and safety protocols.
On the Work front, I feel like I have spent much of my time trying to get to the bottom of a range of new defects that have come with a recent upgrade. I am always intrigued how aspects of the application that have not been fixed or improved are impacted.
Personally, I binged quite a bit this month, including The 100, Stranger Things, Birdman, Moon Knight and The Gray Man. I also listened to Tom Tilley’s memoir Speaking in Tongues. In regards to music, I enjoyed listening to Sam Prekop and John McEntire’s modular album Sons Of.
Here then are some of the posts that have had me thinking:
Self-Assessing Creative Problem Solving
Wouter Groeneveld discusses his development of the Creative Programming Problem Solving Test (CPPST), a self-assessment test for programmers that measures more than just divergent thinking.
If You’re Not Paying for the Product, You Are… Possibly Just Consuming Goodwill for Free
Troy Hunt posits that sometimes we are simply consuming goodwill.
Weary, old, a little broken, but not letting go of the dream: edtech in the 21st Century
Jon Dron shares his thoughts on how to help the edtech community find its soul again.
Four Tet on His 155-Hour Spotify Playlist, the Coolest Thing on Streaming
Kieran Hebden discusses his epic Spotify playlist, an artefact for listeners to explore.
Rewilding Cities
Clive Thompson thinks about the idea of monocropping and the impact of rewilding beyond just nature.
Read Write Respond #078
So that was July for me, how about you? As always, hope you are safe and well.
Image by Bryan Mathers
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