I have a PhD in education, specialization in statistical analysis, sub-specialty in measurement, sub-sub-specialty in Rasch models, sub-sub-sub-specialty in analysis of residuals from dichotomously scored test items. That’s pretty… Read more “The Lecture Dilemma”
Author: R Mead
Latitude 20 South; Longitude 90 West
Which puts us a quarter of the way around the globe from Greenwich, like Minneapolis. We have gone about 7,500 miles and have about 22,500 to go.… Read more “Latitude 20 South; Longitude 90 West”
Paracas and General San Martín
Paracas is the town and Gen. San Martín is a port, sort of, about 30 minutes away around the bay. General San Martín, by the way, was… Read more “Paracas and General San Martín”
Lima, Callao, Paracas, and General San Martin
Callao (population about 800,000) is the port city for Lima (population about 10,000,000,) completely surrounded and not particularly prosperous. The two together have about one third of… Read more “Lima, Callao, Paracas, and General San Martin”
Manta, Ecuador
Manta is a South American city, not a tourist destination, which made it very different from our other stops. It reminded us of towns in Mexico off… Read more “Manta, Ecuador”
A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama
What can we tell you about the Panama Canal that you don’t already know or you can’t get a more reliable, more complete version on Wikipedia: Panama hats… Read more “A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama”
Doré in Bonaire
The morning started with breakfast on Deck 6 by the pool, with fruit, juice, coffee, and eggs benedict, with the roof raining gently as the deck staff… Read more “Doré in Bonaire”
ABC Islands
We have done the A and B of the ABC former Dutch colonies: Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. If Bonaire sounds French, the capitol is Kralendjik and the… Read more “ABC Islands”
Doré’s dreams
I was on 6 deck alone. I got on the train that runs along the deck and then went straight up to the next deck and then… Read more “Doré’s dreams”
Rainbows and Time Zones
Rainbows don’t seem that uncommon with all the squalls that seem to be bouncing around. But they are different. I’m not sure if it is because of the… Read more “Rainbows and Time Zones”
Tandemonia 