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February 20, 2005

BRIC emerging markets

NYT: Four Strong Emerging Markets. But How to Play Them?: "What do Brazil, Russia, India and China have in common? They have the greatest prospects for long-term economic growth among big emerging-market countries, in the view of many analysts."

Posted by sam at 08:56 PM

Beyond bullets

beyond bullets: Why Board Members Should Ban Bullets:

Adding text to a screen in a multimedia presentation that is identical to the narration harms the ability of the audience to understand the information. Removing the text increases retention, or the ability to remember the information, by 28%. Even more significantly, removing the text increases transfer, or the ability to apply the information, by 79%.

This is according to research by the most prolific researcher in the field of educational psychology, Dr. Richard E. Mayer, in his book Multimedia Learning.
Hmmm, I'll have to give that a try.

Posted by sam at 08:21 PM