This weekend's grand opening activities include guided tours, demonstrations of skills and traditional food preparation, singing and social dancing and children's programs.
"At least they didn't call me brainless," she said with the wit that -- when combined with demonstrations of skills including writing, typing and sewing -- carried her sideshow performances beyond peculiarity to a lesson in adaptation and determination.
Unlike some learning methods — like tests or exams, or high-pressure demonstrations of skills — peer-to-peer learning creates a space where the learner can feel safe taking these risks without a sense that their boss is evaluating their performance while they are learning.
Unlike 1st generation e-portfolios of the past, these new "shining stars" of higher ed allow students to catalog and categorize not only all academic work and assessments, but also extracurricular demonstrations of skills and abilities.
Ms. Merwin doesn't seem to have decided whether she is creating a documentary about Mr. Swift, an explication of the history of breaking or a demonstration of skill and fun.
This year, 42 undergraduates participated in the event's poster presentations, held in the Carl Icahn Lab atrium March 7. Contestants were judged on a range of criteria that included creativity, scientific thought, demonstration of skill, and communication.
When she was finished, and the crowd finally stopped cheering, she smiled and said, "Any questions?" The performance was an effective demonstration of skill, but it did not stop the star of this year's Super Bowl halftime show from repeatedly being asked about lip-syncing.
His extant writings include display speeches, purportedly in defence of Helen and Palamedes against charges of treachery (DK 82B11 and 11a); they seem to be intended partly as examples of stylistic brilliance for its own sake and partly as demonstration of skill in adversarial argument, 'making the weaker argument the stronger' (see above).
