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Seeing My Students Soar

Nov 11, 2018

This is my seventh post for the 9x9x25 Challenge.

This evening while I was waiting at the airport to board my plane to Toronto for TESS 2018, I ran into one of my former students. I taught her when she …

Would You Please Start Arguing Part 3 of 4

Would You Please Start Arguing Part 3 of 4

Nov 6, 2018

Where we left off last week is that people have trouble constructively disagreeing and prefer to shut down and dismiss instead of hearing out or seeking out debate and opposition. In fact, some so distrust these actions that they actively distrust journalistic media...
Using Reflection in the Classroom

Using Reflection in the Classroom

Nov 6, 2018

Last Friday’s Friday Forum focused on using reflection and metacognition in the classroom. We talked about using student reflection for two purposes: 1) instructor’s information–we can use student reflection to assess learning, pacing, and/or achievement of...
Supermassive Black Holes (like my class).

Supermassive Black Holes (like my class).

Nov 5, 2018

Reading a few other posts from this week and the last gets me thinking about how we “do” education. For students to be successful (and complete on time), they really need to bet taking at least 4 classes a semester. Now we know that for many students this...
The Great Calculus Exam Throw-down

The Great Calculus Exam Throw-down

Nov 5, 2018

To a bunch of high school students railing against the system in the 70’s, Jimmy Reeves was “The Guy”. You know the type, long wavy brown hair, a trimmed but significant beard, often clothed in jeans and sandals with a wonderfully impish smile. A common enough...