Nov 11, 2019
Unit 3 of the ENG111 curriculum is designed to help out students learn the elements of effective argumentative writing. We refer to them as Pathos, Ethos, and Logos — Emotions, Ethics, and Logic. This week’s active and applied learning project was to put these...
Nov 11, 2019
As I mentioned in my last post, this summer I read Small Teaching by James Lang and found it incredibly informative. Another interesting topic he writes about is how to help students remember course information. He calls this retrieval and says that if we want...
Nov 11, 2019
After spending several hours more than I had hoped working on a test (two of them actually) this week, in addition to redoing a lab students found online (and yes, copied), I revisited Brown Et al. (“Make it Stick”) to keep me motivated Brown Et al suggest...
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 10, 2019
I got stuck in the middle of the road. My truck refused to move forward on the icy surface. It was frustrating in that I was pressing the accelerator, and the motor was not revving. To provide some information for reference. I bought a new truck. Not many people...
