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A Rose by Another Name (Shakespeare)
We’ve heard students discuss tests, of course: "too long, too hard, too often"-therefore I am always surprised when I hear students at the END of the semester bemoaning the fact that there were NOT ENOUGH tests. They state that they want to "be able to prove what they...
How Do You Think Predictions Increase Learning?
My final post about James Lang’s book Small Teaching focuses on using prediction as a way of engaging our students before they learn. Lang explains that by asking students to predict an answer or trend or result before they learn about it, they are more likely to...
Conceivable Dreams – Part Four
Be what's possible. Eugene's journey from finding his next meal in a garbage can to a Navy officer to a successful businessman is a tale of finding the possibility in opportunities presented. Tell your story. His story is intertwined with my story. In my earliest...
Waiting for the Last Minute
If you wait until the last minute, then it only takes a minute. I had a student tell me that when I first started teaching physics at West Point. One would think that more preparation would be involved when our country’s military cadets faced challenging...