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Teaching as Learning
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ~Author: B F Skinner “Education in 1984” New Scientist 21 May 64 I think of this quote when I am frantic. I get busy, I fall into survival mode, and I find myself in a frenzy. However, when what...
Technology in the Classroom
This semester the mathematics department has a new math course, MTH 120. It is not an algebra course, however, it does require some algebraic thinking (kind of like real life). As I was planning for this course I decided to make it a technology rich course with lots...
How Much is That Worth?
This is a phrase that makes chills go down my spine. Typically it means to an instructor that if you don't assign points to an assignment, then the student will not see value in it. Many pieces of research have shown that if you are motivated externally (i.e. money or...
Extra Credit in the Lab
Extra credit may be trivial to the overall grade. In my electronics lab, it sparked an interest in a simple circuit. The task was to build a simple circuit as introduction to how switches worked. The switch would turn on a motor, making it spin forward or backward...