Monthly Archives: July 2011

(If you recognize your response below and want named credit, let me know or take it yourself in a comment.) First response I was just discussing something like this with my granddad. I was up on the top of our … Continue reading

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What you know is… who you are? or irrelevant?

I was having dinner with a couple of alums the other night, seeking feedback on my teaching (more on the question of my methods, general approach, and philosophy than course content). We got into a discussion of different teaching styles … Continue reading

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Changing memory

I read an interesting article on the internet’s effects on our memory. Not surprising, really, but nice to see it looked at rather than just speculated upon. It turns out that people who know they can look something up when … Continue reading

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Flipping

Certain locales buzz loudly with talk of flipping, or switching the traditional domains of homework and classwork.  The idea is that students do reading and learning at home (though videos, mostly, it seems) and then class time is spent on … Continue reading

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