Monthly Archives: December 2017

Unpersuasive writing about pedagogy…

Posted on December 13, 2017 by draulston

Jennifer Barnett wrote in a blog for the Center for Teaching Quality about PBL and assessment.  In the course of her article, she says, “Do you want students who can spout facts and vocabulary for an assessment? Or do you … Continue reading →

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Discipline and implicit bias

Posted on December 12, 2017 by draulston

https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2017/12/when-teachers-punish-black-kids-more-severely-than-white-kids/547982/?utm_source=nl__link6_121217&silverid=MzU5NjY0NDk0MjM2S0 What I particularly like about the article is that it’s not a rant and it avoids simplistic solutions.  It also acknowledges that even black teachers can have the behavior.  Which reminds me of the time many years ago when … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal 2018

Posted on December 1, 2017 by draulston

I asked my Differential Equations class  (mostly seniors, some juniors) to review what I felt the course content (as opposed to the course process/pedagogy) had been this semester.  It was a list of “things they should be able to do” … Continue reading →

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