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A Modest Proposal 2018
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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Student choice, teacher enjoyment
(At our inservice today, I presented two sessions. Here are the notes I used for the first one) Power of Choice We all like choices, but as students get older, it can be harder to manage the process of giving … Continue reading
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Asking Questions redux (part deux)
Having talked about today’s class in the previous post, I thought I’d write about what I’m going to do tomorrow as follow-up. I’ll start with a two-question survey sometimes used in large college lecture courses (that I’ve occasionally used in … Continue reading
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“Ask a teacher”
A confluence of events this week prompts this post. The first was an email about a workshop on “Advanced Geometry” that I’ll be going to in Santa Fe this sumer. The tagline for the meeting was The most common misconception … Continue reading
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Panthers
Panthers In order to help me keep my resolution to be educationally bold next year, I’m forming what might more professionally be called a professional learning committee (but which might also be considered my personal support group). It’s a group … Continue reading
Teaching 2015 (1)
I was inspired yesterday by going to see the actual furniture I’ll have in my “innovative classroom” next fall. As a result, I decided to put down some thoughts on how I’ll bring to my teaching some of the innovations … Continue reading
Collaborative learning (aka “group work”)
A very interesting piece from an NAIS blogger on cooperative learning. http://www.nais.org/Independent-Ideas/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=419 My experience was the opposite of that of the author of the blog. As a science major, I had lab partners from Middle School through graduate school, and … Continue reading
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Not a history teacher…
During a discussion with a colleague yesterday, I was asked what my goal was for a new elective that she and I will be proposing this fall for next year. I said, “to get students to see that race is … Continue reading
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What are your interests and aspirations for next year?
In response to that question from one of my dept heads, after much thought I finally sent the following response. It is somewhat overstated and deliberately provocative in the hope that even motivating people to say, “That’s crap!” would be … Continue reading
Perspective shift
So, a great deal of thought and blogspace, even time at conferences, goes into such topics as “PBL” (problem-based learning), “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”, and “21st-century learning” (which is either self-evident or means so many different things to … Continue reading
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