23
Apr
“Student quality”
When you are sizing up the teaching part of your job, what is the role of student quality?
I often
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Terry McGlynn
22
Apr
Overhead rates on grants, and prize money of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars
The Action and Capture of the Spanish Xebeque Frigate El Gamo, by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
People who aren’t used
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19
Apr
Thanksgiving; a state of the blog report
It’s now the 10-week mark since the launch of this site.
I wasn’t sure to what expect when
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19
Apr
Research in community colleges?
The base teaching load at community colleges is typically five lecture courses per semester. They teach nearly as much as
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18
Apr
Efficient teaching: ungraded quizzes
One principle in teaching is that students need consistent feedback on their performance. They need to know how they’re
2 min read
17
Apr
“Release time” vs. “Reassigned time”
Words matter, because words dictate how we think. Our brains think using words to organize ideas. Language and reasoning are
1 min read
16
Apr
Glamour publications: the view from a teaching campus
The academic publishing environment is being undermined by a bunch of extrinsic and intrinsic forces.
One such force is the
3 min read
15
Apr
Transparency in research: publish your reviews
When it comes to reform, and “reform,” it seems like most people think they know the fix, regardless of the
4 min read
12
Apr
Science, math skills, and high school students
There was a diversity of visceral reactions to EO Wilson’s op-ed piece, which argued that you can be a
4 min read
11
Apr
This is water: focusing on what matters
David Foster Wallace. photo by Claudia Sherman
It’s unsatisfying to be told that college students are learning “how to
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