26
Apr
Not using the microphone at conference talks
In some humanities fields, when you present a paper, that’s exactly what you do. You stand at a microphone
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25
Apr
Teaching efficiently: the muddiest point
I mentioned earlier that I sometimes start classes with short ungraded written quizzes.
Now, I’ll tell you how I
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24
Apr
Advice on whether to do an M.S. before the Ph.D.
If you have undergraduates who are thinking about doing a Ph.D., they may be seeking advice about how, or
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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