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11
Dec

Sending campus exchanges the other way

There’s a bunch of funding from federal agencies to send faculty at teaching institutions to leave their own labs,
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08
Dec

Recommended reads #118

What I wish I knew before becoming a professor The accidental citizen science of security cameras The futile resistance to
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04
Dec

Is grading an effective teaching practice?

Grading is a necessary evil. At least, that’s what I said about four years ago. I’ve updated on
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27
Nov

On the need for public academic blogs

Anybody can set up a blog and write a post, yet the reach of these posts varies dramatically. Let’s
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24
Nov

Recommended reads #117

When reviewers know the identity of authors, it turns out that famous names, prestigious universities, and top companies are far
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20
Nov

The long game against an anti-science, anti-education government

Like you, I’m exhausted from the political assault on science and education in the United States. But please, stay
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14
Nov

What are the top 100 must-read papers in ecology?

With the internet currently atwitter about a new paper in the upstart journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, I have a
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13
Nov
Starting experiments with a “nut fig”

Starting experiments with a “nut fig”

The term “backwards design” is often applied to curriculum design. If you want your students to learn a particular thing,
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10
Nov

Recommended reads #116

Understanding student resistance to active learning 9 myths holding you back from stellar slides. Not as clickbaity as it sounds.
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06
Nov

Deserting students after graduation

The moment after students graduate, many resources and opportunities become unavailable. This is a problem. I can classify the undergraduates
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