20
Apr
How to deal with/avoid grade disputes
I just finished marking final exams for the course I am TAing, and I’ve been reflecting on one of
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15
Apr
Portable peer review and the manuscript cascade
I really hope portable peer review picks up speed.
It’s normal for people to shoot high with submissions. Start
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13
Apr
When K-12 teachers assign students to contact experts
I’m super-enthusiastic about K-12 science education, and working with K-12 teachers and students*. When a student
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10
Apr
Recommended Reads #50
If the names Gould, Lewontin, EO Wilson, DS Wilson, Dobzhansky, or Tinbergen mean something to you, then oh my gosh
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08
Apr
Dear students, a member of the class asked…
This is a post by Catherine Scott.
I am TAing a first year introductory Ecology/Evolution course this semester, and
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06
Apr
Elite vs. disadvantaged institutions, and NSF Graduate Fellowships: a peek inside the mailbag
I’ll be soon be sharing specific ideas about what can be done about the disadvantages experienced by talented students
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01
Apr
NSF Graduate Fellowships are a part of the problem
I started this morning with tremendous news: a student of mine, who left my lab for a PhD program last
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30
Mar
Do textbooks reflect, or shape, the canon?
Faculty members get unannounced visits from book reps on a periodic basis. They offer free books, and sometimes bagels. Then,
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27
Mar
Recommended reads #49
Why is so much of our discussion of higher ed driven by elite institutions?
Why has bioinformatics education failed?
The
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25
Mar
The science education crisis needs a focus on K-6 classrooms
By my counting, we have three kinds of science education crises in the USA.
1. A ridiculously low degree of
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