Ant science: how avoiding modeling led to a cool discovery
Here’s a specific example, from my own work, of how the avoidance of mathematical modeling led to a fundamental
What it takes to get tenure: ambiguity of the teaching criterion
Getting tenure at a teaching university might be harder than getting tenure at a research institution.
If you don’t
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
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
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
“Student quality”
When you are sizing up the teaching part of your job, what is the role of student quality?
I often
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
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
Research in community colleges?
The base teaching load at community colleges is typically five lecture courses per semester. They teach nearly as much as
Efficient teaching: ungraded quizzes
One principle in teaching is that students need consistent feedback on their performance. They need to know how they’re
