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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When reviewers know the identity of authors, it turns out that famous names, prestigious universities, and top companies are far
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
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
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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Understanding student resistance to active learning
9 myths holding you back from stellar slides. Not as clickbaity as it sounds.
Deserting students after graduation
The moment after students graduate, many resources and opportunities become unavailable. This is a problem.
I can classify the undergraduates
The BA/BS distinction is BS
If you have a science degree, does it matter if your diploma says BA or BS? Nope.
When you take
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Best practices for writing multiple choice tests
Criticizing another scientist’s work isn’t bullying. It’s science.
Science Friday
Academic blogging as “inreach”
People have been saying “blogging is dead” consistently for the past decade. Yet, fellow readers, here we are, on this