Over the years I have given a great deal of thought to grading, incentives, and fairness. One anecdote will illustrate what started me on the road to…
As I've said before, critical thinking is important, but if the students can't figure out how to put their ideas down on the page in a readable…
I am one of those people, I use a Mac. My schools and online students do not know this, as I am mainstream about most things loaded…
The fact that there is a primetime TV show about community colleges is another sign that these institutions are now part of our mainstream life and popular…
[private]Pedagogy is the art of getting people to learn. As college professors, teaching people how to learn is at the heart of our profession. The activities we…
This week is Spring Break. Well, sort of. No, it is, but not necessarily for me. It's break for some schools, some instructors, some kids, but not…
Piss Poor Prof, also known as Burnt-Out Adjunct, describes the adjunct as being "the academic equivalent of a fry cook." http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/06/15/adjunct Then there is Dr. Burton Fletcher,…
One of the schools I teach for originally had a canned curriculum from which all instructors taught . The content was good overall and obviously written by…
This blog has been geared toward introductory classes and those teaching them, since my assumption is that a blog on teaching tips will be most attractive to…
I love email. I have been using it for over ten years and it has gone from an amusing novelty to one of the most important communication…
