By Kat Kiefer-Newman I hate tests. Maybe that's an odd confession from an instructor, but it's true. It doesn't matter if it's an academic test, either. I…
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By Kat Kiefer-Newman Yesterday was the California Shake-Out. This feels like a statewide acknowledgment that the world really will end in 2012 (the year that the Mayan…
By Erik Hanson I had thought to title this entry as “Don’t Make Me Angry; You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry,” but that phrase probably has…
Students have an understanding that when they attend a class they will be expected to perform some type of work to receive a grade. Classroom performance often…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Have you ever been halfway through a lecture and thought: "Wait, didn't I cover this last week?" Maybe it's me, but sometimes the lectures…
