[I’m warning you now, this is probably the longest blog post I’ve ever written, but my passion on the issue requires it…] The Chicago Teachers’ strike is compelling news to me for a number of reasons. [For example, why did the union not give parents and students more lead time that a strike might be…
Category: learning outcomes
Think-alouds shed light on how students grapple with content (
This week, I received an email from Faculty Focus with the above title. I recommend you check it out for yourself. Here’s a short excerpt that might provide modest motivation for learning how to apply this technique: Even if you didn’t want to use it in a rigorous study design, the idea of listening to…
Who is the student’s most appropriate audience?
Admittedly, I am having trouble developing a title for this post. Broadly speaking, the idea behind my thoughts is that most of my education has been done under a paradigm characterized by two things: I am a consumer of information. I am a producer of information only for the professor. Now, obviously most professors and…
learning teaching & understanding understanding
I am a new assistant professor at George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. For my first semester, being an assistant professor was better than a dream! No teaching responsibility, so I was only writing proposals and submitting postdoc papers. My, how much difference winter break has made! Now, being a prof is…