Posts in Education

Assessment: And How Do We Know They Know It?

So, how do we know when students have learned what we think they should know?  This question follows the question of the last column: “What[…]

What Do We Want Them to Know?

At the root of everything we do in education are two important, fundamental questions:  1) What do we want our students to know? and 2)[…]

Learning About Learning

It was September or October of 19xx  – I’d rather not be precise – and I was in my first full semester of teaching out[…]

Changing Education

When I was a young faculty member – full of energy and setting out to conquer the world, I swore I would never be one[…]

You Said Have Fun

You Said, “Have Fun!” I used to teach a capstone course for future middle school math teachers.  At this teaching level, it becomes important to[…]

Tale of Two Classroom Learning Experiences

It was probably one of the most influential educational experiences I ever had.  While it was happening, however, it might have been among the most[…]

Pluto, Scientists, . . . and the Arts!?

As I write this (Ed Note: August 2015), the New Horizons spacecraft has just finished its ‘fly-by’ of Pluto, capping a 9.5 year journey that[…]

Selling Horses and Solving Problems

A very old ‘brain teaser’:  A man buys a horse for $60, sells it for $70, buys it back $80, and sells it a final[…]

Rules, Part 1 – Required Attendance

I’m still an optimist – I like to think that every educational policy gone bad at least started with good intentions.  At the same time,[…]

Facing & Solving Educational Issues

One of my brothers rarely agrees with me on political, theological – or educational – issues.  And he’s not afraid to share his ‘takes’, which[…]

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