There are two components of the Nature of Science that I hit hard at the beginning of each year at all … More
Category: Teaching Methods
My Classes are Pointless
Updated 13 July 2020 – Mid COVID-19 In the Spring of 2020 teachers and students around the world were thrust … More
No, you don’t have a D in my class.
As I continue my journey trying to deemphasize grades in my high school Biology classes (read more about it here and … More
Acupuncture Study as a Cure for Pseudoscientific Thinking
This is a new version of an earlier post from January 2015. First, A Basic Lesson in Pseudoscientific Thinking As … More
“Science is not belief, but the will to find out.” – Anon
Soon after I first met my Father-in-Law, Ted, I learned that one of his greatest pleasures in life was to … More
Getting Students to Think Like Scientists
Update: I presented an updated version of this post on February 24th at Darwin Day weekend at the University of … More
What I Learned from a Year of Going Gradeless
At the beginning of the 2015/2016 school year, two colleagues and I decided to try to de-emphasize grades and focus … More
Gradeless: Toward Greater Learning and Understanding in Biology
On June 1st of this year, just as second semester closed, I posted a blog entry about an email exchange … More
My final grade for this semester is an 89.41%
At the end of this short post is an email exchange over the last few days between me and a … More
Teaching Evolution Every Day
In October of 2011, two colleagues and I presented a talk at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Meeting … More