Thinking about Think-Pair-Share
I’ve had Think-Pair-Share on my mind for a while now. I believe it started back in the spring, when I was invited …
Prediction Questions, Simulations, and Times for Telling in #Math216
Last Friday was the first day of a unit on probability in my statistics course. In order to motivate this unit, the …
Reading Quizzes, Clicker Questions, and Lurking Variables in #Math216
Here’s another clicker question from the statistics course I’m teaching this spring: Suppose an observational study indicates a positive association between the …
Clickers, Peer Instruction, and Classwide Discussion in #Math216
Recently, I blogged about my spring semester statistics course. Although the social bookmarking and pre-class reading assignments in the course are occupying …
When Statistics Is Like a Wedding
Today was the first day of spring classes here, and I’m back in the classroom after 12 months of doing other things. …
Concept Maps at the Beginning, Middle, and End
I’ve been collecting links to resources on the use of visual thinking in teaching and learning. Here are three resources that go …
Clickers in the News
Classroom response systems have certainly made some headlines lately, probably because the start of the fall semester is a good time for …
Cheating, Facebook, Clickers, and More – Problems in a Harvard Life Sciences Course
I’ve been following the coverage of the alleged mass cheating in Harvard University’s Life Sciences 1b course. The Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper, …
Video Clips from My Georgetown University Talks
The great people at the Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (CNDLS), who hosted my visit to Georgetown University last …
The Backchannel – Opening the Classroom, Managing the Stream
More thoughts on Cliff Atkinson’s The Backchannel… In Chapter 2, Atkinson walks the reader through the process of joining and getting started …