Numerology is a way of making sense of a chaotic, unpredictable universe using math. As Femmebots, aka, “women in tech,” math is the underlying language for all that we do, whether coding, running our businesses with Excel spreadsheets, or visualizing data with various apps like Infogram or Datawrapper (gratuitous product placement for our LLC). According …
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But speaking up and trying to bring conservatives to my side of the political spectrum feels gross. It’s like religious proselytizing. I believe in showing, not telling. This means shutting up and just being, doing, acting. Because people have minds of their own and I believe we should respect how others believe…as long as they …
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Teaching Students How to Be Better Listeners Ask students to write for one minute on “What do I hope to get out of this lecture?” or “What was the most important point in the reading assignment for the day?” Another strategy is to ask students to listen to you for 5-15 minutes without taking notes …
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The book highlights four core important lessons: 1. Students attending 4-year universities are too often “academically adrift.” Undergraduate learning is rarely prioritized. 2. Gains in student performance are disturbingly low – a pattern on limited learning is prevalent on contemporary college campuses. 3. Individual learning in higher education is characterized by persisten and/or growing inequality. …
When to Test Tests are important in making the goals of a course concrete and influencing student methods of learning. I give an ungraded quiz during the first week and a graded test after the third or fourth week of a 14-week semester. To reduce stress I weight early tests very little in determining the …
Effective lecturers combine the talents of scholar, writer, producer, comedian, entertainer, and teacher in ways that contribute to student learning. Is the lecture an effective method of teaching? Right now, it is on Ted.com. Discussion methods are superior to lectures in student retention of information after the end of a course. What are lectures good …
1. What students learn depends as much on your tests and methods of assessment as on your teaching, maybe even more. What is measured is often what ends up being valued, so be sure your measures reflect what you want students to learn. 2. Don’t think of tests simply as a means for assigning grades. …
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Class 1: Chris Palmer – Producing for Environmental Filmmaking When you walk into the classroom there is a table full of snacks – candy, wheat thins, guacamole, fruit. Apparently each student is assigned a day to bring snacks for the class break. Already I like this professor’s style. Food makes people happy. He writes the …