Signal-to-noise in the classroom

I’ve been thinking a lot about signal-to-noise ratio this summer. My post-doctoral research relied heavily on mass spectrometry of complex … More

Evidence Based Teaching Guides: Links to and summaries of the literature

A few years ago, the editorial board at LSE hatched the idea of “choose your own adventure” guides to literature … More

I’ve been thinking lately about what we mean when we say “evidence-based teaching.” It’s a term I’ve used a lot … More

Outstanding teaching practices in my daughter’s MNPS classroom Public education is taking a beating these days. I think it’s been … More

Part 2: Five adaptable steps to active learning I recently wrote about Barb Stengel’s challenge to ask ourselves “Who’s doing … More

Part 1: Five steps to incorporating productive failure into your course Several years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of … More

I asked myself these questions a couple of years ago, when I was working with a group of junior faculty … More