Our next-door neighbors are awesomely nice, and helped Kate move all the breakable stuff in the back yard out of harm’s way before the big storm this past weekend (since I left town before it was clear that Albany would get hit). as a thank-you, Kate and SteelyKid baked cookies for them. But you don’t […]
Month: September 2011
Academic Poll: Essentials of Physics
While I was out in Denver, Joss Ives had a nice post asking what courses are essential in a physics degree?. This is an eternal topic of discussion in undergraduate education circles, and I don’t really have a definitive answer. It’s an excellent topic for a poll, though, so here you go: Which of the […]
Poor Man’s Clickers, or Re-Inventing the Flat Tire?
As previously noted, I’m planning to do more active-learning stuff in my intro mechanics courses this fall (starting next Tuesday), and as a result have been reading/ watching a lot of material on this (which, by the way, includes far too many slickly produced sales videos and not nearly enough “here’s an example video of […]
Links for 2011-09-01
How to read academic research (beginner’s guide) Some basic tips on finding useful information, and the rudimentary statistical knowledge you need to make sense of it. Most applicable in the social and life sciences, but worth knowing for anybody. A Quick Look at How Our Kids Are Doing | Mother Jones "I’m pretty sure I’ve […]