Category: Evolution
Philosopher Thomas Nagel, writing in the journal Philosophy and Public Affairs, criticizes the exclusion of Intelligent Design from science classes on the grounds that evolutionary science too rests on an assumption: the naturalistic assumption. He argues that both evolution based...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 4:29 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: Teaching
This is a bit old, but in case you haven't seen it... A few weeks ago, Jake wrote a post about the importance of teaching during grad school. I couldn't agree more--some of my best experiences in grad school to...
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Posted by Kara Contreary at 10:51 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Teaching
Grad student Joel Corbo has a guest post at Cosmic Variance where he laments the lack of emphasis on teaching in physics PhD programs: My relatively rosy view of physics education was shaken up not long after starting grad school...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:20 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Teaching
I didn't have much to do this afternoon, so I played hookie and went down to the FIRST Robotics Competition. The competition pits bands of high school students (and their engineer/mentors) in a contest to see who can build the...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 4:56 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Learning and Memory
Vindication at last. I catch a lot of hell because I tend to talk with my hands. However, Susan Wagner Cook for the University of Chicago has shown that when teaching math problems kids who repeat the hand gestures of...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:23 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Teaching
I don't know if you have ever seen this show on Animal Planet -- Meerkat Manor. It is disgustingly cute. It is about a family of meerkats that were followed over several years. Anyway, I love that show, so lately...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:15 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Teaching
Lazy Middlebury students have lost a valuable resource: Middlebury College history students are no longer allowed to use Wikipedia in preparing class papers. The school's history department recently adopted a policy that says it's OK to consult the popular online...
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:18 AM • 10 Comments •
Category: Teaching
Bad teaching is one of my pet peeves, but I go back and forth on PowerPoint. I think its egregious abuse most of its users shouldn't necessarily bring a cloud on the whole program -- sometimes it is used effectively....
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Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:06 AM • 2 Comments •