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Sherman Dorn
Looking forward to reading midterms
A few minutes ago, I finished preparing the midterm for my undergraduate history of education class, and I am looking forward to reading student responses. For this semester, I decided to write a midterm that was entirely focused on historical documents in the form of primary-source identification items. The task for each item requires that […]
St. Louis University
I am certainly not the first one to point this out, but St. Louis University has shot itself in the foot by apparently attempting to cancel a David Horowitz speech. Its only (non-saving) grace is that it explicitly has a “we get to decide if your desired speaker says what we want” policy. Too bad […]
Students can study more than one subject at a time
The future of our nation and world depend on our citizens’ understanding of both how they interact with each other and how they interact with the natural world [emphasis added].–FSU physicist Paul Cottle, responding to a critic who thinks we should be more worried about civics knowledge As an historian, I agree with Cottle. I […]
Galileoscope constructed
It’s been a frustrating week in some ways, so I took an hour off to look at the Galileoscope package that arrived a few days ago. Could a non-science person who is only moderately handy put a $20 telescope with supposedly great optical features together? I guess he could. And then he pointed it at […]
Serious science toy for the International Year of Astronomy: the Galileoscope
Galileoscope (not the ones in my house) I wasn’t going to mention it here until I got my hands on it, but the two Galileoscopes I ordered in the summer finally made their way to my house yesterday, so I can now tell you all: they’re shipping! They’re real! One is for us and the […]