Wherein we become cranky about Bloom’s taxonomy and accidentally teach our sharp-tongued son some math
I will admit that I am one of people who grind their teeth when hearing the umpteenth time about Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the context of planning instruction. In my experience, most people point to it as a source of heuristic advice: how do you design assignments that push students to do […]
In the zone-out facing multiple deadlines
Let me preface the remarks below with a simple fact of working in a huge university: There are hundreds of colleagues who are better read than I am, hundreds who work longer hours, hundreds who are more organized, hundreds who are wiser, hundreds who are more clever, hundreds who have published more, hundreds who have […]
NCLB and where we sit
In my undergraduate social foundations class, I spend some time explaining the politics of accountability. For the last few years, a critical mass of students (either a majority or a vocal minority) have consistently opposed accountability, taking on the mantle of professionalism, and it’s my job to rattle their cages and make them see things […]
Wrong incentive structure for community colleges/technical training
George R. Boggs and Marlene B. Seltzer describe Washington State’s incentive structure designed to encourage community colleges to push completion: Washington’s community and technical colleges will receive extra money for students who earn their first 15 and first 30 college credits, earn their first 5 credits of college-level math, pass a pre-college writing or math […]
The Latin Declension Song
You always knew you wanted a Latin I song (hat tip).