A selection puzzle that sheds light on human thinking
One of the hardest days of the semester in my view is the first day. It’s difficult to plan. I’m not a big icebreaker guy because I don’t care for small talk...
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Why community is now part of my mathematics courses
Yesterday as I was laying out some details of my upcoming Fall semester course design, I mentioned that I was introducting a new category of assessment in my...
Specs grading for Fall classes: A second look
I’ve been at conferences or on vacation for the last two weeks, but I’m now back and engaging in the mad sprint to the start of Fall semester classes. I am s...
Seven steps to flipped learning design
In a couple weeks, I’ll be at the MAA MathFest 2015 summer conference to facilitate a minicourse on “Creating Flipped Learning Experiences in the College Mat...
Specifications grading report, part 2: Context
This is the second installment in an ongoing technical report on my use of specifications grading. Here’s the first post. In this post, I want to give a bit ...