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January 19, 2022January 19, 2022Uncategorized

Going bigger, going deeper

OK, so it’s been a few years since my last entry.  And since then, there’s been, you know.  Yes Covid, yes I […]

January 28, 2022Uncategorized

The details of my “grading”

As much as I don’t want to grade, we all know we still have to submit a grade at the end of […]

November 24, 2018November 25, 2018Grading

Grading is not Teaching

Grading is grading. Teaching is helping the students improve their performance or increase their knowledge or change their thinking. Grading doesn’t do any […]

November 23, 2018November 25, 2018Assignments, Philosophy of Teaching

What makes a meaningful assignment?

I’ve been talking a lot about reducing the picky and endless details of the assignments in order to get the students to […]

November 22, 2018November 23, 2018Assignments

How far out can I push my students?

Out into the world that is.  This is a class in public speaking and so I’m taking the “Public” part seriously.  One […]

November 15, 2018November 24, 2018Philosophy of Teaching

Specificity is Tyranny

You think specificity is good; we’re taught it’s good.  But it’s not.  It’s oppressive.  All those who hate rubrics, raise your hands. […]

November 8, 2018December 6, 2018Assignments

The Only-in-New-York Assignment

OK, so the commute is horrible and keeps getting worse with the increasing subway crowds and rent is ridiculous.  But this city […]

October 25, 2018Assignments

The First Speech

How did students do on their first speech? The short of it is:  I’m pleased.  The vast majority of the students did […]

October 5, 2018November 25, 2018Assignments, Grading

Less Grading, Better Student Performance

I’m grading less in two ways: number of assignments and number of evaluative categories.  Remember, this is the basic public speaking class. […]

September 22, 2018November 23, 2018Assignments

The Sixth Assignment

This refers to the “come up with your own assignment and I have to ok it” option.  This assignment is the epitome […]

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