Category Archives: Pedagogy

Thoughts about teaching.

SBG is gonna kill me…

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Ian

… because I keep promising students that they’ll have a chance to reassess — somehow, sometime — without any real idea of how that’s going to happen. The hole gets deeper and deeper! Maybe I need to just stop introducing … Continue reading →

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more thoughts on SBG and grading exams

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Ian

Yes, I should definitely use fewer, larger-grained standards. No question about it. I have to break my habit of putting sneaky bits into exam questions (which I do out of an urge to “stretch” even the best students to their … Continue reading →

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the SBG exam-grading experience

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ian

Just a quick update on my SBG experiment: I’m partway through grading the first midterm exam (of four or five) — a two-hour evening affair — and I must say that I’m somewhat enjoying the experience, at least compared to … Continue reading →

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SBG update: learning as I go

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ian

Tonight I get some serious information about how well this experiment in teaching a 60-student calc-based intro physics course with SBG is going. Tonight… is the first midterm exam. One thing I’ve realized while developing assessments for this first “unit” … Continue reading →

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SBG update: not off to a good start.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Ian

One week down: three classes, 14% of the term. Not happy. Why? For one thing, I’m already a full day behind my planned schedule. Ugh. 50 minutes is so short! Something’s gotta give. I’m feeling the voices of 100+ standards … Continue reading →

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