Articles Tagged with science teaching

Teaching to the test

Standardization and its discontents

We face some of the dilemmas of test season.

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Science is big

Collecting the tools

What you need to learn before starting your research gets larger all the time.

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Helium hydride

Rules and exceptions

We ponder the non-nobility of a Noble Gas.

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Making a drawing (I)

The importance of the rough sketch

Sometimes, the rougher the better.

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What is your name?

Power and placeholders

We point out a difference between mathematics and magic.

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The narrative imperative

Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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Students return (II)

Unintended consequences

We find, again, that the message we thought we sent is not always what was received.

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Students return

Two come back

Our tutor and our astronomer meet with former students.

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Is this always true?

Absolute truths

Some questions are very difficult to answer, even if you know the answer.

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Why keep old things?

Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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