Former STEM Stars Flames Rekindled!

Former STEM Stars Flames Rekindled!

Okay. I’m a bit excited about this post because this makes the fifth time in about four years that I have been able to be part of the excitement of institutional transformation. This image below is part of a letter I sent on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. I...
Former STEM Stars Flames Rekindled!

Former STEM Stars Flames Rekindled!

Okay. I’m excited about this post because this makes the fifth time in about four years that I have been a part of the excitement of an institution’s academic transformation. It affirms what I deeply believe: academic apathy is a sign of inability, not...
Note-Taking Cheat Codes

Note-Taking Cheat Codes

As the college semester or term winds down, students will scour their notes to prepare for their exams. But do they have an effective note-taking method? Their system may be useful for capturing information but not good enough to prepare them for tests. Since much of...
Grades or Outcomes? What’s your preference?

Grades or Outcomes? What’s your preference?

Are you a grades educator or an outcomes educator? I discovered that I had changed from a grades educator to an outcome educator over time. While cleaning out several old work boxes, I found some files from twenty years ago. I came across a folder that I labeled...
Molly’s New Metacognitive Learning Metrics

Molly’s New Metacognitive Learning Metrics

Have you ever set students up for failure? Well, if you’ve ever advised students to study X number of hours for every hour of class time, then you have set them up for failure. No worries. You didn’t intend to harm them. But by encouraging students to use time to...