teaching

There’s an absolutely fabulous post on prerequisites for college math over at Tall, Dark, and Mysterious.  My favorite quote comes from the comments: mere memorization of what was in the book without significant analysis is worth a B- at very best. Thanks to Kim Swygert at Number 2 Pencil for the tip. Read more

The UTSA summer semester starts today, with the obligatory opening lectures about coursework, grading, and classroom comportment. What could be more timely than this: More so than one’s CD or movie collection or mp3 playlist, a custom ringtone screams out something personal to the world because it’s so public. Anyone within earshot can make an Read more

Good news and bad news: this morning I gave my final lecture of the semester, a review of final exam topics for my "poets class" in statistics. Now I have 4 days to turn that list of topics and examples into the actual exam. Fortunately, I’ve got some help this year, a practical guide to Read more