I’m No Good At Taking Tests!
I hear people say they aren’t good at taking tests all the time. “I understand the material, but when I take the test, I fail!” I can understa...
Category: Education
The PowerPoint Method
PowerPoint seems to be a popular teaching aid. After all, it saves lots of messy writing on the board or the use of boring overhead projectors. And who doesn...
Understanding
I spend quite a bit of my time helping high school students understand physics and mathematics concepts, so I’ve also spent some time wondering how I can ...
Ye Olde English… Teaching
I’ve been active on the Internet for several years now and I’ve seen my fair share of teenagers and young ‘uns posting on the Internet. I̵...
It’s Mathemagic!
I’m often rather disturbed by how mathematics is taught in school. Take, for example, the way I was taught the following (important) equation: $latex int_...
So Much for “Labs”
Labs are a great idea for teaching students chemistry, physics, and all the other assorted sciences. They allow students to learn for themselves just how variou...
Literary Analysis
I have recently been reminded of the agony that is literary analysis — that is, the science of dissecting an author’s work and determining what rhet...