Teaching journal articles in the classroom

Undergraduate strategy 1: Intro and how-to in gen chem – Video, slides and canvas quiz questions about reading journal articles in Chemistry class a: Starts with an intro to what a scholarly article is (and isn’t), continues with a Canvas activity asking...

how to read a journal article (revised)

from NIST presentation April 8, 2022 by Melissa McCartney: Primary Scientific Literature in the Classroom: a great idea in theory but how do we assess student learning? Some tip sheets “How to read and understand a scientific paper.”...

keep a journal

Have your students keep a journal. Instead of what happened, write about experiences or memories. Or this exercise, modified from a webinar led by Bill Wischusen: name/write down 5 things you can see in the room, name/write 4 things you can feel, 3 things you can hear...

tips for online learning

A list of things that I’ve been gathering, including some picked up from a MAA math webinar. I’m adding to this list as I go: The monitoring exams software seems to have some very easy work arounds. Namely students have their phone next to the...

lateral reading and S.I.F.T handout

Fact check your feed or information hygiene or citizen literacy: The S.I.F.T moves as a handout below and additional supporting materials on OSF. [Thanks Canva!] An updated slide deck for a 50 minute class about lateral readingĀ  These impressive tutorials about...