Tag Archives: teaching

How useful are lectures, really?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chris Rowan

There has been an interesting discussion amongst the geologists on Twitter, that I’ve archived over on Geotweeps Discuss…, over the role of the lecture in undergraduate education. This was in response to an NPR story claiming that in physics at … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, science education

Show me the data!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Some of my favorite memories of interacting with my Ph.D. advisor involve long sessions at our conference table, looking at data. I’d come to these sessions armed with many graphs showing data I’d collected and different ways of displaying relationships … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne

Using rock cubes to learn about hydrogeology

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Dunking rocks in water – and doing some measurements and calculations – helps my students get a hands-on understanding of porosity. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, rocks & minerals, science education