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Teaching Journal #8 Challenging the Objectivist Paradigm: Teaching Biblical Theology with J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Guillermo del Toro

One of the key questions that any teacher of the Bible faces is how to help modern students, steeped in a scientific world-view understand the the Bible, as well as apply it to their world or find it relevant for … Continue reading

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Sports media

I decided to post a review/analysis of covering sports and a very unique situation.  This review seems relevant because, as I have been saying, I believe Journalism is constantly changing and we need to keep up with it.  Sports media … Continue reading

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And I thought the last article was depressing…

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_united_states_is_destroying_her_education_system_20110410/

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My Portfolio Outline (first draft)

Here’s what I have thus far in terms of an outline. I would be interested in your feedback and perhaps others could share their outlines as well. Thanks, Bass -Portfolio Table of Contents- From There to Here – A Brief … Continue reading

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Journal Entry for 4/5/2011

A student’s modeling of a business problem: a case representaticve of students’ struggle to see meaning in mathematics Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 25 Issue 3 Abstract This article analyzes the modeling approach used by one student in a … Continue reading

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Depressingly pertinent article

A Perfect Storm in Undergraduate Education, Part 2

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Journal Entry for 4/5/2011

Traditional instruction of differential equations and conceptual learning Discrete Mathematics and its applications Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 29 Issue 2 Abstract Procedural and conceptual learning are two types of learning, related to two types of knowledge, which are … Continue reading

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Midsemester Assessment

More work, thought, and preparation go into teaching a college course than I had previously realized.  Many of the courses I took at Northern Virginia Community College and at George Mason University have had syllabi designed by a committee or … Continue reading

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Make a List of What You Know…(journal article)

One of the things we have discussed in class several times and/or have read about is how do you ascertain what your students may already know or don’t know about the subject you are teaching? This is helpful in a … Continue reading

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Peer-Teaching Sessions

29 March: Bass 5 April:  Brian K; Jennifer 12 April: Brian M;  Michael 19 April:  Khanh; Ginny 26 April:

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