3- Community
Don’t tell anyone, but I would be willing to pay TEN TIMES my HAPS dues to be a member of the society, because my HAPS membership is THAT valuable to me. Now, I’m certainly glad I don’t have to pay…
Category Pedagogy
Posts related to the philosophy of teaching
2- Getting ready for the tornado!
I am taking advantage of my last few relatively empty days before the new-semester-tornado hits me full in the face. Many of the items on my ToDo list from the last week are HAPS related. I already nominated a student…
HAPS Leadership (#13): Central Regional Director
“Baltimore…somewhere in the 90s. That was my first HAPS conference. Since then, I’ve attended most of the annual conferences, served on a few committees, contributed articles to the HAPS-EDucator, and worked on the effort to archive past issues of the…
1- The Archive of Teaching Resources
Greetings HAPSters! It is great to be getting ready for a fresh new semester of flippin’ fun times. This promises to be a special semester, because after five years of working as an adjunct at my school, I have been…
Flipping A & P: Hi, my name is Elaine and I’m a K+ ion!
I’m always getting crazy ideas. Sometimes they’re crazy good ideas, sometimes just plain crazy. This week’s crazy idea came out of my frustration with teaching cell membrane potentials. It’s a very difficult… no, that’s too negative…challenging concept for students. A…
Flipping A&P: Going All The Way
I’ve been in a relationship with Flipping for over a year now. I think it’s time to take this relationship to the next level. It’s time to ‘Go All The Way’. That’s right, Flipped Mastery. I really love flipping my…
Flipping A & P: Taking a Hit
I’m so glad that my Associate Dean warned me about the hit I would take on my student evaluations when I decided to flip my courses. Without that warning, I would have been devastated by the response after my first…
16- Student Thoughts on the Riggs-Style External Brain
At the beginning of every class this semester, I ask my students to answer two questions. First, I ask them how much “flippin’” work they did to prepare for class. To get a “3” (out of 5), they have to…
Flipping A & P: Synergy
I work out. I don’t particularly enjoy it, but I make myself do it for my own good. Sound in mind and body, that sort of thing. So I was in the college fitness center, using the strength training equipment,…
High Hopes for the Semester, Part 4
Now, that was unexpected. One of my “high maintenance” students – mentioned in the last blog installment – has been continuing to be an issue for me. Her exam scores have averaged 30%. She always has an excuse. “When you…