writing – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Currently reading: “Using self-explanations in the laboratory to connect theory and practice: The decision/explanation/observation/inference writing method” by Van Duzor (2016)

mglessmer — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 07:02:01 +0000

How can we scaffold laboratories in a way that doesn’t micromanage the students, keeps the task interesting, and helps the students to make sense of what they are doing and seeing? A really interesting way to structure this through writing is the Decision/Explanation/Observation/Inference method by Van Duzor (2016). Van Duzor (2016) develops and tests a […]

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Giving feedback on student writing

mglessmer — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:33:21 +0000

When feedback is more confusing than helpful. The other day I came across a blog post on Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed. on responding to student writing/writers by P. T. Corrigan. And one point of that post struck home, and that point is on contradictory teacher feedback. When I am asked to provide feedback on my […]

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Blogging as a tool for professional development

mglessmer — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:33:41 +0000

How I see blogging as helpful tool for my professional development. Before I go into how blogging helps with my professional development, there is one very important fact that I want to state very clearly: This blog is first and foremost a hobby that I do in my free time for my own pleasure, because […]

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