Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Grade Inflation Pandemic of 2020, Part 2: The Solution

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Call me Physics Oprah. Because everyone on my roster gets an A this semester. Everyone. If you didn't read Part 1 (below) , you won...

The Grade Inflation Pandemic of 2020, Part 1: The Problem

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As the coronavirus pandemic began to take off, schools around the world began to close. Initially it was thought that a month-long shutdown ...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Maintaining resolve on Credit / No Credit

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[My district, San Juan Unified in suburban Sacramento, decided to adopt Credit / No Credit grading for Spring 2020. But they are facing blow...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Online Resources for Teaching Physics

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Howdy all, First, I'd like to thank my friend and colleague, Dean Baird, for inviting me to be a guest blogger here at The Blog of Ph...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

My path for instruction during coronavirus...

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might be different from yours. And chances are, yours will be more robust than mine. The physics instructor (and high school instructor) s...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

The CAASPP Practice items ... were online a year ago

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The CAASPP / CAST practice / training / released test questions were apparently posted on Monday, February 24, 2020. The hope I had nouris...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Anxiety among high school students

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TL;DR: Today's high school students suffer anxiety brought on, in part, by always being connected on their phones and by a perpetual nee...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

CAASPP link added to sidebar...

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UPDATE 2/20/20: With testing about one month away, the CAASPP/CAST practice and training items remain in "Coming Soon" status. Wil...

PTSOS Workshop 2 Links of Phyz

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Here are some notes and links relevant to PTSOS Workshop #2. If you're new to teaching physics in Northern California, check out PTSOS.o...

Charging Ahead 2020

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This year's Van de Graaff portrait gallery . Enjoy. I'm migrating from Flickr to SmugMug. One apparently owns the other, but they...