adventures in teaching and learning
In no particular order, some things I’ve learned this week at SPSP 2019 in Portland (See also #spsp2019) * state mindfulness (ie as a result of a mindfulness task) can decrease motivation for goal pursuit (Hafenbrack & Vohs, 2018) * a Continue reading SPSP 2019
Over the years, my husband and I have developed a knack for wine tasting, and particularly for enjoying BC wine. I like the challenge of confronting objective science with subjective experience, and the BC wine community is full of really Continue reading On recommending (inexpensive) BC wine
Someone who attended my conference presentation last month about Peer Assessment (see the blog entry here for slides), sent me some follow-up questions that I thought might be useful to capture here. Thanks for your questions! My responses are signaled by Continue reading Conference Follow-Up Questions on Peer Assessment
Facebook “memories” are interesting. This one just brought me back to a dark year. This post was from my first year as full-time faculty. For comparison, currently I have 11 classes to prep in the next 5 Continue reading Remembering my First Year as Faculty
I’m delighted to be presenting on Saturday morning at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Annual Conference on Teaching in Phoenix, Arizona (https://teachpsych.org/conferences/act.php). The title of my talk is “Peer Assessment of writing in large classes: Reliability, validity, and Continue reading Presenting on Peer Assessment at the STP Conference