Nat Fortune
@nfortune.bsky.social
Professor of Physics, Smith College. Town Moderator, Whately MA. Puns encouraged.
Still one month left for the rise of a new gnome-n-clature!
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Still one month left for the rise of a new gnome-n-clature!
It’s good that your apartment has a purpose in life!
February 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s good that your apartment has a purpose in life!
It’s the start of a beautiful review
January 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It’s the start of a beautiful review
At least one has come true already!
January 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
At least one has come true already!
The zombies have been paralyzed by an inch of non melting snow and ice in Tallahassee- no data!
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The zombies have been paralyzed by an inch of non melting snow and ice in Tallahassee- no data!
Got it. Sorry! I use Check your understanding assignments. Look like in class group problems. Standards needed are listed. Trying not to require them-just incentivize- unless they don’t do them before first test and then need a redo test. Then they become tickets for redo. Just after time teaching?
January 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Got it. Sorry! I use Check your understanding assignments. Look like in class group problems. Standards needed are listed. Trying not to require them-just incentivize- unless they don’t do them before first test and then need a redo test. Then they become tickets for redo. Just after time teaching?
Yes, sorry missed that when I only read post 1 of 3 before responding!
January 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yes, sorry missed that when I only read post 1 of 3 before responding!
Yes, I use ‘Check your understanding’ CYU exercises instead of graded HW. Based on Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. 1 per class. You get feedback instead of a grade but CYU have all standards identified, so students use as in-class Q follow up, practice exam, and ticket for exam redo.
January 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yes, I use ‘Check your understanding’ CYU exercises instead of graded HW. Based on Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. 1 per class. You get feedback instead of a grade but CYU have all standards identified, so students use as in-class Q follow up, practice exam, and ticket for exam redo.
Highly Recommend the book “Grading for Growth.” Outlines your options, provides examples from
Many fields, includes a detailed guide for getting started . I chose standards based grading model. Requires feedback and redos. Students responded well. (Physics/Math)
Many fields, includes a detailed guide for getting started . I chose standards based grading model. Requires feedback and redos. Students responded well. (Physics/Math)
January 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Highly Recommend the book “Grading for Growth.” Outlines your options, provides examples from
Many fields, includes a detailed guide for getting started . I chose standards based grading model. Requires feedback and redos. Students responded well. (Physics/Math)
Many fields, includes a detailed guide for getting started . I chose standards based grading model. Requires feedback and redos. Students responded well. (Physics/Math)
I switched to Zotero from Papers years back because it made it easier to collaborate with coauthors using a shared bibliographic database, students can afford it (free) and my library supports it. Also love the magic wand function: just enter DOI and go! My knowledge of Papers perhaps out of date.
January 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I switched to Zotero from Papers years back because it made it easier to collaborate with coauthors using a shared bibliographic database, students can afford it (free) and my library supports it. Also love the magic wand function: just enter DOI and go! My knowledge of Papers perhaps out of date.
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Happy birthday to Margaret Geller!
In my opinion, contributions that Geller and collaborators made to our understanding of the large-scale, 3D structure of the Universe are comparable in importance to Hubble expansion and cosmic acceleration. (11/11)
Image: Geller / SAO
In my opinion, contributions that Geller and collaborators made to our understanding of the large-scale, 3D structure of the Universe are comparable in importance to Hubble expansion and cosmic acceleration. (11/11)
Image: Geller / SAO
December 8, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Happy birthday to Margaret Geller!
In my opinion, contributions that Geller and collaborators made to our understanding of the large-scale, 3D structure of the Universe are comparable in importance to Hubble expansion and cosmic acceleration. (11/11)
Image: Geller / SAO
In my opinion, contributions that Geller and collaborators made to our understanding of the large-scale, 3D structure of the Universe are comparable in importance to Hubble expansion and cosmic acceleration. (11/11)
Image: Geller / SAO