Paul Strode

“[T]here is a rising concern that genetic misconceptions are playing into divisive American attitudes about race.” nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/…

Fun little plug for what we do in Science Research Seminar at Fairview High School. #sciencefair NoCo Science Education Blog: Creating Student Researchers with Dr. Paul Strode cns-eoc.colostate.edu/2023/12/04/cre…

@DerekSollberger Yes. You?

@pkstrode Are you on Mastodon?

I think it's about time.

New paper from the lab and excellent @TRMueller in @ScienceTM. Data on additive effects of boosters in vulnerable people and how T cells still recognize new variants after robust immunological imprint from ancestral SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@amy_harmon Great @nytimes article this morning! If #DataScience is the process and techniques of working with data, there's no reason a DS course should replace algebra I or II. But DS skills do lead to better data literacy, which can improve math ed. nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/…

@Karli_VanCleave @ABC21WPTA From my grocery store to your shopping mall in 28 months. With 120 firearms per 100 people in the US, this country and its public places are now less safe, not more. A complete violation of FDR’s fourth essential human freedom: the freedom from fear. voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/fdr-the-four-f…

BREAKING: Police are on the scene of a possible shooting at Glenbrook Square Mall. Stay with @ABC21WPTA for updates.

“Diesel-powered commercial trucks are a major source of air pollution nationwide, particularly affecting people living near ports, warehouses and other facilities involved in intensive shipments of goods.” washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or not students do a project, test, paper, demonstration, etc is irrelevant: It's whether or not they presented evidence of their proficiency. This blows the hinges off the doors on the way to success as it opens new and meaningful ways to demonstrate mastery. There's a lot of agency here, which leads to students owning their learning. For some units of study, teachers can even ask students for proposals for how they will demonstrate the evidence of the standard. Then, as with most assessments, ask students to prove their evidence, to explain how the standard is manifested in their presentation. Gosh, this makes learning -- and teaching -- way more fun, and for students, more substantive.

@StephanieEvers @rickwormeli2 @educator4ever88 Indeed! Since I went pointless in all of my classes seven years ago, the only time my students engage with multiple choice questions is for review and practice. All of my summative assessments (3 per semester) are free response and students do revisions after my feedback.

@rickwormeli2 @educator4ever88 Funny thing happened—kids said “don’t give us multiple choice anymore”. Their mastery and retention so much better. Yes—they take longer to grade but it’s very rewarding to see they learned.

"Mr. Ramaswamy isn’t really a scientist; he made his name in the world of hedge funds and his graduate work was a law degree from Yale." "[His] pitch that his business model would lead to affordable drug prices has not come to pass." nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/…

I am so thrilled for Dr. Voeltz and her election to the National Academy of Sciences!

@CMooreAnderson @ChatEcology A good example of cyclical succession could be a fire dependent ecosystem like Chaparral or Jack Pine forests where there remains source populations of plants and animals after each disturbance. I would also emphasize the intermediate disturbance hypothesis here.

@CMooreAnderson @ChatEcology All of them? Or perhaps it depends on what is meant by “cycles of community changes.” And isn’t the idea of a true climax community a myth?

Trump lies to gain the advantage in the moment, and his supporters excuse his lying because they don't see him as an actual person. This Is Why Trump Lies Like There’s No Tomorrow nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opi…

"Attacks on higher education are part of .. attacks to repeal the 20th century — .. civil rights .., the feminist movement, the L.G.B.T.Q. movement and the vestiges of any social welfare state." What It Is Like to Teach in the Cross Hairs of Ron DeSantis nytimes.com/2023/06/27/opi…

“And the existence of the group has allowed Mr. Trump to have his small donors pay for his legal expenses, rather than paying for them himself.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/…

This NYT article should have been written several days ago with the title: “Five People Missing at Sea Grip the World While Hundreds of Drowned Migrants Getting a Shrug.”

Santa Fe Sunset and waxing crescent moon.

Florida recently notified us that we must modify any AP courses that include content prohibited by their new laws that restrict instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Our response: allaccess.collegeboard.org/our-commitment…

Republicans Move to Ban Pride Flags, Abortions at VA Facilities – Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/politics/polit…