[tips] One Way To Deal With Research You Disagree With

2013-09-14 Thread Mike Palij
Over on the The Washington Post website, there is an article that provides a flowchart on how to deal with research that you disagree with. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/12/how-to-argue-with-research-you-dont-like/ As a class exercise, have students read Bem's

Re:[tips] Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?

2013-09-14 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post Re: Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers? [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads: ABSTRACT: Scott Jaschik (2013) in his Inside Higher Ed report The Adjunct Advantage at

[tips] IgNobel Prizes for 2013

2013-09-14 Thread Beth Benoit
I probably have a minor reputation for being the spelling guru on TIPS, but in this case, I want to point out an error that fails to take into account the title's clever origin. I'm referring to a recent post about the 2013 IgNobel prize. (The poster called it IgNoble - a mistake that I recall