Category Archives: Professor Posts

Grade Levels 2

Posted on February 10, 2012 by davidbdale

I wrote two sentences in my recent post “Counterintuitive Econundrums,” that I realized while I was writing them contained about a paragraph of material each. They’re not perfect sentences, and I won’t try to edit them now that they’re on … Continue reading →

Posted in Course Documents, David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Counterintuitive Econundrums

Posted on February 10, 2012 by davidbdale

If you’re racking your brain for a good counterintuitive research topic, the ecology team at Mother Jones have cooked up a series of columns you should cull for inspiration. They’re full of challenges to “common knowledge” claims many of us … Continue reading →

Posted in Counterintuitivity, David Hodges, Professor Posts | 1 Comment

Grade Levels

Posted on February 9, 2012 by davidbdale

I won’t always be able to tell you why your essays don’t quite achieve the grades you want. Even after you respond well to feedback and make your essay grammatically correct, provide good sources, and make reasonable arguments, you might … Continue reading →

Posted in Course Documents, David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Finding Pheasant on a Foxhunt

Posted on February 7, 2012 by davidbdale

I’m working on a post about the proper role of research, which, if you can’t guess from the title, is to be open to surprise. Hunters at a foxhunt first release a fox they’ve already captured, then track it down … Continue reading →

Posted in David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

What’s So Bad about Rhetorical Questions?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by davidbdale

I am working on a post about rhetorical questions to help those of you who like them to begin to dislike them. Keep your eye on this space for that helpful advice and/or comment below if you think you know … Continue reading →

Posted in David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Risking the Baby: Logos, Ethos, Pathos

Posted on February 6, 2012 by davidbdale

Last week when Ally Hodgson asked how learning about claims would make her life better I answered somewhat clumsily with a brief argument about vaccination. Do you remember the argument? Good. Did you notice that it contained elements of logos, … Continue reading →

Posted in David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Can a Cheeseburger Be a Placebo?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by davidbdale

This is really hard to believe. You’re all familiar with the placebo effect, I imagine. Patients engaged as subjects in a study to test the effectiveness of a new medication routinely receive one of two regimens: half get the actual … Continue reading →

Posted in Counterintuitivity, David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Grade Conference Schedule

Posted on February 2, 2012 by davidbdale

I have produced a Google Doc you can view and edit to make or check your grade conference appointments. Conferences are not required, but grades are only delivered at conferences. You may make as many appointments as you like. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Course Documents, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Please Categorize

Posted on February 1, 2012 by davidbdale

Larger numbers of posts require better navigation tools. Please be sure to check the right Categories before you publish to the blog. This can be done while posting or after. In the case of the Safer Saws assignment, for example, … Continue reading →

Posted in David Hodges, Professor Posts | Leave a comment

Transcript of Cookie Boycott Video

Posted on January 23, 2012 by davidbdale

My thanks to Rebecca, a “20-something trans woman” whose “free associations on gender, politics, geekery, and more” (including the transcript below) can be found at The Thang Blog. –David Hodges _____________________________________________ Hello. I’ve been a Girl Scout for eight years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cookie Boycott, Professor Posts | 1 Comment