Organizing a Speaking Tour
Olivia Wilkins
I recently went on a bit of a speaking tour about south-central PA. I gave six talks in two weeks while there. Here is how I arranged my tour!
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Graduate School: Applying, Living, Thesising
The Professional Student is a blog about everything grad school from the application process to my experiences living as a grad student, being a parent in grad school, and researching the role of chemistry in the evolution of our universe.
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The evolution of the classroom lecture
Olivia Wilkins
In "Is the classroom lecture going extinct or simply evolving?", Dr. Catherine Drennan showed that "small changes make a difference" in teaching. Examples include getting creative with clickers, incorporating examples of real applications of material, and showing the faces of science (other than the lecturer).
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