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Administering a Hard Lesson

Posted on March 25, 2006 by Mr. Bigler

One of my students turned in a science fair project that turned out to be his sister’s project from last year. I find it amazing that he thought he could get away with it. His sister’s project won second prize … Continue reading →

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Academic Integrity

Posted on January 22, 2006 by Mr. Bigler

I gave my honors chemistry II students a lab practicum for their mid-term exam on Friday. I divided them into of three students per group (assigned randomly) and gave the groups two problems to solve and write up (in a … Continue reading →

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Kids Who “Get It”

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Mr. Bigler

I had a frustrating organic chem class on Wednesday. The class appeared not to understand or be able to reproduce some of the reactions that we had studied in detail in recent classes. This is normal and expected behavior for … Continue reading →

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