If you haven’t seen an eBook before, here’s an image from what mine looks like: One of the nice features of Cengage‘s eBooks is that you can highlight, as I’ve demonstrated in the image, and take notes. So two major barriers to using an online resource instead of buying a Read more…
I just finished writing letters of recommendation for one of the best undergraduate students I’ve worked with, and now we cross our fingers. My student is not applying to UCLA, but for old time’s sake, I thought I’d take a look at my alma mater’s stats. Between 2004 and 2008, Read more…
Afraid of sharks? After watching Jaws, most people are. As we’ve pointed out in previous posts, however, there are very few fatal shark attacks world-wide. You are far more likely to be killed by a dog than by a shark, but few of us run away screaming, “Look out! A Read more…
In my morning mail was an interesting letter from my publisher, Cengage, in which they described a new innovation–CengageBrain.com. Using this site, students will be able to purchase or rent over 1300 of the titles published by Cengage, with even more to be added later. The letter went on to say that my Read more…
Just finished grading this quarter’s Neuro ID exam for my 90 + Biopsych students, and I’m delighted with how well they did! This is not everybody’s favorite activity–it’s rote memorization–but it makes no more sense for students to talk about neuroscience without knowing where the cingulate cortex is than to Read more…