An Alternative way of Revising
This time of year, many of us find ourselves writing many comments on papers that we have written before, for the same student, and we find that we are writing the same comments throughout the paper. When we do this, we get frustrated, and the students get discouraged. But shouldn't we be marking all the places in the paper that illustrate the particular problems on which we expect students to improve? In addition, we all recognize the value of revision - but full papers are often insufficiently revised, compounding the frustration and disappointment of both teachers and students alike. What to do? Here is what I am trying.By this point in the semester my students have

Grieving animals?
Chimps line up to watch as Dorothy, who died of heart failure, is wheeled away.Picture: Monica Szczupider, in the National Geographic Magazine (Nov. 2009) The National Geographic Magazine reports: "On September 23, 2008, Dorothy, a female chimpanzee in her late 40s, died of congestive heart failure. A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy had spent eight years a

Zombies on the Web
An outstanding page put together by David Chalmers to satisfy all your zombic needs. Learn about philosophical zombies, Hollywood zombies, Haitian zombies, functional zombies and much else besides.

Les modèles économiques comme “mondes crédibles”
C.H. La revue Erkenntnis propose un numéro spécial sur le statut épistémologique des modèles en économie. Je n’ai pas eu le temps de tout lire mais les réflexions sont très stimulantes. Pour faire simple, il se dégage des différentes contributions deux interprétations : l’une consiste à considérer les modèles comme des outils servant à isoler certains [...]

Grade Student Papers Using Google Forms
If you can break down what you’re looking for in a good paper into a set of categories