David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈

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Here’s an element of my teaching philosophy. If one student has a question, maybe just they didn’t understand the topic. If several students ask the same question, it probably means I didn’t explain it well enough. If I get the same question from 3+ students, I email the answer to everyone.

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People Person's avatar People Person @zenosocks.bsky.social
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Yeah, 3's my threshold too (physics prof, here). Unless it's an actual error on my part of course, then I send something out to everyone as soon as one person points it out (or I catch it myself).

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I had a prof that would grade all tests a question at a time. That way she would notice how many missed a particular question. If a certain percentage missed it (I can’t remember the exact % anymore) she would remove the question with the thinking she didn’t cover it well enough.

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Martha is a Silly Goose 🪿 (and collector of weirdos)'s avatar Martha is a Silly Goose 🪿 (and collector of weirdos) @marthatjie.bsky.social
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I feel like more of us would’ve passed Immunology 1 if our lecturer had the same approach.

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Ephraim Z. Hoogenblatter's avatar Ephraim Z. Hoogenblatter @xwordy.bsky.social
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As a support pro, I employ much the same strategy.

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