Monthly Archives: September 2022

In loco parentis? Lessons from parenting could guide us as we deal with post-pandemic college physics students.

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Paul Cottle

One day last week, I was talking with a physics colleague who was expressing frustration about the inability of our present group of pandemic-impacted students to work at quite the same pace as students did a few years ago. This … Continue reading →

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Talking with parents to improve their high school kids’ preparation for college STEM majors: We should do more of this.

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Paul Cottle

In the effort to improve the preparation of high school students for college STEM majors, the very best strategy is to talk with the parents of those students. Unfortunately, it is often very difficult to get access to those parents. … Continue reading →

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No, you can’t learn physics just by reading about it. So no, the assertion in a NYT op-ed that “If you can read, you can learn anything” isn’t true.

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Paul Cottle

No, you can’t learn physics just by reading about it. That’s probably true of other science fields as well. Like biology. But I’ll come back to that. What set me off on this (well, just a little really) was reading … Continue reading →

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