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Tressie Cottom

Students Think Better with Thinking Pieces: Why You Should Consider Using Low- Stakes W... - 1 views

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    really interesting distinction about form and function of short papers vs. blog posts vs. "low stakes" writing assignments. 
anonymous

New Online Polling Experiment for the Post-Landline Phone Era - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Perhaps useful for methods discussion?
Tressie Cottom

Home: DMPTool - 1 views

anonymous

What journalists get wrong about social science, according to 20 scientists - Vox - 0 views

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    Might be useful for intro/methods students, too.
anonymous

How Long Will Your Class Remain Yours? Academic Freedom and Control of the Classroom - ... - 0 views

  • for both pedagogical reasons and in the cause of self preservation faculty should preemptively adapt useful, low or no-cost education technologies which only they can control.
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    "for both pedagogical reasons and in the cause of self preservation faculty should preemptively adapt useful, low or no-cost education technologies which only they can control."
Tressie Cottom

Being homeless a struggle - even with a $100,000 job offer | The Seattle Times - 0 views

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    wonderful short read suitable for undergrads on race, poverty. criminalization, "bootstrap" and technocracy myth-making. Why can't this homeless man afford to accept a $100,000 year job?
anonymous

Why a poor Southern city's only hope was a Chinese company moving in | The Washington Post - 0 views

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    "grim bargain" of tax incentives and subsidies to attract low-wage work
anonymous

Boys and Girls, Constrained by Toys and Costumes - The New York Times - 0 views

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    "toys are more strictly gendered today than they were 50 years ago, when adult gender roles were much more separate, according to research by Elizabeth Sweet, a sociologist at the University of California, Davis."
Tressie Cottom

The Invisible Labor of Minority Professors - The Chronicle of Higher Education.pdf - 0 views

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    "minority faculty" T&P
Tressie Cottom

Webinar: Teaching Educational Research Methods: Making it Real & Relevant for Stude... - 0 views

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    Join Dr. Craig A. Mertler for a webinar discussion on the challenges of teaching research methods as well as strategies for making the course relevant for stud…
Tressie Cottom

#NSMNSS: About - 1 views

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    "social media for research" methods
Tressie Cottom

Study links Richmond mortgage denials to race - Richmond Times-Dispatch: City Of Richmo... - 0 views

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    I track local stories now because I find my students LOVE RVA-based examples of what we discuss in class. Residential segregation is a big one of course.
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