Description: Students often struggle to perform the math calculations required in biotechnology classes and jobs. It is therefore common for students, teachers, and employers to think that these students can’t “do” math. In reality, average students have the math skills required to perform the ...
In May, my colleague, Jeanette Mowery, and I presented an InnovATEBIO webinar: To Reduce Variability/Enhance Reproducibility: Begin at the Beginning. This is the first of two blogs about that webinar. Before discussing the webinar, I’ll share a personal story. Many years ago I was thrilled to land a postdoc position ...
What Were We Thinking?? I recently read a blog in which the author tells this story: W. Edwards Deming (a “founding father” of total quality management) was getting ready to teach a four day seminar on quality improvement when an executive approached him. The executive said that he was too ...
Presenters: Lisa Seidman, (Bio-Link Leadership Team, Madison College), Jennifer Lazare, (Anderson High School, Austin Community College, AC2 Bio-Link), Bridgette Kirkpatrick (Collin College) Employers, instructors of technical subjects, and mathematics educators who participated in a three-day ...
Presenter: R. Deborah Overath, (Texas Southmost College) Whether students just need a little review or "brush up" or need to deal with math anxiety, many resources are now available that can help students improve their quantitative skills. The presentation will start with a couple of short ...
Hello! First of all, let's talk about last week. It's so good to be back working at Portland State University! I don't know what it is about, but I love working in an academic environment. Those of you reading this that knew me twenty years ago, who would've guessed, right ...
