STEM

Storytelling: Bringing Color Back to the Classroom

By Monika Arbačiauskaitė “In a world where time cannot be measured, there are no clocks, no calendars, no definite appointments. Events are triggered by other events, not by time.”- Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams In Einstein’s Dreams, Alan Lightman offers a fictional retelling of Albert Einstein’s grappling with the theory of time. Through visiting Einstein’s dreams, Lightman […]

Applying James Lang’s Small Teaching in STEM Classrooms

By Andrew Miller Think back to your college mathematics courses. What is one word to describe how students in that class were learning? Does the word “passive” come to mind? Having taken countless math courses throughout my undergraduate and graduate career, I can confidently say that the structure of most courses is the same. Instructors […]