Chris Creighton
@chriscreighton.bsky.social
PhD (Math) & Instructional Designer (Faculty Development) | Tending Education, Teaching, and Learning | He/Him/His | Commentary my own.
Webpage: https://www.ccreighton.com
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Have you read Foucault’s thoughts on the matter? foucault.info/documents/fo...
Self Writing: <h2>HUPOMNEMATA</h2>
<p>These pages are part of a series of studies on "the arts of oneself", that is, on the aesthetics of existence and the government of oneself and of other in Greco-Roman culture during the first two ...
foucault.info
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Have you read Foucault’s thoughts on the matter? foucault.info/documents/fo...
I feel that if there’s paper talks about an instrument then it should provide said instrument within it. I typically won’t use those instruments if they’re secret.
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I feel that if there’s paper talks about an instrument then it should provide said instrument within it. I typically won’t use those instruments if they’re secret.
I’ll hunt it down when I get back in the office! That’s hilarious and absolutely tracks for kids.
September 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I’ll hunt it down when I get back in the office! That’s hilarious and absolutely tracks for kids.
The quote made me immediately hunt this down in our library. The whole section is absolutely wonderful!
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The quote made me immediately hunt this down in our library. The whole section is absolutely wonderful!
I think both are dismissing the whole endeavor from either side. Like a ungraded going “grades aren’t the purpose of education so everyone gets an A - worry about your work in the course.” And someone dismissing the grades as credentials ridiculing the removal of a differentiated credential.
September 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I think both are dismissing the whole endeavor from either side. Like a ungraded going “grades aren’t the purpose of education so everyone gets an A - worry about your work in the course.” And someone dismissing the grades as credentials ridiculing the removal of a differentiated credential.
Oh not quite. I’ve had numerous people say “just give all your students an A and be done with it” both seriously and jokingly.
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Oh not quite. I’ve had numerous people say “just give all your students an A and be done with it” both seriously and jokingly.
“Just give everyone an A” is the classic I hear.
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Just give everyone an A” is the classic I hear.
The Center for Grading Reform has a bunch of STEM ones:
centerforgradingreform.org/resources/
Asao Inoue also has a bunch of labor-based grading contracts on his webpage and writings.
centerforgradingreform.org/resources/
Asao Inoue also has a bunch of labor-based grading contracts on his webpage and writings.
Resources
The Center for Grading Reform is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving grading practices in higher education.
centerforgradingreform.org
August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Center for Grading Reform has a bunch of STEM ones:
centerforgradingreform.org/resources/
Asao Inoue also has a bunch of labor-based grading contracts on his webpage and writings.
centerforgradingreform.org/resources/
Asao Inoue also has a bunch of labor-based grading contracts on his webpage and writings.
Are you seeing more Monarchs this year? My family in the Detroit area have identified 55 eggs on their milkweed!
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Are you seeing more Monarchs this year? My family in the Detroit area have identified 55 eggs on their milkweed!
See this is why 2nd monitors are a workplace requirement.
I’m naming that one pippin on vibes.
I’m naming that one pippin on vibes.
July 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
See this is why 2nd monitors are a workplace requirement.
I’m naming that one pippin on vibes.
I’m naming that one pippin on vibes.
Definitely will! It’ll be interesting that’s for sure. I have found the “why does this course exits?” answer of “because the next course exists and needs it” to be unmotivating to students. It’s disconnected. I could probably rant more…
June 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Definitely will! It’ll be interesting that’s for sure. I have found the “why does this course exits?” answer of “because the next course exists and needs it” to be unmotivating to students. It’s disconnected. I could probably rant more…
The assessments and experience in the class would be heavily influenced by such design choices. But it might be worth while.
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The assessments and experience in the class would be heavily influenced by such design choices. But it might be worth while.
I’ve been thinking of “what do I want you to take away from this class in 5 years?” as a design element. Often trig gets lost when students leave the stem curriculum. But my thought is, why not help them be able to tutor their family or friends as a takeaway?
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I’ve been thinking of “what do I want you to take away from this class in 5 years?” as a design element. Often trig gets lost when students leave the stem curriculum. But my thought is, why not help them be able to tutor their family or friends as a takeaway?
Oh this is interesting. I am support to teach uni-level trig again this fall and have been toying with standards-based techniques with getting students involved with the pedagogy (teach each other). I might use some of your framing but blend in the transparent pedagogy.
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Oh this is interesting. I am support to teach uni-level trig again this fall and have been toying with standards-based techniques with getting students involved with the pedagogy (teach each other). I might use some of your framing but blend in the transparent pedagogy.
I like to ask “when was the last time you touched a tree?” 🌲
June 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I like to ask “when was the last time you touched a tree?” 🌲
To me, we don’t throw out the evidence, even isolated evidence, that growth mindset is beneficial. So I’m like-minded with the evidence of issues with LLM usage in learning. I do understand it’s not black and white.
June 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
To me, we don’t throw out the evidence, even isolated evidence, that growth mindset is beneficial. So I’m like-minded with the evidence of issues with LLM usage in learning. I do understand it’s not black and white.
Even things like growth mindset become muddy in active environments. It wouldn’t surprise me if this was too. It’s all the research together that ought to be considered.
June 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Even things like growth mindset become muddy in active environments. It wouldn’t surprise me if this was too. It’s all the research together that ought to be considered.
I mean they were trying to isolate the LLM variable to add to the volumes of literature on AI. I put this in the box of “isolated to try and identify root causes” without saying much for practitioners other than “hey! There’s some nuance here! We sure about this?”
June 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I mean they were trying to isolate the LLM variable to add to the volumes of literature on AI. I put this in the box of “isolated to try and identify root causes” without saying much for practitioners other than “hey! There’s some nuance here! We sure about this?”
I just randomly throw in a i-> -i automorphism in my calculations to keep people on their toes.
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I just randomly throw in a i-> -i automorphism in my calculations to keep people on their toes.