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Fall Course Load
For those who are interested, the classes I’ll be taking this fall include Seminar in Language Testing, a class on assessment of language proficiency through test instruments. The class will examine the history, theory, and application of standardized tests for … Continue reading →
ain’t too proud to bleg
Well, I had a summer tutoring job in Chicago, but it fell through on account of we can’t sublet our place, so I’m on the lookout. If you know of anything telecommute-wise, or in the western-central Indiana area (including in … Continue reading →
posts to come
Very sorry this blog has been so quiet. I am deep in a very busy, very fulfilling semester. I promise to post several times in the next week. Some topics I’m working on: A review of Matt Yglesias’s The Rent … Continue reading →
data presentation
This is the sort of thing that I should learn to just keep to myself, but here goes. The just-released issue of Research in the Teaching of English (46.3) has a study I really admire, “Placement of Students into First-Year Writing Courses.” (In … Continue reading →
my piece in HuffPo on international students
A piece I wrote about international students at American universities has been published at the Huffington Post. It’s worth saying that I wrote this piece before both this story in the New York Times and the horribly bigoted Pete Hoekstra … Continue reading →
welcome
So what’s going on here? I’m not 100% sure, really. I’ve been dissatisfied with my usual blogging life for awhile. I don’t blame anyone else for this dissatisfaction, but neither due I apologize for some of the choices that I’ve … Continue reading →
