The Classroom Experiment: A Progress Report

Well, it’s been three months since I gave up the life of a work-from-home education researcher and began the life of a 7th grade science teacher. This post is an update on how it’s going.

The best part about being a teacher compared to being a researcher is the turnaround time between having an idea and testing it. To paraphrase Lewis Carroll, why, sometimes I’ll test six educational theories before lunch!

This has let me iterate on every aspect of my teaching at lighting speed. I keep the things that work, figure out where they…