Case of the Stunted Puppies

A 4 year old rat terrier bitch had a litter of pups and 3 were stunted in growth and quite developmentally delayed. The pups were much smaller than "normal" littermates (see Photo 1). They also were difficult to house...More

Case of the Stunted Puppies

A 4 year old rat terrier bitch had a litter of pups and 3 were stunted in growth and quite developmentally delayed. The pups were much smaller than "normal" littermates (see Photo 1). They also were difficult to house...More

The Thyroid Gland:

The thyroid gland is a fascinating organ and has very important and integrated physiological effects on cells and tissues within the body. The following short TED Ed animated video will get you started on your journey towards und...More

Historically, educational assessments have mostly been summative. Their orientation has been retrospective and judgmental. This is assessment of learning. Formative assessment, by contrast, is assessment for learning. It happens during the learning...More

Item-based, standardized tests have epistemological and social bases

Their epistemological basis is an assumption that there can be right and wrong answers to the things that matter in a discipline (facts, definitions, numerical answers to prob...More

This first theory update focuses on what is frequently called 'participatory media' - the traditional print encyclopedia versus Wikipedia, mass media versus social media, broadcast television versus YouTube, top 40 radio versus SoundCloud or Spotify...More

Learning Intention: To understand how to use the Annotations tool in Scholar

When you are reviewing another student's work, Scholarallows you to make annotations, which are comments that are tied to a particular word or groups of words in a te...More

Learning Intention: To identify what is helpful or constructive feedback when writing reviews

There are three kinds feedback you can give, but only one kind is really helpful:

1. Unhelpful: Critical feedback, which says things are wrong with...More

Learning Intention: To understand how to work in Community

Community is a social media space within Scholarwith some important differences - in fact, we call this a 'social knowledge' technology because it is designed for knowledge interaction...More

Learning Intention: To understand the phases of draft, feedback, revision and publication in Creator in Scholar

In Scholar, you go through the following writing phases:

1. Draft: This is where you write the first draft of your work

2. Feed.....More