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Writings & Papers

These writings are a mix of papers and reflections I wrote in graduate school, plus some random bits from here and there. If you see an idea you like, contact me, let's talk.

Chemistry Content Integration Project - Inquiry in the Chemistry Classroom
The objective of this project wass to demonstrate that the chemistry content from my graduate organic chemistry courses was being integrated into my chemistry classroom. Much of this remains applicable in my current classes.

Leadership for Shaping Positive Culture and Ensuring High Levels of Student Engagement
This is a slightly modified version of my Spring 2010 Capstone from the my leadership program at the University of Pennsylvania. Easier for you to read it than for me to try to summarize it.

Can A Leader Pass on His Own Changes in Perception?
This a is a short paper I wrote while in graduate school about my shift in perception about the role of the arts in education. I framed the paper around the book Mindset by Carol Dweck.

Solving Word Problems
I wrote this resource paper for my chemistry students after reading some compelling statistics about the fact that reading comprehension is one of the largest setbacks when it comes to standardized testing, not just in language arts testing but in all subject areas. In my experience, decoding word problems is an ongoing challenge for even the brightest of students. The ideas in this paper aren't particularly profound, but as I frequently say, they are all in one place, and that maks it easier for you. My context was chemistry, but the rules are equally applicable just about anywhere. Includes a downloadable version.