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Dr. Keller received her Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 1992.
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The day after Judgement Day
Yesterday the world was supposed to end. It was, according to Harold Camping and his followers, “Judgement Day.” However, no massive earthquakes rocked the world and as far as I can tell no faithful Christians have been raptured.
Read the rest of this entryJust the facts please
About twelve years ago I sat down to write a science curriculum. I was homeschooling my children and wanted to teach them science. At that time I was working on a post-doctoral project in molecular biology and fell in love with molecular machines. Molecular machines were a “new” concept in biology, and having received my Ph.D. in biophysics a few years earlier, the idea captivated me. I was mesmerized by the work of Michael O’Donnell and the transcription machinery his lab was just beginning to discover 1.
Read the rest of this entryCritical Thinking & Absolute Truth
Last Friday while attending our local homeschool conference, I gave a talk on critical thinking for children. Critical thinking tends to be an educational “buzz word” that means many things to many people. The most common approach to teaching critical thinking is to use a “critical thinking book” full of puzzles and games. However, the main thesis of my lecture was to point out that critical thinking is actually a process. If you teach your child this process, you will have taught them critical thinking even if you never “solve the puzzle.”
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