In case anyone is wondering: I haven’t disappeared. My freshman seminar last semester on math, linguistics, and writing went really well, and I’m looking forward to writing an extensive reflection on what I learned from the experience. But I do…
English 125
Posts about my freshman writing course about math and linguistics. For more info see the course homepage and my blog post introducing the course.
Education, English 125, Gamut, Linguistics, Math, Writing
An Update on My Math & Linguistics Freshman Writing Course
by Rafe Kinsey •
I thought I should provide a quick update on the freshman writing course I’m teaching this fall, Language, Logic and Information: Using Mathematics to Understand Writing, Communication and Argument. (For more, take a look at the website for the course,…
Education, English 125, Gamut, Math
The Potsdam Miracle: Lessons in Revolutionizing Undergraduate Mathematics
by Rafe Kinsey •
(There’s a printer- and footnote-friendly pdf version—with links still working!—here if you prefer.) A few days ago, while browsing in the library,1 I stumbled across something pretty remarkable. John Poland, writing in 1987 about this “Modern Fairy Tale”, describes the…
Education, English 125, Gamut, Linguistics, Math
Math, Writing, and the World: The Freshman Writing Course I’m Teaching in the Fall
by Rafe Kinsey •
(There’s a printer- and footnote-friendly pdf version—with links still working!—here if you prefer.) This fall, I’m teaching a freshman writing course at the University of Michigan.1 I’ll be writing a lot about this course and related topics over the coming…
English 125, Gamut, Linguistics
John McPhee and the Irregular Restrictive Which
by Rafe Kinsey •
It’s been a busy few weeks with research and the end of the semester. I promise I’ll get to writing substantive posts very soon. In the interim, I’d like to express my incredulity at John McPhee’s ignorance of the “irregular…