Teach Effectively!

So, I was poking around the Internet, working on background for a presentation and paper on the meaning of the adjectival phrase “evidence-based,” and I stumbled upon Tracy Allison Altman’s Evidence Soup. Although it appears much broader, it shares some proclivities with Teach Effectively, so I wanted to note it here.

The array of topics Ms. Altman covers in Evidence Soup is broad. As befits the subject of her posts, there are many entries on evidence-based health care and business management. But there are also comments on the effects of star athletes on sports franchises’ bottom lines. Most importantly for our readers, there is a section on education.

Ms. Altman’s explication of her system for awarding cans of soup (equivalents used elsewhere include stars, mice, etc.) is a worthy place to start. I like the use of “show me the evidence,” a phrase that long-timesuffering readers of TE will remember me quoting from Og Lindsley in January of 2005.

Now, if I could just write with the wit and clarity that Ms. Altman’s blog displays…sigh.