Paul Pearson, PhD

Associate Professor of Math @HopeCollege
Hate has no place here. Racist, transphobic, homophobic, etc., people please do not follow me.

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@tcpattenden Although we don't have a permanent position right now, but we are hiring at Hope College (Holland, Michigan) and it's renewable!

https://t.co/Y1wfaLq05N..

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@theonlymolnar @divbyzero Test for monkey saddles:

Step 1: Obtain a small monkey

Step 2: 3d print the surface

Step 3: Get monkey to sit on 3d printed surface

Step 4: Record success or failure of monkey

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@theonlymolnar @divbyzero This gives you an excuse to do them again!

[Tim Royers @MW_Royers]

Okay, I think it's important we push back on this regular talking point and show why the "funds should follow students, not schools" line sounds reasonable to those uninformed on education policy, but is actually fundamentally flawed (1/16)

[Chad Livengood @ChadLivengood]

Former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party @MeshawnMaddock uses a homophobic slur against Oakland County Executive @davidwcoulter and state Rep. Jason Morgan, openly gay public officials.

Her husband, @matthewmaddock, serves in the state House with Morgan.

[Dave Richeson @divbyzero]

So... my son nerd sniped me! He saw a video on the Fold-and-Cut Theorem by @tweetsauce and said I should figure out how to fold a piece of paper to cut out the hat and spectre tiles with one cut. Mission accomplished! This blog post has downloadable PDFs: https://t.co/K42QCs16Dl

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

What matters isn’t how well a teacher holds students’ attention; it's whether a teacher knows enough about how learning happens to stop being the center of attention.

Or, as @ddmeyer puts it, great teachers are characterized less by being interesting than by being interested.

[Hope College @HopeCollege]

Chemistry Professor Dr. Kenneth Brown has been recognized by the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science for his vigorous research programs, mentorships, and experiences offered to undergraduate students. https://t.co/PW34bdZNaO

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@derrick_obiri @spinemetz @CleClinicNS Congratulations, Derrick! Thanks for dreaming big, taking big chances, and all of your hard work! You're going to continue to do great things.

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

For sale last week in Congress: the pristine Boundary Waters.

The buyer? A foreign mining company.

House Republicans passed a bill overturning a ban on mining near this fragile ecosystem. I led @HouseDemocrats’ opposition to this dangerous handout to polluters.

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@techknowmath I don't understand why Google Slides doesn't have Jamboard functionality built in. A Jamboard is a transparent image layer that holds handwriting and drawing, right? How hard could it be to add that to Slides?

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@jaysondibble ABG: All But Grading

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@mathillustrated "Students need lots of problems to solve so they can get to the point of being able to do the math without thinking. This helps them to solve harder problems that contain this math in the future."

"do the math without thinking"

"without thinking"

Hmmm...

[Brent Krueger (he/him/his) @bk_biophysics]

Well-written article on drinking water filtration by Sandy Ong. Happy to be able to provide useful information.
https://t.co/JxueDKPQgm

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

What if our work was judged not by the answers they give but by the questions they ask?

Questions are the means of learning connections.

Answers (as we've taught) are (too often) the ends of grading transactions.

Is learning the goal?

Asking for the kids.
#Project180

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@techknowmath Thanks!

[Governor Gretchen Whitmer @GovWhitmer]

There's an extreme lawsuit put forward seeking to overturn Prop 3. If this lawsuit is successful, women across Michigan could lose protections for IVF, contraception, prenatal care, and abortion care. Not on my watch.

Today, I'm filing a motion to protect reproductive freedom.

[Paul Pearson, PhD @paultpearson]

@RobertTalbert Maybe AI wrote that?

[Alyssa Cheadle, PhD @CheadlePsych]

It's happening! With my collaborator @RobbyHenry_PhD, we are taking 6 @HopeCollege students to the @MidwesternPsych meeting this year! Donate today to help us support student research! https://t.co/DAPQgAYAum