[tips] Video for viewing on final exam day
Which is today, for me. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6436673/ Cheers, [cid:image001.jpg@01CB12B4.8B75D680] Karl L. Wuensch, Professor and ECU Scholar/Teacher, Dept. of Psychology East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353, USA, Earthhttp://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/Earth.htm Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 wuens...@ecu.edumailto:wuens...@ecu.edu http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3239 or send a blank email to leave-3239-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.eduinline: image001.jpg
Re: [tips] law school grade inflation
I noticed a distinct lack of any moral concernbut perhaps that's just indicative of the moral bankruptcy of civilized society. --Mike On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Horton, Joseph J. jjhor...@gcc.edu wrote: Perhaps we can eliminate the ruse and have students pay tuition based on the GPA they would like to receive. Joe One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it's not because they are all working harder. The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market. http://www.cnbc.com/id/37846949 Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3223 or send a blank email to leave-3223-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3242 or send a blank email to leave-3242-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] What a waste
One of my students pointed this show out to me and wondered if others are equally disturbed by it. I am--it seems obscene in terms of waste. Do people really like watching this kind of thing? http://abc.go.com/shows/downfall Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3250 or send a blank email to leave-3250-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.eduwinmail.dat
Re: [tips] News: Seed of Doubt - Inside Higher Ed
Hi Did the Maki's look at attrition? One thing that struck me about the meta-analysis questioned by the researchers Chris pointed us to was that many, many of the studies included in the meta-analysis showing no difference between online and class had UNKNOWN in the attrition column. Yet one central question about on-line vs class has been differential attrition, perhaps especially for weaker students. Attrition of course impacts performance. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Claudia Stanny csta...@uwf.edu 22-Jun-10 9:31:17 AM Wish they'd look at the meta-analysis by Ruth and Bill Maki on online courses (chapter in the Handbook of Applied Cognition edited by F. T. Durso, 2007). It's the merit of the pedagogy used, not the technology through which it is delivered. (In spite of Marshall McLuhans assertion that the medium is the message.) Passive lectures have the same impact on learning, whether delivered online or face-to-face. What a surprise. Maki and Maki review 40 years of research that shows this over and over again. Never let data get in the way of a firmly held belief . . . and we wring our had about the lack of critical thinking skills in our students! Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 * 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.cawrote: Ah, the lure of conducting bad research (about the value of on-line education, in this case) in the service of a pre-ordained conclusion. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/22/online Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3216 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3216-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9n=Tl=tipso=3218 or send a blank email to leave-3218-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3251 or send a blank email to leave-3251-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What a waste
Well, at least 5 million of them do. http://headlineplanet.com/home/2010/06/23/abcs-downfall-starts-soft-in-ratings-after-wipeout/ Chris Green York U. Toronto === DeVolder Carol L wrote: One of my students pointed this show out to me and wondered if others are equally disturbed by it. I am--it seems obscene in terms of waste. Do people really like watching this kind of thing? http://abc.go.com/shows/downfall Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3252 or send a blank email to leave-3252-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] News: Seed of Doubt - Inside Higher Ed
Just did a quick scan of the Maki Maki chapter and don't find any discussion of attrition. That would have been a good addition, given that attrition can be a serious problem in some online courses (mostly poorly designed ones). Not all online courses have high attrition rates. Measures included a variety of direct measures of student learning and reports of student satisfaction. In some cases, Maki Maki discuss data from multiple large meta-analyses (meta-meta-analysis?), so getting at underlying designs and measures is difficult. The most interesting data in this chapter are related to the analysis of method of delivery by evidence of types of pedagogy used. Studies that generated significant differences between methods of delivery (sometimes f2f better, sometimes online better), often had confounds between mode of delivery and pedagogy used. The deciding factor appears to be pedagogy: the superior mode of instruction was the one that also used active learning strategies that promoted student engagement and deep learning. If the online course was structured to engage students with frequent assignments, course interaction, etc. and the comparison was a standard lecture plus exams, the online course produced better learning. If the online course was a plug-and-chug/narrated power points and online quizzes and the f2f included active learning components, the f2f course came out on top. When the pedagogies were equivalent, the studies often reported the ubiquitious no difference finding. Bottom line, technology is a tool that can be used well or poorly. The tecnology might be an online course management system, power point, clickers, chalk, whatever. The skill of the instructor in designing an engaging course with the technology selected determines the quality of learning produced. Some things can never be taught on line (throwing pottery online - I don't think so). These things can't be taught in a traditional lecture either. I'm willing to entertain the possibility that some things can be taught equally well in both domains and I can imagine situations in which the online format provides tools and techniques that work better than traditional classroom experiences. This is one reason why I'm excited about hybrid courses and online supplements for my f2f courses - gives me access to all the tools to fit my various purposes. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Did the Maki's look at attrition? One thing that struck me about the meta-analysis questioned by the researchers Chris pointed us to was that many, many of the studies included in the meta-analysis showing no difference between online and class had UNKNOWN in the attrition column. Yet one central question about on-line vs class has been differential attrition, perhaps especially for weaker students. Attrition of course impacts performance. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Claudia Stanny csta...@uwf.edu 22-Jun-10 9:31:17 AM Wish they'd look at the meta-analysis by Ruth and Bill Maki on online courses (chapter in the Handbook of Applied Cognition edited by F. T. Durso, 2007). It's the merit of the pedagogy used, not the technology through which it is delivered. (In spite of Marshall McLuhans assertion that the medium is the message.) Passive lectures have the same impact on learning, whether delivered online or face-to-face. What a surprise. Maki and Maki review 40 years of research that shows this over and over again. Never let data get in the way of a firmly held belief . . . and we wring our had about the lack of critical thinking skills in our students! Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 * 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.cawrote: Ah, the lure of conducting bad research (about the value of on-line education, in this case) in the service of a pre-ordained conclusion. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/22/online Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ==
Re: [tips] Video for viewing on final exam day
Anybody know what those hand gestures at the end mean? Can these be provided in an e-mail without invoking the action of some offensive-language filter? :-) Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Wuensch, Karl L wuens...@ecu.edu wrote: Which is today, for me. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6436673/ Cheers, -- * * *[image: One_line_logotype_fs]* Karl L. Wuensch, Professor and ECU Scholar/Teacher, Dept. of Psychology East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353, USA, Earthhttp://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/Earth.htm Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 wuens...@ecu.edu http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3239 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3239-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3257 or send a blank email to leave-3257-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.eduimage001.jpg
Re: [tips] Video for viewing on final exam day
Hi Claudia- If you're refering to the prof raising her thumb and forefinger to her forhead that symbolizes an L which stands for Loser. Hope that helps, -Don. - Original Message - From: Claudia Stanny csta...@uwf.edu Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:14 am Subject: Re: [tips] Video for viewing on final exam day To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Anybody know what those hand gestures at the end mean? Can these be provided in an e-mail without invoking the action of some offensive-language filter? :-) Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Wuensch, Karl L wuens...@ecu.edu wrote: Which is today, for me. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6436673/ Cheers, -- * * *[image: One_line_logotype_fs]* Karl L. Wuensch, Professor and ECU Scholar/Teacher, Dept. of Psychology East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858- 4353, USA, Earthhttp://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/Earth.htm Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 wuens...@ecu.edu http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3239 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3239- 13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18n=Tl=tipso=3257or send a blank email to leave-3257-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3259 or send a blank email to leave-3259-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Intranet for students?
Late to the conversation but Drupal is an ideal solution. There is a Drupal distribution called Open Atrium that is an internet. http://openatrium.com/ =David Wheeler, Ph.D. Robert Morris University Phone: 2135-DrPsyc On 4/16/10 12:36 PM, Peterson, Douglas (USD) wrote: I’m developing a course that will require extensive collaboration among students both in an out of class. What I would really like is something akin to an intranet site where students can share documents, resources, a calendar, etc. The groups will also need to keep a blog (or something like it) over the course of the project (8-12 weeks). I’ve thought about Wikis, Google Groups, Google docs but not very extensively. I’d like to be able to view the shared space to evaluate individual contributions to the group as well as track the group progress. I’m seeking suggestions for sites or software as well as ideas for tracking group progress over a longer period of time. The class overall will have 100+ assigned to 10 groups that will need to be tracked (there will be a second faculty member and a TA so the load is not all on me). Doug -- Doug Peterson, PhD Director, University Honors Associate Professor of Psychology The University of South Dakota --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3260 or send a blank email to leave-3260-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Intranet for students?
Google Wave is now open to everyone without an invitation. Best resource for learning how to use it: http://completewaveguide.com/ You can buy the book to support the author but the content online is continuously updated and free. cmp.ly/0 David Wheeler, Ph.D. Robert Morris University Phone: 2135-DrPsyc On 4/16/10 12:44 PM, Sally Walters wrote: I haven't tried it yet but isn't that what google Wave is supposed to be good for? I have an invitation if you (or anyone) needs one. Sally Walters Capilano U - Original Message - *From:* Peterson, Douglas (USD) mailto:doug.peter...@usd.edu *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) mailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu *Sent:* Friday, April 16, 2010 9:36 AM *Subject:* [tips] Intranet for students? I’m developing a course that will require extensive collaboration among students both in an out of class. What I would really like is something akin to an intranet site where students can share documents, resources, a calendar, etc. The groups will also need to keep a blog (or something like it) over the course of the project (8-12 weeks). I’ve thought about Wikis, Google Groups, Google docs but not very extensively. I’d like to be able to view the shared space to evaluate individual contributions to the group as well as track the group progress. I’m seeking suggestions for sites or software as well as ideas for tracking group progress over a longer period of time. The class overall will have 100+ assigned to 10 groups that will need to be tracked (there will be a second faculty member and a TA so the load is not all on me). Doug -- Doug Peterson, PhD Director, University Honors Associate Professor of Psychology The University of South Dakota --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: swalt...@dccnet.com mailto:swalt...@dccnet.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13530.e96560b68b0d11e80e48fb30b5f8b01dn=Tl=tipso=2040 http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13530.e96560b68b0d11e80e48fb30b5f8b01dn=Tl=tipso=2040 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2040-13530.e96560b68b0d11e80e48fb30b5f8b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu mailto:leave-2040-13530.e96560b68b0d11e80e48fb30b5f8b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: d...@relaxnow.org mailto:d...@relaxnow.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12986.97f58cc60361f36cb40942c5c9a9e029n=Tl=tipso=2041 http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12986.97f58cc60361f36cb40942c5c9a9e029n=Tl=tipso=2041 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2041-12986.97f58cc60361f36cb40942c5c9a9e...@fsulist.frostburg.edu mailto:leave-2041-12986.97f58cc60361f36cb40942c5c9a9e...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3263 or send a blank email to leave-3263-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Canadian quake?
Canadian tipsters must be reacting to TIPs missives, as we just felt a shake here in mid-Michigan. News says it's centered in Quebec and was 5.5 on Richter. I had same reaction when hearing about all that grade inflation ;-) GPeterson Saginaw Valley State Univ Gary's iPad --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3265 or send a blank email to leave-3265-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Deep in the heart of Michael
-This is an excerpt from an article that was in the Daytona news media about my island nation.I hope to have them change the capital of St.Lucia from Castries to Obama city.It seems fitting that the only island in the Caribbean that has had two nobel laureates to rename its capital for another nobel laureate. St. Lucia, a small Caribbean island about a fifth of the size of Volusia County, has the distinction of having produced two Nobel laureates. Courtney JnBaptiste, a St. Lucia native who graduated from Bethune-Cookman University on Saturday, isn't one of them. Not yet, anyway. But last summer he did research on CD44 alternative splicing in breast cancer metastasis in Nobel Prize-winner Phillip Sharp's laboratory in Cambridge, Mass. Later this summer Michael omnicentric Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3266 or send a blank email to leave-3266-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Are whites wired for cognition?
The issue of differences in the brains of white folks and other groups on the planet has been of interest to me as the the cross-cultural dude on Tips.Naturalistic observations would demonstrate that white folks are the most aggressive on the planet as it pertains to weapons of mass destruction and territorial grabs. But white folks are also the modt involved in many varieties of thought on virtually every subject.Many white folks institutional initiatives are based on thought and an ungoing thinking process. Underlying these motivations are the assumptions that the white brain is dominant in abstract cognitive functioning and that abstract cognitive functioning is the pillar that should guide all elements of political,social,and rational living.White folks appear to be more left brain dominant whereas other folks probably utilize both brain hemispheres,but left brain hemispheric functioning seem to be dominant in white folks.There is a tendency of white folks to rationalize symbols even though symbols do not have to be rational. As many physiological psychologists will attest that rationalistic left brain hemispheric dominance makes it difficult to access the right brain hemispheric domain,but being right brain functional facilitates access to the left hemisphere.This may help explain why women (who are rught brain dominant) can still cope with pain and continue her daily rational tasks. Eor more information about the white brain.let recommend a work by U of Toronto anthropolist The iceman inheritance.Interestingly enough,to many white folks cognitive rectitude is might.This has been the driving force behind the so called manifest destiny that have led to the put down of other knowledge and cultural bases as inferior to that of white folks.Ironically,white folks can feel good like James Brown,but I doubt they mean the same thing. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3267 or send a blank email to leave-3267-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Canadian quake?
Mea culpa. I just crossed the border into Quebec. How did they KNOW??? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:40 PM, peter...@svsu.edu wrote: Canadian tipsters must be reacting to TIPs missives, as we just felt a shake here in mid-Michigan. News says it's centered in Quebec and was 5.5 on Richter. I had same reaction when hearing about all that grade inflation ;-) GPeterson Saginaw Valley State Univ Gary's iPad --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72n=Tl=tipso=3265 or send a blank email to leave-3265-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3268 or send a blank email to leave-3268-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] wipeout (was what a waste: downfall)
Mentioned in that article is the show 'wipeout.' I find wipeout to be HYSTERICAL. And it's not just Jim Henson's humor/comedy. There is something hysterically funny, like ROFL funny, seeing people get smacked with soft paddles and fall in all sorts of ungainly ways from platforms and other equipment. I'm not sure what it is, but it's whatever kept slapstick attracting people for eons. Personally, I never found Soupy-Sales type slapstick to be very funny (OK, you youngsters will have to google soupy sales); but I find truly roll on the floor and laugh myself into tears and coughing fits every time I watch wipe out. Any good explanations for this? Oh, and even though it seems innocent enough, when they show the people falling in slow motion, some of the positions that the people get twisted into when falling off the big balls make my old joints and bones HURT just watching it, so it's not really a painless maneuver. OTOH it can't be too painful or people would not persist. Ah, summertime replacement programmingso stimulating for psychological thinking ;) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu From: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:19 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What a waste Well, at least 5 million of them do. http://headlineplanet.com/home/2010/06/23/abcs-downfall-starts-soft-in-ratings-after-wipeout/ Chris Green York U. Toronto === DeVolder Carol L wrote: One of my students pointed this show out to me and wondered if others are equally disturbed by it. I am--it seems obscene in terms of waste. Do people really like watching this kind of thing? http://abc.go.com/shows/downfall Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0n=Tl=tipso=3252 or send a blank email to leave-3252-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3274 or send a blank email to leave-3274-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
