Responding to Linda Walsh's question about ADHD video:
the Russell Barkley video may be the one you're referring to, but if you
have the World of Abnormal Psychology series there's a 10 minute segment on
ADHD featuring the UMass Med Center clinic and they discuss the token
economy without
Dear TIPsters:
since I began teaching 10 years ago I have always done cumulative finals.
Some other instructors seem to think this is cruel of me, but I have always
figured if students couldn't remember the basics for a couple of months
they'd never remember if in the long term. I don't ask
Craig,
I think it is much less common than it should be. I agree that they are a
good indicators of higher retention levels. I am planning on implementing
cumulative finals in my courses next semester, after having recently
evaluated our senior's performance on some practice GRE subject tests in
At 7:17 AM -0500 12/7/01, Rob Flint wrote:
I think it is much less common than it should be. I agree that they are a
good indicators of higher retention levels. I am planning on implementing
cumulative finals in my courses next semester, after having recently
evaluated our senior's performance
I have cumulative finals in 2 courses - intro to psych and history. The
intro course is not a test, rather a question that they get asking them to
integrate ideas they have learned over the semester. The history test is
cumulative - but the students work in groups. This term, for the first
Dear Tipsters,
Quoting Cowden, Craig R. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear TIPsters:
since I began teaching 10 years ago I have always done cumulative finals.
Some other instructors seem to think this is cruel of me, but I have always
figured if students couldn't remember the basics for a couple of
Does anyone know of research on the value of cumulative finals? I remember
them being a very good learning experience for me but I have learned that
what was good for me isn't always a good measure of what is truly valuable
for the typical student.
Bob
Bob Grossman
Professor of Psychology
i don't give cumulative finals because there is way too much material to
cover in classes like intro. psych. there are implicit ideas that are cumulative,
such as the diathesis-stress approach, behavior modification, the effects
of stress, etc. where they need to carry forth important ideas
On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 07:05:06 -0500 Cowden, Craig R.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How common is it to use cumulative finals?
I have cumulative finals in all my classes. I do this as a
means to have my students work on synthesizing the material
covered in the course.
Ken
Don't forget Bertrand Russell (sp)
Btw,my suggestion for Peace :Abolish Religion
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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I do not give cumulative finals in my Biopsych and Drugs courses, but do in
Intro to Psych. But I do it in a way that seems to ease student anxieties - I
take about 45 questions directly off our earlier exams - exams which have been
returned to the students. I'm hoping the continued distributed
Thanks to those of you who offered the names of ADHD/token economy videos. I
did finally locate the clip I was thinking of - it was on Disk 1 of the 2
West Publishing laserdisks that they provided with Intro to Psych text
orders
Linda Walsh
University of Northern Iowa
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Linda Walsh wrote:
Help! My collection of videoclips has finally gotten the best of me. I promised
a student making a presentation a videoclip showing the use of reinforcement
principles in a special ed classroom for kids for ADHD. The kids are awarded
points for a set
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Tim Gaines wrote:
Cumulative finals are required at my school. All of my finals as
an undergraduate were cumulative. It's the only thing I've known!
Tim
WoW! Is there academic freedom at that School?
Do they require students take a course in
I'm confident that those interested in the Mozart Effect will be interested
in:
Smart Music: An investigation into the cognitive effects of exposure
to fine violin music, by Brian Dade and Noem Ort, reprinted from
Annals of Science, Vol 16, No 2, 1992
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem.
As of this date the loan has not been repaid.
Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my money back?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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In a message dated 12/7/2001 6:52:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem.
As of this date the loan has not been repaid.
Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my money back?
This seems like
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Rick Stevens wrote:
I'm confident that those interested in the Mozart Effect will be
interested in:
Smart Music: An investigation into the cognitive effects of exposure to
fine violin music, by Brian Dade and Noem Ort, reprinted from Annals of
Science, Vol 16, No 2,
At 08:57 AM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
I'd think about sticking a fork in my toaster while standing in the
bathtub instead. What do you think would happen if you tried that?
Alternatively, you might tie a bedsheet around your shoulders and
ankles and jump off the roof to see if
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Stephen W Tuholski wrote:
I don't know why I respond, but...
. And, not to be sexist, the co-eds are pretty nice
to look at. If you were a h.s. football player that had the opportunity to
go to Florida St. or Wyoming, which would you pick?
Based on my
What does the loan have to do with the student's performance in your class?
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
Oswego, NY 13126Voice: (315) 312 3474
Allow me to take this opportunity to wish all tipsters Happy Holidays.
I am thinking of going to the safest place to be these days:Cuba.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Michael Sylvester wrote:
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem.
As of this date the loan has not been repaid.
Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my money back?
No.
Make it a good day.
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Gary Klatsky wrote:
What does the loan have to do with the student's performance in your class?
He has not showed up for class and I suspect he is afraid that I am going
to ask him for my money.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Hi everyone:
My finals for lower level courses are not cumulative, but just another
exam. For some of my upper level courses my finals are cumulative and
require students to write essays that integrate the general themes or
principles that we have covered throughout the semester. I am less
I am interested in learning how to use concept mapping as a teaching tool,
specifically in teaching theories of personality. Have any of you used
concept mapping with your students? If so, what advice can you offer? How
does one teach students the technique? I would be grateful for
At 10:18 AM -0500 12/7/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
Allow me to take this opportunity to wish all tipsters Happy Holidays.
I am thinking of going to the safest place to be these days:Cuba.
Unless. of course, you advocate a change in their government ;-) |...
* PAUL K. BRANDON
At 9:52 AM -0500 12/7/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem.
As of this date the loan has not been repaid.
Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my money back?
No.
Mark the $100 up to education (yours).
* PAUL K.
Re studentloan: No. Has nothing to do with performance in the class.
-Original Message-
From: Gary Klatsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:15 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: student's loan
What does the loan have to do with the
why don't you have her contact my student, Ellen Furlong: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
She is a junior who is interested in the same field and has already studied at
the Yerkes Primate Lab with DeWaal and has done some amazing independent
research, is planning to go to graduate school, has worked at several
Everybody knows that left handedness is the result of poor toilet training.
Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology,
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI 49307
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Paul Smith went:
I'd think about sticking a fork in my toaster while standing in the
bathtub instead. What do you think would happen if you tried that?
Alternatively, you might tie a bedsheet around your shoulders and
ankles and jump off the roof to see if it
Sure- And the university would be justified in firing you and the student
would be justified in suing you . . . Michael- You showed poor judgement in
loaning a student money. Don't compound it. Write it off and don't repeat
it. My advice (beyond DONT DO IT) is that if you sincerely believe a
I do not usually give comprehensive finals. The main reason being that in
order to make the final (comprehensive) exam reasonable in length, I would
have to ask relatively simple questions from the material already given. I
seem to remember a study in which they gave students a comprehensive
Tipsters: our university has an excellent program about which you might
be able to spread the word. We have a John S. and James L. Knight
Minority Teaching Fellowship open for next academic year in any field
related to the liberal arts and sciences. The person must be an ethnic
minority,
I loaned a student 35 cents for a soda earlier in the semester and that
Jesus freak still hasn't paid me back. I've put a bounty out for her,
so if any of you would like to be a mercenary-for-hire, just let me
know. But give me a moment please, I'm having a moment of silence for
George Harrison
John said it best. I find I am developing more cum. finals and
thinking of other ways to build on earlier material. In our Gen psych we
are trying to build on critical thinking skills and diversity issues, and I
am finding ways to utilize these in most chapters I cover. So, it may not
exactly!
You guys...why do you even bother to bite?
Kathryn Brownson
Hope College
Holland, MI
At 02:53 PM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
I loaned a student 35 cents for a soda earlier in the semester and that
Jesus freak still hasn't paid me back. I've put a bounty out for her,
so if any of you
You guys...why do you even bother to bite?
Some days, it's lack of judgement. Today, it's comic relief! Today was
the last day of classes! Now I just have to grade all of these
papers...
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Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Kathryn-
Remember the old Doonsbury cartoon where the butterfly lands on the end of
an M-16? Life's little irony's. As to a direct answer to Why do we bite?
Please refer to the name of your college. The right side of my brain handles
cynicism and negativity. Sometime's I move to the left for a
Maybe the student considered it payment for his/her time.
If that is not the case, you should ask the Dean to reimburse you.
From: Michael Sylvester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem.
As of this date the loan has not been
Are you kidding? Look at all the great belly laughs we got out of this one!
Rod's and Mike's responses alone were good for more laughs than I've had in
ages. (way to go!) Great late-semester comic relief.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
-Original Message-
From: Dave Myers
Paul Brandon
Michael Sylvester wrote:
I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing
financial problem. As of this date the loan has not been repaid.
Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my
money back?
No.
Mark the $100 up to education (yours).
Will somebody find Mikey a job as a disk jocky on some off-shore pirate ship?
Michael Sylvester wrote:
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Stephen W Tuholski wrote:
I don't know why I respond, but...
. And, not to be sexist, the co-eds are pretty nice
to look at. If you were a h.s. football
Do you have the West Publishers' laserdisc? The clip you describe
sounds like the one on my laserdisc. It shows a classroom of students
who are third graders and is set in California.
Sandra Price, History Division
Oak Park and River Forest High School
201 N. Scoville Ave.
Oak Park, IL
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