Laura,
I believe that it might have actually been a blend of both questions that
were asked,
although worded slightly differently. "Is there the same
amount of water in
the two glasses, or does one have more?" It amounts to
the same thing, but
yes, wording of the question has shown to have a d
Responding to a question of Laura Valvatne concerning the
question you ask in a Piagetian conservation test, Michael Caruso
wrote:
> I always thought the question was "Do the glasses have the same amount, or
> does one have more than the other?" for the original comparison of the
> identical glas
I always thought the question was "Do the glasses have the same amount, or
does one have more than the other?" for the original comparison of the
identical glasses, and "Do the glasses still have the same amount, or does
one have more than the other?" for the comparison of the different glasses.
T
Hello,
While talking about Piaget's studies on conservation in Intro Psych today I
said, "The experimenter asks the child which one has more." One student
wanted to know if the experimenter ever asked the child the question in a
different way such as, "Is there any difference in the amount?" or "
This article appeared in the National Education Association's journal,
Thought & Action. What might be helpful to you, Joe, is its reference
section - it has 12 citings at the end of the article. Some look like
possibilities for Joe's course.
http://www.nea.org/he/heta01/w01-02p09.pdf
Beth Ben
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, tasha howe went:
> You might find this interesting for the question related to TV and
> behavior. There seem to be gender differences in its effects
Thanks for the reference; I don't have immediate access to the journal
in which it's published, but the abstract looks interes
An update to my previous message claiming Maureen Weston is the
record-holder at 19 days.
The Neuroscience for Kids website at
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tt.html
cites the Maureen Weston claim (given as 18 days) but cites a
later claim in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for Ro
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Jeff Ricker wrote:
> http://www.scientificamerican.com/askexpert/biology/biology60/
>
> How long can humans stay awake?
>
> The easy experimental answer to this question is 264 hours (about 11
> days).
Nice timing, Rick. In less than a hour I'm going to discuss this
topic in
http://www.scientificamerican.com/askexpert/biology/biology60/
How long can humans stay awake?
J. Christian Gillin, a professor of psychiatry at the University of
California, San Diego, conducts research on sleep, chronobiology and
mood disorders. He supplies the following answer.
The easy expe
Men are more likely than women to molest either boys or girls, I believe -
though I don't have the references handy - one of the greatest risk
factors for molestation withhin the homes, is for example, the presence of
a male person not biologically related to the child in question, for
exampl
I used a similar strategy with written papers - but my students hated it!
and complained bitterly.
At 10:06 AM 3/21/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I have started the practice of having students write out the correct
>answers to questions that were incorrectly answered. I have got some
>positive feed
I am not at my home computer and did not check the send to address on that note meant
only for Annette T. Apologies.
Nancy M.
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Thanks for the answer. Still hoping to catch up with you at WPA in two weeks. Stay in
touch.
Nancy M.
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Hi Nancy:
I am not a bio maven but here is an introspection: It goes along with relaxing
all the other muscles; the eyelids relaxIt just feels good, along with the
other muscles we stretch and curl around
Annette
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>
> A student posted a ques
Joe:
I keep meaning to make time to reread something I read my freshman year in
college (way back when!) and that is The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. You might
want to glance at it. I can't remember if it will help much and I have not yet
made the time.
Annette
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Nancy Melucci posted one of her challenging question to ensure we
have something to do in our free (or not-so-free) time:
>
> A student posted a question to my discussion board, essentially asking why we
> close our eyes when we sleep and what part of the brain is in charge of this.
> If any of y
At 09:00 AM 3/25/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Recently, I signed on to do some research for my college. At present I am
>analyzing existing data and will move on to a more thorough examination of
>various factors. My first findings were interesting enough that I thought to
>pass them along to TIPS.
>
You wrote
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