I've followed the discussion with much interest. The College Board is going
to conduct an audit of all AP courses this year. All teachers of such
courses will have to go through a laborious process of submitting detailed
information about their courses. Only courses that are approved will
Hi
One quick comment on my posting ... a problem with any such comparison
as the following is that 2-year grads have had only 2 years of
post-secondary education and 4-year grads have had 4 years of
post-secondary education. Rather important confound! What we need are
performance indicators for
Hi
First, let's remember that comparisons of differences between
populations (e.g., community colleges vs. universities) are statements
about average differences and not statements about every member of each
population. That is, the claim that universities on average provide
better (or worse) edu
Hi Robin:
I had a student this semester whose writing, right from day one,
raised red flags for me. I contacted our disability services folks on
day two. It did turn out that this student (a) although caucasian was
born and raised in japan and had never spoken any English until a
couple o
Robin- You asked, "One is a situation we've discussed before--a student who
defends his or her paper on the ground that "I worked so hard." The thing is,
in this case, the student DID work very hard. That work simply wasn't reflected
in the quality of the final product. What do you say to that?"
Always painful, Robin.
One thing that I have concluded after many angst-ridden hours, is that these
students have a pretty good idea that their work is not up to snuff. And
interestingly, the only ones that I recall actually challenging their grades
were the ones who obviously didn't try. T
Jim,
I believe what you're stating regarding the disparity between what the
State University expects in their 100 and 200 level classes but I find
this quite disturbing. However, upon reflection, I have no right to be
surprised as I recall very clearly how the courses my former husband took
at Kn
Ha, now I know why I once had this conversation with a student. She presented
this in all seriousness...
Student: You're one of the best teachers, so it doesn't make sense for you to
give me an F on this paper
Me: huh?
Student: You see, grades reflect a teacher's ability. You're really being har
TIPSters--
So, the class I'm teaching this semester got their final papers back today, and
needless to say it did not go well for everyone. This is a senior-level class
for majors--experimental psychology.
I'm wondering how TIPSters deal with two situations in particular that came up.
One is
At 03:37 PM 12/19/2006, you wrote:
Are we trying to be amusing here? I find this so bizarre. Yes, Oakton
Community College is obliged to accept all comers. Thus, we also offer
tons of tutoring support, require every student to take placement tests in
math, reading and writing so they are place
On Dec 19, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote:
Are we trying to be amusing here?
I don't know about you, but I was being ironic, which is not
necessarily the same as funny.
So how does this necessarily imply that they will "advance all
the way through the lower-division course work be
That's wonderful. I'll have to remember that. It's teaching that creates the
grade!! An interesting thought in light of the recent response from someone on
TIPS (Annette?) who said that when students email asking what their grade is
"so far," it just reflects the idea that students don't thin
Of course the students come in with different skills. I teach summers at
Oakton Community College when we get lots of transfers and it is very
apparent that their skill levels are considerably higher. But I do not
(repeat DO NOT) alter my expectations and assignments from my "regular"
winter/spri
A number of years ago, a particular department at our institution that was
cited for giving many more A's than any other defended itself by claiming the
large number of A's was evidence that they taught their subject better than
anyone else on campus.
Bill Scott
>>> "FRANTZ, SUE" <[EMAIL PROTE
Are we trying to be amusing here? I find this so bizarre. Yes, Oakton
Community College is obliged to accept all comers. Thus, we also offer
tons of tutoring support, require every student to take placement tests in
math, reading and writing so they are placed according, and have smaller
classes
Since this is a common problem I will answer Bob's question publically since
others may encounter the problem.
As Bob stated, he is a long time member of TIPS. This is relevant because it
increases the chances that his email address may have been changed often by the
place of employment when
Here, there is a faculty member in an unnamed physical science who insists that
a 1.7 in his class is equal to a 2.0 (or so) in any other class because his
physical science class is more demanding. Or at least I think that's his
argument.
Is it any wonder that the accrediting bodies would l
FWIW, I don't bother with the "clicker questions" provided by publishers. The
questions need to directly tie into what I'm covering -- not someone's guess
about what I might be covering.
The clicker system I use fits well with my teaching style. I can pre-program
questions into my powerp
Hi all!
OK, so now the conversation has shifted to the dimension of
"admissions criteria" and the claim has become: "courses offered at
schools with more rigorous admissions criteria are more demanding
academically than the (supposedly) same courses offered at schools
with less rigorous a
I thought I was a member of TIPS for quite sometime but just had a message
rejected for lack of membership.
"Sorry, but Lyris ListManager did not find your email address
-> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
listed as a member of tips.
Only members of tips are allowed to contribute messages.
Because Lyris Lis
Well, we'd certainly see a lot less corn syrup in products.
And that, I think, might not be such a bad thing...
m
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It probably helps that corn isn't $174.00 an ounce (imagine if it was).
Rick
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Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent ma
I crafted a similar response and indeed share all of your views,
including those on the complexity and those on the differential
quality of students in different institutions.
(and I was just about to send it when my hard drive crashed...)
Annette
Quoting "Pollak, Edward " <[EMAIL PROTE
let me offer one more bit of encouragement to keep nudging that
glacier! Although I'm not using such a system if I were just a tad
younger I'd have been the first person on it. I have seen some amazing
classroom demonstrations that really involve the students. Having said
that, the research
I thought this was old news.I've been hearing this since the 70's.
Annette
Quoting Robin Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Freudian slip, Christopher; I think you mean "mainstream."
And it was on the top five news items on Yahoo, if that counts for anything.
"Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PR
Greeting from San Francisco where Susan and I are spoiling our
grand-kids rotten. Before all of you get into and continue this "in my
opinion" discussion, I would strongly suggest everyone first watch PBS'
"Declining By Degrees."
Louis
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No they were not typical CC students. These were exceptional students who I
would guess have a high g especially as related to their fellow CC students.
My point is to counter the point made that students transferring from CC to
4 year institutions are somehow at a disadvantage. The evidence I have
At 10:34 AM -0500 12/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I will be the first to agree with the obvious; that student populations
are quite a bit different across institutions. For example, I have
students in my classes at a community college that are clearly mentally
retarded and I donít believe that
At 3:05 PM -0600 12/18/06, Rick Froman wrote:
Do you mean is the excellence of the lower division gen ed courses
at Land-Grant Research U (LGRU) taught by grad TAs whose first
language may not be English and whose commitment to teaching rests
entirely on the meager paycheck they are earning for
It was written:
"But the SAT differences tell you that the academic skills levels are
different. So you must change your teaching technique to adapt to these
differences. All of us must adapt our techniques to fit our student population."
The SATs tell you for sure that the socio-economic s
I will be the first to agree with the obvious; that student populations
are quite a bit different across institutions. For example, I have
students in my classes at a community college that are clearly mentally
retarded and I dont believe that is likely at higher tier institutions.
However, the e
Jeffry Ricker (dripping with considerable sarcasm) wrote:
"Of course, one must agree that it is "patently silly" to think that a
superior grade at Northwest Podunk Community College or Dung Beetle
Community College is similar to a superior grade at Appalachian State
University or West Cheste
Hi Jeff and other CC faculty:
I didn't say, or mean to imply, that CC faculty could not be excellent
instructors. I didn't say, or mean to imply, that CC faculty could not
have high standards. I didn't say, or mean to imply, that a UNC-CH
instructor was "good" and a CC instructor was "bad."
Dear Rainier,
There were a few papers presented at poster sessions at NITOP last January that
showed no difference in student learning between clicker and non-clicker
classrooms. In at least two of those papers the measures were summative
assessment.
However, a close read of the clicker-provide
Dear Tipsters,
thanks to all who responded to my question about how to spend funds for
improvement of teaching.
As promised, here is a compilation of the answers:
Miguel Roig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) suggested to have a look at "the
student response system (SRS), which allows instructors to record s
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