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James M. Clark
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Jim, does your university include pluses and minuses with final
grades? I have wondered if that reduces the begging when one is close
to the next highe
At 11:35 PM -0500 12/26/06, Michael Sylvester wrote:
Just wondering if Skinner's construction of an air crib to shelter
his daughter would nowadays generate a call
to social workers?
Why should it?
Of course, anyone can make a call
--
The best argument against intelligent design is that p
Just wondering if Skinner's construction of an air crib to shelter his daughter
would nowadays generate a call
to social workers?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Scantron has a 2-part classroom management system called Par-Test and
Par-Score. Perhaps that's what you're writing about?
It has an optical reader that's tied to a computer system with these 2
programs. The students are tracked by number. The test answer sheet can, if you
use the proper form,
I have had students ask me to give them "just seven points" to
raise them to the next highest grade.
Jim, does your university include pluses and minuses with final
grades? I have wondered if that reduces the begging when one is close
to the next higher grade. When 69.4 is a C+ a
Chris Green writes:
> I don't understand what Allen doesn't understand.
> It appears that Freud signed the book as he did to give
> the impression (to the hotel clerk) that his sister-in-law
> was his wife.
I entirely agree with Chris!
While Chris was posting his message, I was composing the mes
I don't understand what Allen doesn't understand. It appears that Freud
signed the book as he did to give the impression (to the hotel clerk)
that his sister-in-law was his wife.
Regards,
Chris Green
Allen Esterson wrote:
On 26 December 2006 Stephen wrote [snip], quoting the Blu
Greetings!
Our university recently finished construction on a "large classroom" building.
I will be teaching there next semester, and will be giving scantron tests. I
think I have heard of a system where the students' scantrons can be encoded
with a personal identification number so that the gra
Jim, et. al
I was not referring to grade differences of less than a point. My grade
determining program also rounds up. I was referring to the "Give me a highere
grade because I want it", and "extra work for higher grades" requests.
Richard Pisacreta, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Ferris State
On 26 December 2006 Stephen wrote [snip], quoting the Blumenthal article
in the NY Times:
> "Did he have an affair with his wife's younger sister, Minna Bernays?".
Re-checking, I think it is possible that I erred here! (I'll have to check
this out with my colleagues involved with this material.)
Hi
I did not realize that my giving someone with a final mark of 69.2 or
69.4 ( C+) a 70 (B, which someone with 69.5 would get because of
rounding) would be interpreted by anyone as equivalent to the complete
elimination of tests and standards. That certainly wasn't an obvious (to
me, anyway) impl
Robin, let me take the first. I usually tell a student a story:
A foreman tells a worker to dig a trench six feet long and six inches deep in
preparation
for laying a foundation for a building that's going to be poured in two hours.
The
foreman returns in ninety minutes to find a trench dug
Tollefsrud, Linda wrote:
So . . . if sharing the same room is evidence that they were having sex, can we
also assume that, if they had not shared a room, it would prove that they were
not having an affair?
This is another example of the observation that absence of evidence is
not evidence of
So . . . if sharing the same room is evidence that they were having sex, can we
also assume that, if they had not shared a room, it would prove that they were
not having an affair?
Linda Tollefsrud
Professor of Psychology
University of Wisconsin - Barron County
1800 College Drive
Rice Lake, WI
On 26 Dec 2006 at 11:04, Allen Esterson wrote, concerning the hoo-hah
over the discovery of an entry by Freud in a hotel guest book in 1898:
> On 25 December the letter copied below (below my name) was published in
> the NY Times. Spot the crucial mistake. There is a clue at the end of
> the secon
On 24 December 2006 Stephen Black invited TIPSters to read:
> http://tinyurl.com/y9czm6
>
> Ralph Blumenthal: "Hotel Log Hints at Illicit Desire That Dr. Freud
> Didn't Repress", NY Times Dec 24/06
On 25 December the letter copied below (below my name) was published in
the NY Times. Spot the cru
In responses to my original post, others have made excellent points about
rounding errors, unreliable measurement, mistakes in grading, etc., all of
which I have considered over the years. But I thought I'd better clarify
something about my original message: the students had no complaint about
I would offer her the opportunity to come to my office, go over the
exam, and point out where she thought I had made an error in grading.
This puts the ball back in her court, so to speak.
I did make an error in grading -- years ago. The student felt confident
that she had earned an "A" on the fi
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