Thank you all for your thoughtful answers. I still haven't completely decided
what to do, but I have some good ideas now. I really appreciate all your input.
Thanks again,
Carol
Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
St. Ambrose University
518 West Lo
David, et al.,
The brain trust at Michigan DOE most likely came up with this after the
screaming stopped after the ACT/Merit scores for this year. The social studies
test scores (scanty breadth in the curriculum and no way is there any depth)
were in the dumpster overall. The memo was released t
quote:
. PLUS, never show any weakness--it
will come back to haunt you.
I totally disagree with this. The more you show that you are an ignorant person
trying desperately to understand this subject (and your methods), the better
teacher you will be.
Bill Scott
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To make changes to your s
This was in the unabomber manifesto, I think. Pretty prescient, eh?
Nobody said the guy wasn't smart.
Bill Scott
>>> "Mike Palij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/12/08 12:52 PM >>>
In an article today on the mathematical wizardy that unlies
the derivatives that have caused the recent financial unpleasant
Annette said:
I also agree with the person who said that the
students had plenty of time to take responsibility for their own learning; AND
you might start a dependency precedent. PLUS, never show any weakness--it
will come back to haunt you.
Annette-
I wonder though. I read Carol's request a
This is very close to what I have done in the past but I go through and only
give
50%--MUCH easier to calculate! And just as Joel indicated, I do it on an item
by
item basis, so that's enough punishment for any of my wrong-going.
In fact, I just did this for the 7 students out of 38 who faile
I recently gave an exam in my 300-level Brain and Behavior class, and my
students bombed it. I mean really bombed it--every last one of them. For
various reasons that don't matter, I do take the blame for it. I have been
distracted and not doing a good job of teaching the course. That doesn
Carol,
So long as your syllabus says that the students are responsible for all of the
material in the chapters in the text that are going to be covered, I agree
fully with Michael. I'm sure your students would be glad to blame it on you,
but that's a cop out.
Bob
Michael Smith wrote:
>
>I woul
Carol,
When that has happened, I printed new copies of the exam, and wrote
student's name on each. I did not give them the old exams, but I did give each
person his or her total score, written on the top of the blank exam. I told the
class that they had done very poorly, and that here was a
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Thanks
Tamara Hoffman
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From: Gerald Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008
Carol, I've given a homework assignment after this where similar material is
covered and they have to demonstrate mastery of the concepts or material. I
have also included some key issues from the first test on the second, with the
guide that those who did poorly on that first test (and thes
Carol- I teach a similar course and although it hasn't happened as yet to the
class as a whole, I have had several students "bomb it" on the first exam. I
don't think it means the same thing as in your case as you seem to be accepting
a lot of the responsibility. (Pinel's coloring book has been
I would move on. They are responsible for their own learning. Presumably, they
could have asked questions if they were having trouble. I think bending over
backwards will only reward their behavior and reinforce that there aren't
really any bad consequences if we blow this course off.
I would
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, DeVolder Carol L went:
I recently gave an exam in my 300-level Brain and Behavior class,
and my students bombed it. I mean really bombed it--every last one
of them. For various reasons that don't matter, I do take the blame
for it. I have been distracted and not doing a goo
But isn't it part of the idea of a professional (and especially academics
perhaps) that such self-examination is instigated and maintained by oneself?
That 'official' prompting and the endless reporting is unnecessary.
Isn't it just a bit too much to add some more burden to faculty just so that
I recently gave an exam in my 300-level Brain and Behavior class, and my
students bombed it. I mean really bombed it--every last one of them. For
various reasons that don't matter, I do take the blame for it. I have been
distracted and not doing a good job of teaching the course. That doesn't ex
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Palij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
Cc: "Mike Palij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:40 AM
Subject: Re:[tips] Old news is new again
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:16 -0500, Rick Froman wrote:
In an article today on the mathematical wizardy that unlies
the derivatives that have caused the recent financial unpleasantness
and their opaqueness to almost everyone who isn't a math
wizard, the following quote was provided because it is an
analogy to the electronic trading that appears to have
About fifteen years ago, the Georgia legislature decreed that every
tenured
professor had to go through a post-tenure review process and would go through
such a
process every five years henceforth. It was not greeted with hosannas by
faculties in the
University of Georgia System."Br
For those that have the time and inclination, the document linked
to below may provide some insights into the current economic
situation with potential relevance for the teaching of psychology
(e.g., the evaluation of risk).
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/WallMoneyOct08.pdf
It is a
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:16 -0500, Rick Froman wrote:
> I assumed the reference was to the belief perseverance effect.
>According to a recent abstract, "Belief perseverance--the tendency
>to make use of invalidated information--is one of social psychology's
>most reliable phenomena".
>
> Guent
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