Netherlands contact

1999-01-17 Thread FOUCHE J.B.
Dear Tipsters, I would like to make contact with universities in the Netherlands. Can anybody provide me with some names and e-mail addresses? Thank you in advance, Jan Fouche

APA centering

1999-01-17 Thread Michael LAVIN
** High Priority ** Tipsters: Page 249 4th edition "type title centered on the page" and type the authors' name one-double-spaced line below it as well as the affiliation--all horizontially and vertically centered. Michael Lavin http://www.sbu.edu/psychology/lavin/ Michael J. Lavin, Ph.D. Box

Re: Netherlands contact

1999-01-17 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, FOUCHE J.B. wrote: I would like to make contact with universities in the Netherlands. Can anybody provide me with some names and e-mail addresses? Use a www browser to access one of the many sites for university addresses around the world. Being Canadian, I tend

Exam with lifeline option

1999-01-17 Thread Michael Sylvester
I am toying with the idea of having my students take an exam with one lifline option. They will be allowed to make one phone call to a friend, relative or prof for the answer to a question that they may find very challenging. So tipsters,(except Donald McBurney)do not be surprised if one of my

Re: Exam with lifeline option

1999-01-17 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Michael Sylvester wrote: I am toying with the idea of having my students take an exam with one lifline option. They will be allowed to make one phone call to a friend, relative or prof for the answer to a question that they may find very challenging. And the

Social Constructionism

1999-01-17 Thread Jeff Ricker
Ian Hacking has a new book out called _The Social Construction of What?_ (1999, Harvard University Press). In this book, among other things, he discusses two sets of issues: (1) critiques of scientific knowledge by social constructionists and the responses of natural scientists; (2) the effects

Majors and Nonmajors

1999-01-17 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
I was wondering if any of you who have classes with a substantial number of both majors and nonmajors in them ever give different assignments or have different requirements for the two groups? Jeff Nagelbush [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ferris State University

Internet Publishing of Notes

1999-01-17 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
There is a fascinating article about the web sites containing student notes of classes at the Chronicle of Higher ed site: http://chronicle.com/free/99/11/99111901t.htm This article also can send to to an even more fascinating article about the legal aspects of the issue by a Purdue U.

RE: Internet Publishing of Notes

1999-01-17 Thread Paul C. Smith
This reminds me that there was a Newsweek cover story on student cheating, I believe in this week's edition. Steve Davis was among those quoted. I found the most interesting part to be the story of a law school student who was caught plagiarizing, went on to graduate, discovered

Re: Majors and Nonmajors

1999-01-17 Thread Dr. Barbara Watters
Jeffrey and other TIPSters, When I prep a course that I know will contain exclusively or primarily psychology majors, I assume that students will be interested in discussing methodological and theoretical issues in-depth. I'm aware of the dangers of assumptions; I know that not all psych majors

library usage feedback?

1999-01-17 Thread Susan Freedman-Noa
I'm setting up some programs to teach undergrads how to do library research. Some of these folks haven't ever been online - so I'm thinking that it may be better to have a very simpled prgram of how to" outlined - rather than bombarding them with all the various places to search for info. Also -

RE: Handing out A's like candy

1999-01-17 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, RICHARD PISACRETA wrote: U of Winnipeg also has something like this, called a course comparison index (CCI). It shows the average performance of students in your class relative to their performance in all other classes. A university committee examines CCIs before

RE: Handing out A's like candy

1999-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
At 12:18 PM -0800 11/19/99, RICHARD PISACRETA wrote: U of Winnipeg also has something like this, called a course comparison index (CCI). It shows the average performance of students in your class relative to their performance in all other classes. A university committee examines CCIs before

Psych Humor

1999-01-17 Thread John W. Nichols, M.A.
Passed on by one of my Intro students: The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one