Paul wrote:
> I'm not particularly bothered by this site, but like
> Linda Woolf, I don't buy the big assumption in the point
> you're making here: that bad evaluations are necessarily
> the product of a "lack of skill" on the teacher's part.
> I'm pretty well trusted by the students at my
Mike wrote:
> Rick, there is a difference between slander and evaluation.
Mike, I agree with you and Linda that there is potential there for an
instructor's reputation to be damaged by the "evaluations."
At that same time, as you yourself point out, that same potential exists
wi
> Jeff Ricker asked:
".I had a student ask for information about any possible
> association between brain dysfunctions and criminal violence. Does
> anyone know of any good articles on this that might be understandable to
> an undergraduate (and also to me)."
>
The obvious (albeit older) b
Linda's objections to the "evaluations" posted on the web is related to a problem that
occurs with some institutional evaluations. In addition to standard rating scales,
schools often allow or encourage students to provide written comments. These can
provide valuable feedback *to the instructor*
TIPSters,
Though the site is still being worked on (slowly since school has started here
at Frostburg), the TIPS website I have been working on is now available. It
can be found at the following address:
http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/
I would suggest you bookmark this site,
Rick Adams
> It's a student resource that doesn't violate the rights
> of anyone. A good teacher should have no fear of being publicly
evaluated--and a poor
> teacher _should_ have his/her lack of skill exposed to other students.
I'm not particularly bothered by this site, but like
Just wanted to send of note of thanks to those who were able to
provide information!
Kathleen Kleissler
Psychology Department
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
Hi Y'all,
Rick Adams wrote:
> It's a student resource that doesn't violate the rights of anyone. A good
> teacher should have no fear of being publicly evaluated--and a poor
> teacher _should_ have his/her lack of skill exposed to other students.
I think the objection originally raised
Some interesting information.
Nina
$$$
Nina L. Tarner$ http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~ninat
Graduate Student in Animal Learning $ Kansas State University
Department
If I am understanding Paul Brandon's post correctly, his thesis is that the
universe is so complex that phenomena we might be tempted to ascribe to a
supernatural cause actually may have natural explanations of which we are
unaware or that are incomprehensible to us. Because of this, there is no w
Yes, I think we did discuss deja vu a while ago. One way to demonstrate deja
vu is to read a list of words all having to do with a topic, such as sleep:
tired, bed, rest... but leave out sleep. Later students will recall having
heard sleep. I forget the reference off hand. I will include someth
At 11:27 AM -0700 9/2/99, Jeff Ricker wrote:
>If I am understanding Paul Brandon's post correctly, his thesis is that the
>universe is so complex that phenomena we might be tempted to ascribe to a
>supernatural cause actually may have natural explanations of which we are
>unaware or that are incom
David Bennett wrote:
> Ahhh. . . this is starting to sound familiar! The explanation
> I'm vaguely remembering (or maybe just dreamt, or experienced in a
> previous life) also had a temporal component to it. That is,
phenomonologically
> you think that you have experienced the same event twice sep
For a fascinating discussion of parenting behavior worldwide (US included),
which includes a great section on co-sleeping, I'd recommend _Our Babies,
Ourselves_ by Meredith Small. The book is from an anthropological
perspective, but I found that it supplemented my Developmental Psychology
dis
Paul wrote:
> On reading the article in the Times yesterday, it
> occurred to me that if
> faculty are worried about this kind of thing, all they have to
> do is to post
> a lot of obviously incorrect evaluations, thus making the site
> essentially
> useless as a guide to which classes to t
I wonder how students would respond to a website where instructors could anonymously
write comments about them? "Hey faculty, you better hope you don't get this guy in
your class! He: "Always comes in late"; "Chews gum with open mouth"; "Just sits
there with a vacant stare"; "Shows no enthu
Can anyone recommend "server software" for a local computer-based
experimental psych lab?
david falcone
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Are you thinking of the hypothetical explanation based on subthreshold
> stimulation of a neural net storing an episodic memory ?? That the
situation
> one finds oneself in is similar in sensorium to a previous event stored
in
> memory. The neurons encoding those similarities are stimulated,
In our graduate program (small, about 6-9 new MA students per year, no PhD
program), students are only accepted if a faculty member agrees to
supervise them. Typically, if students haven't contacted a specific
potential advisor, an interested advisor would contact the student before
considering s
Kathleen Kleissler asked:
> A number of years ago I remember using a study on deprivation
> dwarfism to illustrate the interaction of developmental domains. (I
> use Berger's Child book, and I think it might have been cited in
> the instructor's materials.) Anyway, I just cannot find this refe
G. Marc Turner wrote:
> Interesting thing though, there is an evaluation of someone
> in psychology that has never taught here. There are also instructors who
> are on campus, but don't teach the courses they are listed under (e.g., a
> math professor listed as teaching an intro psych course.) It
> Yesterday's Metro section of the New York Times featured an article titled: "To
> professors' dismay, ratings by student go on line". The article focussed on
> the current trend of establishing websites by either students, or by the
> institutions themselves, where information about course eva
My school is listed, with about 19 pages worth of evaluations... 5
evaluations per page...
Interesting thing though, there is an evaluation of someone in psychology
that has never taught here. There are also instructors who are on campus,
but don't teach the courses they are listed under (e.g., a
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Martin J. Bourgeois wrote:
> My experience on grad committees has been that most people prefer
> students who want to work specifically with them, in their area. I think I'm
> in the minority, but I would rather work with the bright, motivated student
> who doesn't know
In a message dated 9/2/99 12:16:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Hi TIPSters,
>
> I took a lengthy leave from the list, I hope there are still a few familiar
> faces around.
>
> I have a question. Years ago I remember reading an account of "deja vu"
> being
Hi -
I have used the 'Taking Sides' supplement on occassion with reasonable
outcomes. . . the criteria below were used to guide the students through the
critical thinking I hoped they would develop throughout the semester.
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE PAPER:
Your text on controversial issues in
If you have access to the Zimbardo video series "Discovering Psychology" there is a
very good 10 minute clip on this issue that students love; it is in the video titled
"The Responsive Brain." This segment (in the middle, I think) covers orphanages and
psychosocial dwarfism, explains the basic
There are more evaluations there, but you have to "Choose
a community". This takes you to semi-customized webpages
for each school. Then when you choose Course Evaluations
it will show evaluations for the school. (By the way, it is a bit
annoying to navigate, because it sets _your_ community as
wh
> --
> From: Stephen Black[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 8:47 AM
> To: TIPS
> Subject: Re: Getting in to graduate school
>
>
> This raises an interesting issue I would like to know more about. Do
> graduate schools expect applying s
Hi TIPSters,
I took a lengthy leave from the list, I hope there are still a few familiar
faces around.
I have a question. Years ago I remember reading an account of "deja vu"
being able to be explained (in theory anyway) biologically. It had
something to do with mismatches between sensory exper
Yikes, I am listed! I'm not teaching that class any more though. Wish
they said I was 'fascinating' instead of 'easy'
At 09:41 AM 9/2/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>http://www.collegestudent.com/,
>
>So, are any of your courses listed? :)
>
>
*
Deb and TIPSters,
I use the same Taking Sides book, but as a supplementary reader in my introductory
psychology course. Yes, I
agree with your concerns, Deb; some of the issues contain a pro or con essay that is
somewhat lacking in
balance and objectivity. But I have used this as an opportun
At 9:41 AM -0400 9/2/99, Miguel Roig wrote:
>Yesterday's Metro section of the New York Times featured an article
>titled: "To
>professors' dismay, ratings by student go on line". The article focussed on
>the current trend of establishing websites by either students, or by the
>institutions themse
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Maxwell Gwynn wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if this hasn't been stated simply because it's obvious, but I
> would never advise a student to apply to a graduate program without first
> contacting the potential advisor. There may be many reasons why the
> advisor would not be accepti
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:41:27 -0400 Miguel Roig
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yesterday's Metro section of the New York Times featured an article titled: "To
> professors' dismay, ratings by student go on line". The article focussed on
> the current trend of establishing websites by either stude
I'm not sure if this hasn't been stated simply because it's obvious, but I
would never advise a student to apply to a graduate program without first
contacting the potential advisor. There may be many reasons why the
advisor would not be accepting new grad students, including sabbaticals,
full co
Yesterday's Metro section of the New York Times featured an article titled: "To
professors' dismay, ratings by student go on line". The article focussed on
the current trend of establishing websites by either students, or by the
institutions themselves, where information about course evaluations
Friends,
Here is this year's list of factors that comprise the cultural gap between
us
and this year's Freshpersons as developed at Beloit College and reported in
USA Today. The URL contains the list. The article follows.
Al
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lds014.htm#class
Today's college freshme
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