There has been a lot of vigorous public discussion recently over
religion and education centering around such general matters as prayer in
school and recently focusing on the specific issue of the teaching of
Creationism versus Evolution in Kansas and the Georgia State Board of
At 09:33 AM 10/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
First, I'd like to thank all of those who responded on- and off-list to my
question on classical conditioning. I guess I need to go back to the older
literature to satisfy my curiosity about my question.
Actually, I should have been more explicit in terms
Hi all,
To those of you who teach (or are simply interested) in
critical thinking and the paranormal, there will be a TV
show on tonight that you will want to see. Believe it or
not, it's an entertaining, well-produced show that presents
a STRONG skeptical/critical perspective on "the
I must agree. This TIPS of Babel thing is getting a bit out of hand. My original
post was a parody of Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" which I modified, "I
e-mail, therefore I am." (I found in my researching this on the net that
Descartes wrote in French, the language of the people, as
Miguel Roig wrote:
snip ..
So, what would happen if, at test time, one presents the CR of
highest intensity? The R-W model would predict the same degree of conditioning
for both groups, correct? Would the data actually match the R-W's model's
prediction? My hunch is that it wouldn't and
I've now heard from Donald Simanek. He is unable to document
the horse's teeth passage which appears on his web page at
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/horse.htm
and which he attributes to "Francis Bacon, 1592".
As a result of my inquiry, he's advised me that he has now added a
disclaimer. It
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Below is an item from the TCC (teaching in Community Colleges) list. I thought
it would be of interest to (and brighten the day of) many Tipsters:
The best critique I have seen I found yesterday at the _Chronicle_
website:
"Harvard University's science-humor magazine, the _Annals of Improbable
I caught part of the National Public Radio show "Talk of the Nation" yesterday,
and it was about religion and science. Michael Shermer was one of the guests
and he made some compelling arguments. You can listen (in Real Audio) to the
show by going to this address:
Larry Dickerson writes on 5 Oct 99,:
The
full list of awards is available at www.chronicle.com/
Or you can get it straight from the horse's mouth at:
http://www.improbable.com/
If you do, be sure to count the teeth.
Rick
Dr. Rick Froman
Psychology Department
Box 3055
John Brown
Hi all,
We were talking about brain injuries in class yesterday, and how much of
what we know about the brain is based on deficits related to specific
areas of injury. One of my [brighter] students asked: "Does a brain
injury ever have *positive* effects on a person?" What do you think? If
I use ProCite and find it very useful. It took a while to set up the
correct configuration to read electronic database files, but after that
it was a breeze. I also use it with Word and it works great.
Julie
Janet Mantler wrote:
Hi TIPSters,
Does anyone have any experience with
Hi Tipsters,
Can any of you recommend a good speaker on the topic of student retention?
Our annual campus conference is in January, and we're looking for someone
with concrete ideas who is also good at motivating faculty. If you've been
impressed by a speaker on this topic, I'd appreciate
Janet wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with bibliograhy software (e.g.,
Reference Manager, EndNote, or Procite)? I'm currently debating on
which package to purchase and haven't found any information about the
benefits and drawbacks of each. Any tips?
I have both
Vivian
John Gardner from the University of South Carolina has spoken at our school
on retention and the first year experience. He has established an excellent
program at USC and runs workshops throughout the country. He has done a
great job of getting our faculty involved in these issues. He
All -
You may remember at the beginning of the year I mentioned that the
NYYankees' 1999 season would present an obvious example of regression to the
mean. They won 125 games last year, and not surprisingly, will do worse than
that this year. They've won 98 during the regular season, and
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