One of my students wanted to know if it is more difficult to get into grad
school in Canada.She said that she heard that Canadian grad schools are
tougher than those in the U.S.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
Gary:
the only thing I do perhaps that addresses this is have the students
complete 3 research projects during the semester. The first one is
always an observational study which we complete very early on and
they completely control--although I have veto power over the research
idea--so they get
As an amateur magician and educator, I am interested in the reactions of
teachers and others to the increasingly popular books featuring the Harry
Potter character. I haven't read the books yet, but my understanding is the
character uses spells and magickal powers to make the world right
At 9:45 AM +0200 11/1/99, DAP Louw (Sielkunde) wrote:
Tipsters
I'm urgently looking for websites on the various themes that one finds in the
"typical" introductory course in Psychology, eg sensation, perception,
intelligence, altered states of consciousness, learning, emotion, motivation,
Gary Peterson wrote:
As an amateur magician and educator, I am interested in the reactions of
teachers and others to the increasingly popular books featuring the Harry
Potter character. I haven't read the books yet, but my understanding is the
character uses spells and magickal powers
Gary Peterson wrote:
I am also curious as to the popularity of such books at a time when
science
literacy in the U.S. is considered very poor (was it ever really good?),
and
a number of us in education are trying to find ways to encourage critical
thinking.
I haven't read the books yet,
Gary Peterson wrote:
As an amateur magician and educator, I am interested in the
reactions of
teachers and others to the increasingly popular books featuring the
Harry Potter character. I haven't read the books yet, but my
understanding is the character uses spells and
My son has read these, I am only starting to read them, just to
keep up with him :-)
But interestingly, Christian groups have been objecting to these
books locally, on the local news--and we are not a small rural
community but a modestly large urban one (San Diego, CA). The objection
centers
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:30:18 -0800 Gary Peterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As an amateur magician and educator, I am interested in the reactions of
teachers and others to the increasingly popular books featuring the Harry
Potter character. I haven't read the books yet, but my
This one is actually instructive but not for the squemish:
The following student "slip" was corrected but he shared it with me as
proof not to trust your wordprocessors spell checker but to include grammar
checkers and to READ the thing- note: he actually corrected it before
turning it in but
At 11:45 AM 11/1/99 -0600, Rick Froman wrote:
In fact, a number of people with supernatural powers are now protagonists
(for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch). I don't know if this switch
reflects changes in society or encourages them or both but it is a difference
you can see clearly
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Annette Taylor wrote:
:-) My son has read these, I am only starting to read them, just to
:-) keep up with him :-)
Both my 8-year old and I have read all three books, and it is not
hard to see why kids like them. As Ken Steele pointed out the real focus
of the
I am a developmental psychologist who sees nothing wrong with children
engaging in fantasy reading. In fact, by the age that these books are
aimed at (middle childhood) children CAN tell the difference between
appearance and reality, that's what makes Harry's adventures so fun.
They can go on a
G. Marc Turner writes on 1 Nov 99,:
At 11:45 AM 11/1/99 -0600, Rick Froman wrote:
In fact, a number of people with supernatural powers are now protagonists
(for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch). I don't know if this switch
reflects changes in society or encourages them or both but it is
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Dr. Joyce Johnson
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Developmental/ Experimental
Centenary College of Louisiana
PO Box 41188
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, LA 71134-1188
http://www.centenary.edu/~jjohnson
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I have read 2 of the books and will soon read the third. I was interested
in them primarily because they were amazingly popular. I have no scientific
evidence to present, however I will present my reaction to the books and the
flaps about the books.
Even as a middle-aged man, I enjoyed
Thanks to all the tipsters who responded to my post regarding the Harry
Potter books. I am looking forward to reading them myself. Most of the
replies by people who have actually read the books have been positive, with
many pointing to the fun, adventure, and imaginativeness (or lack) of
Rick Froman wrote:
I don't know if this switch reflects changes in
society or encourages them or both but it is a difference you
can see clearly comparing older mysteries to today's fantasy/mystery mix.
I'm not sure that I see the change over time, in light of everything from
Casper
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