Re: which computer programs?

2000-01-06 Thread Larry Z. Daily
Miguel, I've been using C for 10 years now. I've displayed letters and words, line drawings, and Kanji characters. C++ is a superset of C, so you should be able to do just about anything you want. Keep in mind, though, that you may need to use more than just your C++ compiler if you want to ti

Facilitating discomfort

2000-01-06 Thread Jeff Ricker
Just a few thoughts I had about education at the start of this new year (if not quite yet a new millenium). I offer them to help generate debate and maybe even some ideas about how to better teach our students. The most popular view of the purpose of an education involves a practical orientation

Re: The moon illusion

2000-01-06 Thread Gary Peterson
Yes, I saw this in the paper also. Is there something new about this? I thought this was one of the standard explanations--quite a few years old. Perhaps some S&P folks can enlighten us as to what's new about this?Is it really considered the most efficient explanation? Gary Peter

which computer programs?

2000-01-06 Thread Miguel Roig
Happy Y2K everyone. Folks, over the past few years I've become a little frustrated about having to rely on, and not being able to alter, pre-packaged stimulus displays from software such as Mel Lab for perception- and attention-type experiments. So, for those of you who are familiar with such m

recommendations on evaluation of teaching

2000-01-06 Thread Chuck Huff
At 9:39 AM -0800 1/2/00, JC Damron wrote: [a great deal about student evaluation of teaching]. I recently came across this useful, concise summary of research on evaluating teaching, phrased as a set of recommendations. http://www.umich.edu/~crltmich/guidelines.html -Chuck - Chuck Huff

First message of the year

2000-01-06 Thread Dr. Kristina Lewis
Well, here it is January 5, and I haven't had a single message from TIPS ..can I really be the first? What happened to the TIPSter whose finger was supposed to be poised over the send key at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve? Teaching relevance--none. Happy New Year!! Kris Lewis S

Random Thought: The "Soft" Skill

2000-01-06 Thread Louis_Schmier
TO KNOW TO THINK TO DO TO FEEL Good morning. The coffee at my side is invitingly delicious. More important, it's hot. I occasionally pass my hands over it as if it was a pot belly stove to

RE: Social Psychology Surprizes

2000-01-06 Thread QuantyM
When I teach Social Psychology, I use David Myers' text. The supplemental material includes a true/false quiz on topics covered in the course. I make students complete it the first class period. Most get 50% or less and it leads to lively discussion. The exercise works equally well when I use

The moon illusion

2000-01-06 Thread Jim Matiya
You might know this and maybe not. jim matiya Answer Said Found for Moon Illusion .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The illusion that the full moon seen near the horizon is bigger than the moon seen overhead is a trick the brain plays when it perceives distance to a far object, a

waking up the list

2000-01-06 Thread David
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Stephen Black went: > Time to wake up the list. Here's my first contribution of the new > millennium. Stephen beat me to it. I was going to wake up the list with something very different. My students always enjoyed learning that people with severe global aphasia can sometim

FW: Top 100 works in Cognitive Science ion the 20th Century (fwd)

2000-01-06 Thread Gary Klatsky
I just received this notice of the final rankings. Gary J. Klatsky Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky Oswego, NY 13126Voice: (315) 341 347

Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy..1998/ Student Ratings

2000-01-06 Thread JC Damron
Hi Tips folks!.. Happy New Year! Below is an assortment of comments contributed by members of faculty to the well known (and somewhat celebrated!) Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy--1998 -- cleaned-up and internet friendly. I suspect that they will provide members of faculty

test

2000-01-06 Thread John W. Kulig
Is tips up and running? -- --- John W. Kulig[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology http://oz.plymouth.edu Plymouth State College tel: (603) 535-2468 Plymouth NH USA 03264

history and systems papers

2000-01-06 Thread Gary Peterson
Tipsters, the new semester begins in a few days and I am going over handouts, as well as goals. In my History and Systems class, students are asked to do a historical review or analysis, but I want to give them better help in actually thinking about the history they research. Instead of jus

Problems with TIPS

2000-01-06 Thread Bill Southerly
Date sent: 6-JAN-2000 15:25:02 TIPSters, As many of you already know, we have been having a problem with the TIPS list since Dec 30 of the last century! We hope the problem is solved, but not quite sure. Don't be alarmed if you get any duplicate messages in the next few days, since it would

Student evaluation of teaching --long but not large.....

2000-01-06 Thread JC Damron
Hi Tips Folks!.. Happy New Year, etc! Below is an assortment of comments contributed by members of faculty to the well known (and somewhat celebrated!) Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy--1998 -- cleaned-up and internet friendly. I suspect that they will provide members of fac

Student evaluation of teaching --long but not large.....

2000-01-06 Thread JC Damron
Hi Tips Folks!.. Happy New Year, etc..! Below is an assortment of comments contributed by members of faculty to the well known (and somewhat celebrated!) Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy--1998 -- cleaned-up and internet friendly. I suspect that they will provide members of f

Assorted Items From: The Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy--1998

2000-01-06 Thread JC Damron
Tipsters: Perhaps like many of you, I have reluctantly begun to sort through all the odd paperwork that I have accumulated over the past several year or two. Not surprisingly, I am finding that most is simply not worthy of keeping! The items below, however, are among those I will probably keep

Does coaching boost performance on the GRE?

2000-01-06 Thread Stephen Black
Time to wake up the list. Here's my first contribution of the new millennium. I've just discovered a recent paper on the topic on the website of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology at http://www.siop.org/tip/backissues/TipJuly99/4Camara.htm The article by Camara and Powers i

Student evaluation of teaching --long but not large!

2000-01-06 Thread JC Damron
>Note: This is my _Second Effort_ to successfully send this message. >> >>> Greetings Tipsters! Below is an assortment of comments orginally contributed by members of faculty to the well-known (and somewhat celebrated!) Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy--1998 -- cleane