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I'm looking for info on the popularity of the different
psychotherapeutic tecniques as measured by the number of
Depts/Schools of Psychology that include these techniques in their
curricula. I'm particularly interested to know how many universities
in other countries and especially
The spring semester is well underway, and, unfortunately, I've had to face up
to the fact that I've got a few cheaters in one of this semester's classes.
These students have turned identical homework papers, and after I noticed
them talking to each other during our most recent quiz, I compared
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Mike replied as follows to Marie's query (below):
"Room for improvement" refers to the potential incremental validity of a
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Donald Carter Davis wrote:
These students have turned identical homework papers, and after I noticed
them talking to each other during our most recent quiz, I compared their
papers and found several of the same bizzare wrong answers...a dead giveaway.
Don,
I think that this might qualify as
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Donald Carter Davis wrote:
The cheating students were all from a particular ethnic group, and every time
I have had 2 or more students from this ethnic group in a class, I've had
a problem with them cheating. (In one cases, they passed their test papers
back and forth;
I'd be very reluctant to jump to the culture conclusion too quickly.
Although I have encountered a small number of immigrants from a few
countries who feel that in their home countries they already learned far
more than we are capable of teaching them and are simply sitting in our
classes to
I've been using a book by Bensely titled Critical Thinking in Psychology.
I like it because it combines text and a quasi workbook format. Starts
out with general principles of critical thinking and then works its
way into topic areas.
annette
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Hetzel, Roderick wrote:
Hi
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Vincent Prohaska wrote:
I'd be very reluctant to jump to the culture conclusion too quickly.
snip
Yes. I'm willing to agree that, despite its political incorrectness,
the hypothesis can be entertained. But it would be very, very
difficult to establish it in the
Tipsters:
What do you think of a university president who surveys students with the
following message.
"One of my goals as president is to make the university more customer
friendly. __ University exists for the purpose of helping you succeed in
life. (read that as get a job). Please take
I agree with Vincent on the limited sample issue. We all (or at those of us
who teach "methods") profess to our students about the importance of: 1)
being careful not to generalize too confidently upon information from a small
sample, AND 2) not generalizing (perhaps at all) about a particular
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:40:10 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
Vincent Prohaska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It might be that these "ethnic" students are being recruited by your
college from the same high school, where this was allowed to go on, or
that they belong to the same student
Before we go off on a tear, tearing our clothes and bemoaning that the
academic world is coming to an end, let's first get to the basics and
define our terms. Without judgement, how do we fill in the blank: "the
student is a customer means___.
Make it a good day.
From: Paul Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He is the very model of
a modern University President.
Is that good?
__
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Title: Re: Cheating Culture
Kenneth M. Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
As to ethnic concerns, most of my cheaters are WASPs. The
ethnic distribution of cheaters seems proportionate to the
student population.
I assume Ken means white, since you can't really tell
their religion (white
At 11:24 AM 2/25/2000 -0500, George D. Goedel wrote:
When you start to see "Wal-Mart type greeters" at your
campus entrances, then you might begin to worry.
Walmart is rumored to have based this greeter thing upon research. The
research is rumored to suggest that customers are less likely to
Louis wrote:
Before we go off on a tear, tearing our clothes and bemoaning that the
academic world is coming to an end, let's first get to the basics and
define our terms. Without judgement, how do we fill in the blank: "the
student is a customer means___.
To me
At 12:28 PM -0500 2/25/00, Louis_Schmier wrote:
Before we go off on a tear, tearing our clothes and bemoaning that the
academic world is coming to an end, let's first get to the basics and
define our terms. Without judgement, how do we fill in the blank: "the
student is a customer
At 6:02 PM + 2/25/00, Richard Pisacreta wrote:
From: Paul Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He is the very model of
a modern University President.
Is that good?
If your a Pirate from Penzance it is.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State
Maybe I've been in front of the computer too long - and I'll apologise ahead of
time if this turns out to be a flame-
but Beth's reponse brings to mind the whole John/Joan - John Money thing.
Talk about getting ahead at all costs - and no consequences. If we disapproved
of
falsifying data,
At 12:28 PM 2/25/2000 -0500, Louis_Schmier wrote:
Before we go off on a tear, tearing our clothes and bemoaning that the
academic world is coming to an end, let's first get to the basics and
define our terms. Without judgement, how do we fill in the blank: "the
student is a customer
Keith, what do YOU mean "the president is viewing the students as a
customer in the business sense," that is that do YOU mean by "the business
sense."
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don,
I think you have two different concerns here: what happens when you give a test
and whether members of a certain ethnic group may be more likely to cheat.
It appears from what you've presented that these students have cheated -- the
identical homework papers, swapping papers, talking
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From: Richard Pisacreta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:03 PM
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Subject: Re: customer friendly?
From: Paul Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He is the very model of
a modern University President.
Is that good?
Paul is
Al Cone wrote:
Paul is paraphrasing Gilbert Sullivan, and that in these
days of cultural illiteracy is good.
Aren't those the dudes in that Topsy Turvy movie? Don't tell me they're
real! ;)
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(yes, I'm kidding. "I know our mythic history...")
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