Students attitudes and performance (LONG)

2000-12-20 Thread Miguel Roig
TIPSters, I have received permission from the author to post this report. Enjoy. Sorry about its length. Miguel = Original Message From COGDOP Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Fellow chairs, Should any of you need some holiday reading, I invite you

Question: Video that illustrates Bruner and Postman's Perception of Incongruity card experiment??

2000-12-20 Thread Justice, Ellen
Hello: I am looking for a video that depicts the playing cards experiment that illustrates the concept of perception of incongruity. The experiment was originally performed by Jerome S. Bruner and Leo Postman in 1949 (article can be found at Christopher D. Green's Classics in the History of

Re: Fwd: request for a letter supporting a retroactive withdrawal.

2000-12-20 Thread sylvestm
Hello - I am hoping that some of my more experienced colleagues can offer me some advice regarding a student request. The student in question has written me regarding a class he took from me more than 4 years ago. the student is now requesting that I write a letter supporting a

Re: Does music soothe the savage baby (or fetus)?

2000-12-20 Thread sylvestm
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Stephen Black wrote: But it's still an interesting question to ask whether external sound can affect fetal movement. The fetus can hear in the last trimester of pregnancy. This was demonstrated in an experiment (Birnholz Benacerraf, 1983) involving the application

Int'l Conference on Learning Potential - CALL FOR PAPERS

2000-12-20 Thread UNEVOC Canada
Call For Papers UNLOCKING HUMAN POTENTIAL TO LEARN International Conference and Workshops on Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) and Instrumental Enrichment (IE) August 19-25, 2001 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Chair: Chris A. Chinien, Ph.D. Director, UNEVOC-Canada Communication technology

Going On the Ground

2000-12-20 Thread Charles M. Huffman
I just wanted everyone to know, that since I have turned in my final grades, I am going on the ground for awhile. All this means for you is that I will continue to comment and post, only I will add the line "from on the ground" to all my posts. Also, I want to point out that in the last 3

Re: Fwd: request for a letter supporting a retroactive withdrawal.

2000-12-20 Thread Richard Pisacreta
Tia: I have had a few requests like this over the years. I refused and told the student that morally (and possibly legally) I would feel compelled to contact every poor student I have had and make them a similar offer, if I granted their request. My favorite was a letter to my dept. head