My reactions to various comments are interspersed throughout.
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From: Richard Pisacreta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:45 PM
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Subject: Fwd: Grade inflation
>Teacher Fights 'Grade Inflation'
>The New York Times
>Fe
> About 20 minutes into this 80 minute midterm exam, the powers that be
> started testing the fire alarms in the building...some students have
complained (and I don't blame them) that the alarms didn't allow them to
fully concentrate during the exam.
I'd tell the students that I'm going to add 5
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Miguel Roig wrote:
>
> I came up with this list about 4 years ago..Please note
> that after the first time I posted the list, some TIPSters
> questioned whether getting a
> paycheck on a regular basis was a fixed interval schedule.
Yes, I did. And while this is a great list of
There is a fascinating article by Freese, Artis, and Powell in a small book
The Social Worlds of Higher Education edited by Pescosodo and Aminzade -
Pine Forge Press (forgive me for not using APA style for this reference.
The authors point out: 1 C is not an average grade, since students must
m
Can a female interject a thought?
>> >How do you handle the following situation?
>> >
>> >You are lecturing and you observe that your pants is unzippered.
I think Harry Avis' student is correct that "it was no big deal." BUT I
think a situation like that has the potential to turn into legend
A friend of mine just informed me that this situation happened to him a mere
10 days ago. His solution? Choice "c".
Cheryl Schwartz, Ph.D.
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TIPSters:
I call on your collective knowledge and experience to help me with a
dilemma I've not encountered before.
My two classes (total 150 students) were writing an outside-of-class
statistics midterm in four rooms within the same building, during one of
our university's "midterm exam time s
I'd probably point to the door at the back of the room and say
"Look! It's Eminem!" and zip up while everyone's head was turned.
After I'd closed the barn door, I'd explain that I had to do up my fly.
-Max
> >At 3:07 PM -0500 2/6/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> > >How do you handle the followi
Whenever students complain about the amount of material in my classes I tell
a joke about a professor who never gave an A in his class. One semester a
student was going to do whatever it took to get an A. She read all the
required and recommended readings. Read the references in those readings di
As a grad student I was getting ready to teach my first course and asked one
of the professors in the dept for advise. He said the most important thing
to remember was to check my fly before each class.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State
What do you think the lecturn is for? I taught an entire class that way one
time. A student mentioned it to me after class. I asked her "why didn't you
say something sooner. Her reply "it was no big deal"
>From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: TIPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: info:
I thought that some of you would find this interesting.
Rip Pisacreta
>Teacher Fights 'Grade Inflation'
>The New York Times
>February 7, 2001
>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University professor Harvey C. Mansfield's
>reputation of being a tough grader earned him the nickname
Regarding the recent discussion on USND at H. My wife sent me the following
message.
Stephen Truhon
Winston-Salem State University
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I was sitting here calmly reading some messages, quietly sipping a
cup of freshly brewed coffee, relishing UNC's No.1 ranking and victory
over Wake Forest, when suddenly out from the monitor came a sudden searing
flame. The force of this vicious blast lifted my eye lids, threw my head
ba
At 04:41 AM 2/6/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi everyone. I am in need a few ideas for alternative ways of teaching the
>schedules of reinforcement. My students (high school) are having so much
>trouble with the concept. My top students who usually catch on quickly are
>so confused. I taught this the way
Colleagues
I'm looking for references on the impact of anxiety on polygraph
results. Can anybody help?
Thanks
Dap
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DAP LOUW, PH.D.(Psych.), PH.D.(Crim.)
HEAD: CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
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