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2010-02-01 Thread Elizabeth Gassin
Interesting question. I teach all of the developmental classes at our school, including a year-long lifespan course for majors, a semester-long lifespan for non-majors (mostly nursing students), and an intensive lifespan course for our grad students in counseling. Having intro as a prereq, espec

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2010-02-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:50:28 -0800, Rick Froman wrote: >This article may be what was being referenced: > http://tinyurl.com/yej2k6j [NOTE: the link above is to a book review by by Laura Miller of Brian Dillon's "The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives" on salon.com ] I would direct Tipster's a

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2010-02-01 Thread michael sylvester
Should Intro be a pre-requisite for Human Grotwh and Development ?It seems that many departments have wrestled with that issue.Some have even expressed the idea that both courses could be taken simultaneously. Comments invited,Btw,why so many hats for one course? This course goes under different

Re: Re:[tips] Was Darwin

2010-02-01 Thread michael sylvester
The British Stammering Association lists Darwin as a stutterer and so were Moses and King George VI. Now I contend that there are some differences between stammering and stuttering,with stammering being a generalized situation and stuttering being more situational dependent.However the U.S prefe

RE: [tips] Help with stats examples...

2010-02-01 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
A good example of hierarchical regression which also discusses mediation is Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. C. M.E., & Baumeister (2005). Parenting behaviour and adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: The role of self-control. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 58-69. Joe Jos

[tips] Help with stats examples...

2010-02-01 Thread Marc Carter
Hi, All -- I'm looking for a research paper or two that would use one or more complex regression techniques (like path analysis, hierarchical linear regression or structural equation modeling). I'm not going to have my class learn to do them, but I would like them to be able to have at least

RE: [tips] Prep for Psych stats?

2010-02-01 Thread Larry Daily
Our stat course is still relatively new. When we first set it up, we copied the prerequisite used by the other two stat courses on campus (MATH and Business). They listed Finite Math as a prerequisite. After 4 semesters I asked the Registrar for the stat class grade and prior math courses taken

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-02-01 Thread Allen Esterson
?On 31 January Jim Clark wrote re gender differences in mathematics scores in the UK: >I was struck by the following comments on the results: >Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: "The problem has been that in the 1960s and 1970s boys were getting 12

Re:[tips] Was Darwin

2010-02-01 Thread Allen Esterson
?On 31 January 2010 Michael Sylvester wrote: >Darwin was a vegetarian and this could have exaggerated >his health problems… As I recall, the last time Michael stated that Darwin was a vegetarian I asked him for evidence for this. And if my memory serves me right, answer came there none. >If we