Re:[tips] Multiple Choice Exam Questions #2

2010-04-06 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a post titled "Re: Multiple Choice Exam Questions" [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: Karol Dean of the POD list asked: "Is there any research or folklore to support the 1 question/minute formul

[tips] Myth or not?

2010-04-06 Thread michael sylvester
"No one ever wins an argument." Reminds me of Christo's earlier comments about some of my posts -something about difficulty of convincing if one will not pay attention to reason. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.o

re: [tips] Well this is fun...

2010-04-06 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:49:04 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote: >I offer this on a spring morning to add to the correlation-is-not-causation >crowd's portfolios. Could make for interesting fodder in a statistics or >research methods course: > > http://www.boston.com/sports/graphics/Life_Lessons_from_the_ma

RE: [tips] Do Jews form a race?

2010-04-06 Thread Louis Schmier
Paul, on this list an aside issue never stopped anyone, which is to the members' credit. Beside, I am addressing the same issue. When the term "race" is used regarding Jews, do you really think people go down to the benign sixth or seventh definition for their meaning? Given the history of the

Re: [tips] Well this is fun...

2010-04-06 Thread sblack
On 6 Apr 2010 at 10:48, Beth Benoit wrote: > I offer this on a spring morning to add to the correlation-is-not-causation > crowd's portfolios. Could make > for interesting fodder in a statistics or research methods course: > > http://www.boston.com/sports/graphics/Life_Lessons_from_the_majors/

RE: [tips] Do Jews form a race?

2010-04-06 Thread Brandon, Paul K
Louis, very really-- The question is what STEPHEN meant. You're addressing an issue that was not raised. PAUL K. BRANDON paul.bran...@mnsu.edu Psychology Dept (emeritus) Minnesota State University, Mankato http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~pkbrando/ From: Louis Sc

[tips] Well this is fun...

2010-04-06 Thread Beth Benoit
I offer this on a spring morning to add to the correlation-is-not-causation crowd's portfolios. Could make for interesting fodder in a statistics or research methods course: http://www.boston.com/sports/graphics/Life_Lessons_from_the_majors/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State Unive

RE: [tips] Do Jews form a race?

2010-04-06 Thread Louis Schmier
Paul, really. Let's put our feet on the ground. What do you think almost everyone means when they use the term as applied to Jews? Make it a good day.   --Louis-- Louis Schmier    http://www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History   http://www.ther

RE:[tips] TIPS at the AP reading in KC

2010-04-06 Thread Truhon, Stephen
I will be there Stephen A. Truhon, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN 37044 It is a very good quality in a man to have a trout-stream.--George Eliot 931-221-1452 or 931-221-6333 Subject: TIPS at the AP reading in KC From: drna...@aol.com Date: Mon, 29 Mar

RE: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy

2010-04-06 Thread Brandon, Paul K
Allen: Minor point: 'Natural Selection' is a process; Lamarckian transmission is a possible mechanism underlying that process. This is the sense in which I used the term; as you did in your last paragraph in your first reply. From: Allen Esterson [allenes

RE: [tips] Do Jews form a race?

2010-04-06 Thread Brandon, Paul K
And of course the definition of 'race' is itself vague-- you (and implicitly Louis) are using it in the biological sense; if you look up the term in the OED you'll find many different usages, some of which would (and are) apply to Jews. From: sbl...@ubishop

[tips] Do Jews form a race?

2010-04-06 Thread sblack
Louis (call me "Random") Schmier objected to one of my comments, saying: > "As a member of said race?" As a spokesman in this > region of the United States on many an occasion for my > religion, not to mention a scholarly resume of some > professional repute on this subject, I can attest that

[tips] Random Thought: On The Sixth Sense in Teaching

2010-04-06 Thread Louis Schmier
The billowing clouds of golden "pine pollen storms" turned the bluing skies of dawn into an eerie green. Goldfinger is here! Even the gnats and mosquitoes are gilded. At the end of last week, our Spring literally had sprung in one day from a wintry Thursday in the 40s and 50s to a summ

[tips] Student's question

2010-04-06 Thread michael sylvester
How can I get an A in this class? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1794 or send a blank email to leave-1794

Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy

2010-04-06 Thread Allen Esterson
?One thing at a time! I was answering Paul Brandon's saying that "Darwin relied on Lamarck for a mechanism underlying natural selection". This is not the case. Natural selection is an alternative process to Lamarckian theory, as is evident from Darwin's writing in 1844 that in his theory "the m