[tips] Naturalistic observation/the grizzly

2010-07-27 Thread michael sylvester
Well Jack Hanna-Dean emeritus of going wild- had a quintessential encounter with a grizzly in Montana.He came close to being a delicious dinner for the grizzly,but the pepper spray was too much of an aversive stimuli. I guess one advantage of being an experimental psychologist is that we do not

Re:[tips] Non randomized and non regression discontinuity studies on governance programs

2010-07-27 Thread Richard Hake
Michael Scriven (2010), in his EvalTalk post of 30 June 2010 titled "Re: Non randomized and non regression discontinuity studies on governance programs" wrote [my insert at ". . . .[[insert]]. . . ."]: "I have proposed a general model for causal attribution, that subsumes RCT as a special case,

[tips] New DVD Copyright Exemption for Educational Purposes

2010-07-27 Thread Christopher D. Green
For those of you wanting to show clips form films in your classes: The U.S. Copyright Office on Monday promulgated a number of new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including one allowing university staffers and students to hack DVD content and display it for educational

Re: [tips] The Real Cost of College Textbooks - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

2010-07-27 Thread Rick Froman
Here is an article that lays out their business model. http://m.industry.bnet.com/media/10003790/flat-world-knowledge-a-disruptive-business-model/ Or http://tinyurl.com/25b44ny The basic book is free but you can purchase additional features (which 65% of their customers do). Rick Rick Froman