Re: [tips] One space or two after a period?

The one space versus two is more related to typed manuscript versus set type. The two spaces were to provide a stronger cue in typed manuscript where each letter takes the same amount of space. When type is set for print the don’t is proportional, with letters like i and l taking up less space t

Re: [tips] Successful Completion Rates -- Trying Once Again

When I was teaching our rates tended to be similar Commuting first generation older students I did some detailed analysis a couple of years ago Of the students who did not succeed the problem was seldom lack of ability. Early exams and assignments had grades similar to successful students. Ver

Re: [tips] Illusion?

Maybe the student had trouble seeing the reversibility in your example and focused on another aspect of the stimulus (such as a black and white illustration) as the point being made. A common problem when our explanation does not match the student's experience. Suzi Shapiro Sent from my iPhone

RE: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

Hi Nancy, The idea of Learning Styles is S pervasive in the published literature (especially in education) as well as in common understanding that even a student who did some research would be likely to find SOMETHING that supported it. My take on this controversy is that it is true the pe

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RE: [tips] power point help

Carol I would NOT recommend Prezi unless you are pretty good with visual design. It can make people a bit seasick with it's zooming transitions, but I have seen it used very effectively if you have a broad overview and details and can deal with manipulating the spatial relationships. Some of th

[tips] Evidence for Defense Mechanisms???

The Intro class has hit personality theory again and the current text has a section on defense mechanisms. I am teaching the class online, and in our discussion, ask what they found most interesting in the week's reading. As usual, many point out their experience with defense mechanisms and talk

RE: Re:[tips] "Childlessness hits men the hardest" (n = 16)

From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu] It appears the word, “broody” is commonplace in the British form of English (and evidently in biological studies of broodiness) but I don’t recall ever having heard it used in the US. [Shapiro, Susan J] I think it depends on if you have ever hung

RE: [tips] Meet A Tips Legend!

So do we Most of our department goes and we will be bringing about 6 student this year. See you there? Suzi S. Shapiro Ph D Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8284 sjsha...@iue.edu -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu]

RE: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It

I started teaching Online in about 1994. Mine was the first Web based Introductory Psychology class. I am also at a small commuter based institution and I saw this as having some real benefits for our non-traditional students who worked full time, had kids, and were trying to go to school full

Re: [tips] Experience Taking

Not formally. But might this be similar to Bibliotherapy discussed in the 70s? Sent from my iPhone Suzi Shapiro On Feb 17, 2013, at 1:11 PM, "Michael Britt" wrote: > I've been reading a very interesting piece of research lately on the concept > of experience taking. The article is: > > Kauf

Re: [tips] Color question

My bet would be a ph difference in the glass versus the sink. Many "red" things turn "blue" when acid is shifted to basic or vice versa ( I never remember which way it goes. ) It is like growing hydrangeas in pine needles or lime. Two different colors w from the same plant. Sent from my iPhon

RE: [tips] My fake college syllabus - Salon.com

[Shapiro, Susan J] ... Nice post Chris! I'm right in there with using any technology tool that I think will benefit my students (Or help me manage my time. I love self-grading quizzes.) I have been crying "Wolf" for some long it seems to have become like "Crying Wo

Re: [tips] Aren't TED talks just lectures?

Google bought gap minder several years ago and it is available to do your own comparisons with the data Risking just does such a fun presentation. Sent from my iPhone Suzi Shapiro On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:06 AM, "Jim Clark" wrote: > Hi > > I'm glad Mike P mentioned Rosling and Gapminder. Fo

[tips] Pay to publish journals

A colleague has asked me about "pay to publish" journals in Psychology. He has a paper accepted at Psychology Research David Publishing Company http://www.davidpublishing.com They want $50 a page to publish the article. I know that this is becoming increasingly common in some fields, but I woul

Re: [tips] How to handle students not at college-level for reading &/or writing

We used to have a college reading class paired with general psyc. Hard to get students to take it, but it did seem to help. Or it could have been that more motivated students were glad for the help and worked harder anyway Sent from my iPhone Suzi Shapiro Indiana University East sjsha...@iue.edu

RE: [tips] Cold or smelly?

If I remember correctly, the "stave off a cold effect" requires the zinc be applied to areas where the virus is growing, like the throat (lozenges versus pill) Makes sense it would kill a receptor or two. Suzi S. Shapiro Ph D Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 9

RE:[tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it

We are lucky to have a "writing lab." While they do not provide detailed help or proofreading, they can often pick up if there will be basic problems. I also suggest sharing proofreading with a classmate. As mentioned by others, I cannot do for one what I will not do for all. (Sometimes I offe

RE: [tips] Calling on international tipsters

For international students - you could examine walking speed as a measure of the qualities of time in different cultures. (There is some nice research and I have done this as a class activity.) Suzi S. Shapiro Ph D Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8284 sjs

RE: [tips] Mnemonist/Khan

" Ericsson et al back in 1980 published a study of an "ordinary" (my term) college student induced to practice his memory span. This is the ability to immediately repeat a sequence of numbers. His subject practiced for about an hour a day, 3-5 days a week, for 1 1/2 years. At the start his memory

Re: [tips] More on the Psychology of Zombies

Maybe not the killing of zombies but the general popularity us also an interesting phenomenon with zombie "clubs" popping up all over Last Halloween a local theater production enlisted the local group as extras to play the zombies in a theatrical production. (they have their own costumes) Suzi

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Re: [tips] Blackboards vs Whiteboards - Where to lean?

Use PowerPoint? ;-) Seriously Electronic whiteboards also have the advantage of saving the content Suzi Shapiro sjsha...@iue.edu Indiana University East Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2010, at 2:38 PM, "drna...@aol.com" mailto:drna...@aol.com>>