RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread Marc Carter
ouis E. Schmier [mailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:09 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? Well, Marc, I fully agree. But, that won't happen until academia stops "sellin

RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread Annette Taylor
ter [marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? I find it sad that so many students pursue a business degree thinking of big bucks when in fact the majorit

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread Louis E. Schmier
Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: roig-rear...@comcast.net<mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net> [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Int

RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread Marc Carter
ofessor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Doe

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread Christopher D. Green
110 > tay...@sandiego.edu <mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu> > > *From:* roig-rear...@comcast.net [roig-rear...@comcast.net] > *Sent:* Friday, November 04, 2011 3:25 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Doe

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-05 Thread roig-reardon
; To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 10:48:36 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?       You make it sound so grim; in reality, most of the science, tech and engineering jobs pay better right

RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Shearon, Tim
To no one in particular- All these long lines and extra spaces- it's just too difficult. I give up and am becoming a humanities major. :) Seriously, I can't help but think there is an opportunity to fall back on some data. But, I don't think it's "College science" per se but poor teaching of

RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Annette Taylor
Friday, November 04, 2011 3:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? I really have to wonder whether the issue lies in students' realization that the financial and personal rewards of choosing science as a career ar

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Miguel roig-rear...@comcast.net > . And why are there so many empty lines > between my email header and my message when it > appears on TIPS? I've been noticing that myself, and why did your line extend beyond the limits of my screen and made me have to scroll to read the complete s

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Michael Britt
why are there so many empty lines between my email header and my > message when it appears on TIPS? > > Miguel > > From: roig-rear...@comcast.net > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 6:25:35 PM >

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread roig-reardon
ubject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?       I really have to wonder whether the issue lies in students' realization that the financial and personal rewards of  choosing science as a career are just not worth the sacrifice. Think about it: years of doctoral an

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread roig-reardon
ychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 3:24:05 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?   Annette,  Your post made me think about an episode I had been thinking about putting together on this topic of attracting students to science vs. t

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Michael Britt
Annette, Your post made me think about an episode I had been thinking about putting together on this topic of attracting students to science vs. the challenge of actually doing real science. When I taught Research Methods and Statistics for psych majors, a colleague who had a very different t

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Annette Taylor
I get a sense from this article and my own experience that in an effort to hook students, the middle and high schools water down their programs. Then when faced with real science in college it's a big whoopsie with the professor taking the brunt of the students' anger at the disillusionment. Ma

[tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Mike Palij
An article in the NY Times today reviews how the U.S. is losing their science majors once they are IN college. The article is available here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html?google_editors_picks=true Some key point