RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-29 Thread Stuart McKelvie
mailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:15:17 PM Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear John, That makes sense in understanding our perception. We went through a similar experience a number of years ago. Then the university got

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-29 Thread Stuart McKelvie
list.frostburg.edu>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:15:17 PM Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear John, That makes sense in understanding our perception. We went through a similar experience a number of years ago. Then the university got serious about recrui

Re: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-29 Thread John Kulig
Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: "Stuart McKelvie" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:15:17 PM Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear John,

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-28 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie
ences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear John, That makes sense in understanding our perception. We went through a similar experience a number of years ago. Then the university got serious about recruitment (hiring a qualified officer) and as enrolment

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Stuart McKelvie
” __ -Original Message- From: John Kulig [mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edu] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Stuart, This is also true ... My better

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread John Kulig
: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear Tipsters, Both Chris and John make interesting points. Perhaps I could add one more: sampling. Over the years, a greater proportion of high school graduates have been admitted to higher education. Perhaps the perceived decline in intellectual

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Jim Clark
Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == From: "Christopher Green" mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" mailto:tips@fsulist

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Peterson, Douglas (USD)
y of South Dakota Vermillion SD 57069 605.677.5295 From: Stuart McKelvie [smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 1:18 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity Dear Tipsters,

RE: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == From: "Christopher Green" mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" mailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu

Re: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread John Kulig
State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: "Christopher Green" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 12:38:45 PM Subject: Re: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity I’ve probably been to

Re: [tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Christopher Green
I’ve probably been too noisy of late, but I’ll give this one a shot (without benefit of citations, so take it for what it’s worth). I generally think that people who blame everything on the internet and video games are silly buggers, but in this case I’ll posit that students (and people in gener

[tips] The decline of intellectual curiosity

2014-09-26 Thread Annette Taylor
A college in our math department sent me this email today: I have been here for 31.5 years and the students are not getting any weaker or any stronger. The one trend I notice is that they are losing their intellectual curiosity. They care less and less about "why". Do you know of any studies/boo