Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-06 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Sent: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent So do you require that students take all four tests before they can drop one? THat's a good solution to my previous dilemma. Beth BenoitPlymouth State UniversityPlymouth NH On Fri, S

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Raechel Soicher
***What has happened to the traditional cumulative final where students have an opportunity to demonstrate (1) learning of things that they had not understood and, most importantly, (2) to show that they can integrate material and see connections that may not have been apparent earlier? By

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Raechel Soicher
oic...@sfcollege.edu>> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) mailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>> Sent: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:48:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don'

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Carol DeVolder
I do it the same way Ken does. Carol On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Ken Steele wrote: > On 9/5/2014 6:51 PM, Beth Benoit wrote: > >> I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students >> were satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the >> final fourth of the class,

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Stuart McKelvie
1Z7, Canada. (819)822-9600X2402 “Floreat Labore” __ From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 7:38 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent So do you

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Ken Steele
On 9/5/2014 6:51 PM, Beth Benoit wrote: I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students were satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the final fourth of the class, skipped the fourth test and then the final. How did you get around that? Beth Benoit Plymouth State

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Beth Benoit
tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > Sent: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:48:17 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent > > > > > > > > I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don't have to > decide if an excuse is legitimat

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
(EDT) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don't have to decide if an excuse is legitimate or not. I give four exams, counting the final, and the end result is usually that the good students don't ha

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Beth Benoit
icate Program > > Office hours Fall 2014: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:30-11:30 > > Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College > > Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 > > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > > > > *From:* Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca ] >

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Raechel Soicher
day, September 03, 2014 7:35 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent And let us not forget Mike Adams' classic: "The dead grandmother/exam syndrome and the potential downfall of American soc

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-05 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie
Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 7:35 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent And let us not forget

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Green
;>>> obituary out. She replied that I was being cruel. I did not take the bait >>>> but explained that I was being fair to the others and going beyond the >>>> syllabus to accommodate her. That’s when her dad emailed and voice mailed >>>> me to tell me

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters, With regard to the anecdote at the end of Bernstein's list (the two students with identical answers who "studied together"), I had occasion a couple of years ago to call THREE students into the office because their answers to short answer questions were extremely similar and, in

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Jim Matiya
life around...Leo Buscaglia > From: ro...@stjohns.edu > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 17:19:36 -0400 > Subject: RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent > > And then there are the excuses for genuine events that are used fraudulently. > For

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Jim Matiya
smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia From: hfo...@skidmore.edu To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:30:58 +

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Hugh Foley
ogy The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu<mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu> teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems From: drnanjo [mailto:drna...@aol.com<mailto:drna...@aol.com>] Sent: Monday, September 01

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Miguel Roig
ednesday, September 03, 2014 4:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent Hi all, I have required proof of the death of a family member for a long time now. I do this because, years ago, a student told me that he had missed a

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-03 Thread Jeffry Ricker
mailed >>> me to tell me what a cad I was and “how would you feel”? Still didn’t >>> defend myself but called him to explain the situation. He finally said, “I >>> guess we all get a bit testy at these times.” Grief. Assuming she’s being >>> honest and not d

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-02 Thread Beth Benoit
gt;> Tim >> >> >> >> _______ >> >> Timothy O. Shearon, PhD >> >> Professor, Department of Psychology >> >> The College of Idaho >> >> Caldwell, ID 83605 >> >> email: tshea...@collegeofidah

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-01 Thread Claudia Stanny
> teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history > and systems > > > > > > > > *From:* drnanjo [mailto:drna...@aol.com] > *Sent:* Monday, September 01, 2014 8:43 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:

RE: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-01 Thread Tim Shearon
llegeofidaho.edu> teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems From: drnanjo [mailto:drna...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:43 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

2014-09-01 Thread drnanjo
Hello everyone - Hope you had a nice summer and holiday weekend. So, I need to know if my two choices in a matter are the dichotomy of total patsy and heartless b-word. As I've often joked to students, May and December are bad times for grandparents (and other distant relatives) who seem