An ugly thought: Does this sound like something that would require the approval of an IRB?
If so, anyone know of a friendly IRB? "John W. Nichols, M.A." wrote: > > "Oh, please God, grant me the wisdom to keep my mouth shut (or fingers > off the keyboard) in the future", he mutters to self. > > I am interested enough in the topic that I could organize it. If > someone can locate or create a questionnaire that we can all use, that > would be a good start. > > Miguel, is the measure of test-wiseness you mentioned free and simple > enough for us to use? Maybe a better first question would be, does your > Psych Lit search reveal that the question is sufficiently answered? > Anything available on the Web -- without requiring subscriptions? > > Maybe someone more experienced than me could create a spreadsheet that > would make analysis simple? > > I don't know if Dave's argument for including a measure of general > intelligence would be manageable in this situation. Any thoughts? > "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." wrote: > > > > I'm game: John, are you organizing this? > > > > Annette > > > > Quoting "John W. Nichols, M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Great suggestion. If anyone knows of a normed questionnaire, or > > > develops one, please share. Perhaps several/many Tipsters would like to > > > collect the data, pool it/them, and create a "paper" we can all use > > > similar to the study time survey we did a few years ago. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Christopher D. Green" wrote: > > > > > > > > Beth Benoit wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm more inclined to believe that having failed to learn good study > > > skills > > > > > seems a more likely description to me than that the hapless student is > > > > > saddled with some cognitive defect. > > > > > > > > > > Send me something. (Just kidding.) > > > > > > > > What a fine empirical question to be tested. It would, of course, be > > > > best to test it experimentally, but perhaps we oculd get started with a > > > > correlational self-report study. Have a bunch of students rate > > > > themselves on how good a "test-taker" they thinking they are (perhaps > > > > have them respond in deciles, relative to other college students). Then > > > > give them a questionnaire about their study habits (perhaps a normed one > > > > of these already exists somewhere "out there" -- anyone know of one). > > > > Then see if there is a significant correlation between their > > > > self-reported test-taking ability and their score on the study habits > > > > test. If there is, then we might go on to some better-controlled version > > > > of the study, conducted prospectivedly over the course of a real semester. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > > > Christopher D. Green > > > > Department of Psychology > > > > York University > > > > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > > > M3J 1P3 > > > > > > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > > > > fax: 416-736-5814 > > > > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > ============================ > > > > . > > > > > > > > --- > > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> จจจ <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- > > > Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. > > > > > > John W. Nichols, M.A. > > > Assistant Professor of Psychology > > > Tulsa Community College > > > 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 > > > (918) 595-7134 > > > > > > Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols > > > MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > > Department of Psychology > > University of San Diego > > 5998 Alcala Park > > San Diego, CA 92110 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> จจจ <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- > Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. > > John W. Nichols, M.A. > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Tulsa Community College > 909 S. 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