On Tue, 18 May 1999, James S. MacDonall wrote:
> I usually assign 4 or 5 short papers, 4 pages or so each. Essentially
> the task of each paper is to relate 4 concepts in a chapter to their
> life. I give them the four concepts. They do this by providing one
> _real life_ example of each concepts, not a made up example or one from
> the text. I find this works well in helping them see the relationship
> of the course to their life.
>
I've done something similar in my Social Psychology class, but I also
allow them to use fictional examples. Often they'll use a movie or novel,
sometimes a television program or something from the news. Student
comments on the end-of-semester evaluation suggest that these assignments
help them see the relevance of Social Psych principles to their daily
lives (even if it's not always *their* lives they're discussing).
Jeff
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