We're in the process of revisiting the organization of our subject pool requirements and organization for our Intro Psych class. Our experimental requirement is 8 credits (1 credit = 30 minutes). I know that there are many systems out there. I'm hoping to get some suggestions on feedback with regard to several issues: 1) how do you handle students who don't finish their requirement? (this is the issue I am MOST concerned about) 2) what kind of alternative assignment do you have for students who don't wish to be in experiments? 3) how do you track their participation? (Some places experimenters do all the tracking, others students are responsible for handing in something.) 4) If you have a system in which students are expected to "track" their own attendance (with some sort of card or form), how do you handle "cheaters"? Any comments about systems that didn't work well (especially of the this was a terrible disaster variety) or systems that did work particularly well would be greatly appreciated. I should add that we have a very limited budget here so expensive software-based tracking is probably out of the question. --Thanks in advance. -- =============================== Carla E. Grayson, Ph.D. The University of Montana Dept. of Psychology Missoula, MT 59812 Phone: 406 243-2391 Fax: 406 243-6366 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
