Hi Good question. Various rationales have been given for fall break.
1. Retention, especially perhaps for first year students struggling with university. So retention stats, performance on mid-terms, failures or withdrawals from courses, … 2. If any such benefits, statistics on potential mediators, such as studying during the break, using university resources (e.g., study skills sessions, …) 3. Stress and mental health, which would implicate use of mental health services, surveys of stress levels, … Probably others one might imagine. Of course, universities aren’t known for using evidence-based approaches to their practices, so I expect I’m not going to come up with much. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:35 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Fall Reading / Study Week? We have a fall reading week (though it is called "co-curricular days" for reasons no one has yet been able to discern, and is often a day or two short of a full week). What kind of empirical work do you want? What's the DV? Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 chri...@yorku.ca<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca> http://www.yorku.ca/christo On Apr 28, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Jim Clark <j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>> wrote: Hi I’m curious whether people have any experience with fall reading week, which is becoming more common in Canadian universities with the shift to half courses. I haven’t been able to find any empirical work on it, admittedly with just a pretty quick search. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=44379 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-44379-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44379-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=44381 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-44381-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44381-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44382 or send a blank email to leave-44382-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
