Oh. I was satisfied with “Everyone likes a break now and then, and we already have one in the winter semester, so why not have one in the fall semester as well.”
Call me “unscientific.” :-) Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... On Apr 28, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Jim Clark <j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > On Apr 28, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Jim Clark <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 > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: 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 > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: 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 > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=44382 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-44382-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@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=44383 or send a blank email to leave-44383-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
