re: [tips] Another 150th.anniversary
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:45:58 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote: As the cross-cultural dude and British literature freak on Tips, I wish to note that it was 150 years ago that the classic A TALE OF TWO CITIES was published . *BZT* I'm so sorry but the answer to question of What book by Charles Dickens was published on December 19, 1843 is A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol A Tale of Two Cities was published in 1859, first appearing in serialized form in Dicken's magazine All the Year Round starting April 30, 1859 and ending in November 25, 1859. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities That's okay, to some people all of Dicken's works look alike. Thank you for playing. As a consolation prize departing contestants receive a copy of the home edition of the TiPS Game! I am a Dickens man. It seems that this work is beginning to represent sign of our times as our middle class struggles to stay afloat. Ever read Kruger Dunning (1999) in JPSP? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] tips digest: December 15, 2009 - RE LEanring Styles
Gary, I nearly made the same mistake. What probably tripped us was the December 2008 date, an apparent typo that appears at the top of the Contents page --the first page of the PDF in the link provided by Jordan, http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/PSPI_9_3.pdf . Miguel - Original Message - From: Gerald Peterson peter...@vmail.svsu.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:44:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] tips digest: December 15, 2009 - RE LEanring Styles Ha, okay same article. I have end of semester learning style ;-) Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu happy holidays, Jordan Lippman, ABD http://www.jordanlippman.net Subject: learning styles From: Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:47:11 -0500 X-Message-Number: 2 Hi All: FYI regarding a topic that periodically surfaces on this listservScott http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/ Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ - This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). -- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
It's only getting up to 70 here today, winter is definitely on the way. Had to turn the pool heater on. My current fave is Bob Dylan's cover of Brave Combo's Must be Santa. If you haven't seen or heard it, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Don't know about that Frostburg place, but where I live in SW PA, we have about 3-4 in my driveway right now, and it's still snowing (although not at a furious pace). I'd be happy to see this move off toward NY! Over the years of teaching statistics, I've sometimes toyed with the idea of having students do a semester long project where they record local weather predictions and then do various analyses related to accuracy. Never gotten around to it, but I'd guess the error would be large. Especially when it comes to snowfall, I think the forecasts tend to purposely err on the high side. As for favorite holiday music, no single song comes to mind. But a Serafin tradition is to listen to the Nutcracker. If time permits, we'll also queue up Handel's Messiah (nice background music during the traditional Christmas eve dinner). Oh, one individual favorite that just came to mind is Bing Crosby David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. Very cool combination. And then there's Carol of the Bells (I have it by Robert Shaw Chorale, but have heard many other versions). Hmm, guess I do have some individual favorites. Happy shoveling, Mike! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
We're ~25 miles east of NYC and not a flake in sight (and assuming Mike Palij lives in NYC, I don't imagine he'll be doing a lot of shoveling!). Patrick -- Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 pdo...@drew.edu On 12/19/2009 at 11:24 AM, Serafin, John john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu wrote: Don't know about that Frostburg place, but where I live in SW PA, we have about 3-4 in my driveway right now, and it's still snowing (although not at a furious pace). I'd be happy to see this move off toward NY! Over the years of teaching statistics, I've sometimes toyed with the idea of having students do a semester long project where they record local weather predictions and then do various analyses related to accuracy. Never gotten around to it, but I'd guess the error would be large. Especially when it comes to snowfall, I think the forecasts tend to purposely err on the high side. As for favorite holiday music, no single song comes to mind. But a Serafin tradition is to listen to the Nutcracker. If time permits, we'll also queue up Handel's Messiah (nice background music during the traditional Christmas eve dinner). Oh, one individual favorite that just came to mind is Bing Crosby David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. Very cool combination. And then there's Carol of the Bells (I have it by Robert Shaw Chorale, but have heard many other versions). Hmm, guess I do have some individual favorites. Happy shoveling, Mike! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
I'm in central Pennsylvania and it's been snowing since early this morning. We have about 4-6 inches and it is still snowing hard. Glad I'm not going anywhere today! Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -Original Message- From: Patrick Dolan [mailto:pdo...@drew.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:36 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? We're ~25 miles east of NYC and not a flake in sight (and assuming Mike Palij lives in NYC, I don't imagine he'll be doing a lot of shoveling!). Patrick -- Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 pdo...@drew.edu On 12/19/2009 at 11:24 AM, Serafin, John john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu wrote: Don't know about that Frostburg place, but where I live in SW PA, we have about 3-4 in my driveway right now, and it's still snowing (although not at a furious pace). I'd be happy to see this move off toward NY! Over the years of teaching statistics, I've sometimes toyed with the idea of having students do a semester long project where they record local weather predictions and then do various analyses related to accuracy. Never gotten around to it, but I'd guess the error would be large. Especially when it comes to snowfall, I think the forecasts tend to purposely err on the high side. As for favorite holiday music, no single song comes to mind. But a Serafin tradition is to listen to the Nutcracker. If time permits, we'll also queue up Handel's Messiah (nice background music during the traditional Christmas eve dinner). Oh, one individual favorite that just came to mind is Bing Crosby David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. Very cool combination. And then there's Carol of the Bells (I have it by Robert Shaw Chorale, but have heard many other versions). Hmm, guess I do have some individual favorites. Happy shoveling, Mike! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Ho-hum: Adolescent and parental metnal health
Nothing new here, just venting. Giannakopoulos G, et al (2009). Adolescents' wellbeing and functioning: Relationships with parents' subjective general physical and mental health. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 7:100 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-100 From the abstract: Parental subjective mental health status was significantly correlated with adolescents´ better physical and psychological wellbeing, moods and emotions Conclusion: This study reinforces the importance of parental subjective health status, along with other variables, as a significant factor for the adolescents´ HRQoL [health-related quality of life]. Doesn't that sound like a causal conclusion, namely that parental mental health has a (childrearing) causal effect on the mental and physical health of their adolescents? They make this clearer in the body of the paper itself, where they argue in the conclusion that when professionals treat adolescents, Great attention should be given to addressing parental mental health issues through targeted psychosocial individual and/ or family therapies. In other words, to treat the kids, you have to treat the parents. Yet buried elsewhere in their report is this disclaimer: As the study was cross-sectional, it was not possible to assess whether there was a causal relationship between parental subjective health status and adolescents´ HRQoL. Then why are they drawing conclusions and making recommendations as though it was? That their correlations could be due to genetic transmission from parents to child doesn't seem to have occurred to them. In other words, they're still at it. Full text of the paper available at http://www.hqlo.com/content/pdf/1477-7525-7-100.pdf Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] A student request - Any comments
I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my g! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Hi And here I was feeling good that our temperature was going to reach a high of -10 centigrade (+14 F, 263.15 kelvin) after several weeks of -20 or so. But my joy was short-lived, once I saw this posting. I bet, however, that you don't get to skate on the world's longest ice rink. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA2XCv3qenw Best wishes Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Bourgeois, Dr. Martin mbour...@fgcu.edu 19-Dec-09 9:55:11 AM It's only getting up to 70 here today, winter is definitely on the way. Had to turn the pool heater on. My current fave is Bob Dylan's cover of Brave Combo's Must be Santa. If you haven't seen or heard it, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments
I don't see any reason not to give her the grade she earned according to your syllabus. On Dec 19, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my g! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Mike Palij wrote: On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu We have about 16 in our front yard. We live at the end of a road and the snow plow left a 6' high by 15' wide pile of snow at the edge of our yard. I don't have a favorite song but I have favorite CDs - Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas and Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful Christmas. This year's addition to the Christmas CD collection is An Oscar Peterson Christmas and an Alligator compilation disk called Genuine Houserockin' Christmas. Both are highly recommended I can't listen to Nutcracker because I have danced in a local production for many years and the music elicits strong imagery related to the performance (costume changes, etc). Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments
I think the grading is done according to the syllabus and not to individual situations. I think to do otherwise would actually cause legal issues in terms of other students. Besides, when she applies to radiology school, she will have to submit all transcripts so her B from elsewhere should meet their requirement. However, if she has difficult with tests, you won't be able to pass the radiology exams! From snowy Maryland! Diane Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor , Department of Psychology Membership Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 dfin...@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Syllabus is as syllabus does.
Handing out a syllsbus to a student is no guarantee that the student wii read it.I had a policy of reading aloud wth the class the instrument to students and having them sign it .Then I gather them for validation and redistribute them to the students. Yep,signed,sealed.and delivered. Any legal experts on Tips? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Mike Palij wrote: By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. The Coventry Carol, in the original Medieval counterpoint (with those occasional juicy dissonances), rather than in corrected Bach chorale-style block chords (check out the version by the Sixteen Harry Christophers). Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Yes, Virginia (West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland) there is a snowstorm. I've got what looks like 16 inches on the ground as of 2:30 eastern time and more coming all the time. It is a light and fluffy variety, little threat to power lines. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Sat 12/19/2009 4:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat
RE: [tips] A student request - Any comments
Do you want this student to one day, without warning, walk in and say, I'm the radiologist your physician called in to consult on your case. I think that answers your question. You have clear guidelines in the syllabus, the student didn't take advantage of opportunities to improve their grade. Case closed. If the student knew she needed a B or better she should have put forth the effort to ensure that grade. That she was unaware that she needed to take the final to improve her grade until after the fact makes for another reason to not want this student to ever be introduced to you as your radiologist. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [mailto:drb...@rcn.com] Sent: Sat 12/19/2009 1:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my g! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat
RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
I live about 30 minutes west of Frostburg in the mountains and we have 16-18 inches of snow and still snowing. Of course, our annual snowfall is 120 inches so no big deal since everyone owns a 4-wheel drive vehicle and our county does a good job of clearing the roads. My biggest problem is getting out of our 1/4 mile driveway winding through the woods in the middle of nowhere. Since we just finished our finals this week and finally my grading, I have been off-line until now trying to recover. Of course since I am on sabbatical starting now I will have plenty of time to recharge. Happy holidays to everyone. Bill Bill Southerly, PhD Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD 21532 301-687-4778 bsouthe...@frostburg.edu -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Sat 12/19/2009 2:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? Yes, Virginia (West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland) there is a snowstorm. I've got what looks like 16 inches on the ground as of 2:30 eastern time and more coming all the time. It is a light and fluffy variety, little threat to power lines. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Sat 12/19/2009 4:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Mike Palij queried: On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? From Fredericksburg, VA (65 Miles south of Washington, DC: We are looking right now at about 19 inches of snow and have a severe storm warning that is scheduled to end at 6 am tomorrow. So, I guess you might say I saw a little snow. My favorite Christmas song is still I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, by Jimmy Boyd. 1952's #1 Christmas song, and no, I didn't like the Jackson 5 cover anywhere near as much when it came out later. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
My youngest son (age 21) is going to New York for Christmas and New Years and is absolutely excited about all the snow. Frankly, I grew up on it (native Chicagoan) and if I never see another flake it will be too soon. Favorite christmas song this year: Stephen Colbert's Another Christmas song. You can get it for free on i-tunes if you download the free christmas album. Annette ps: not a flake in sight; just walked back from the pool :) Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments
Give him/her a poop load of extra work to master in one week's time and if the student is willing to do it, and does, in fact, do it, then raise the grade. It's Christmas and the student might make a great X-ray tech. Don't know what else would predict success as much as desire. All this assumes the student faithfully really did attend class and take notes and try to master work in the first go-around but needs a second go-around to master it. (first goaround in your class as I understand it's not the first go-around so to speak.) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my ! ! g! ! ! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments
I suspect that this student wouldn't do a poop load of extra work anyhow. (I love Annette's flowery adjectives; a girl after my own heart, as the expression goes...) But words to the wise: At Plymouth State University, where I'm an adjunct, we received the following reminder which I think clearly addresses possible problems with Annette's suggestion: 1. It is against faculty policy to allow any student the opportunity to do any extra work over and above that described in the syllabus, to influence his or her grade, when the same opportunity has not been made available to all students. 2. No student may be permitted to perform extra work after final grades have been submitted to improve his or her grade. 3. Final grades may not be changed unless there has been (a) an error in computing the grade or (b) a documented violation of the Fair Grading Policy. Do other institutions have this policy? I think it's a good one, and it saves us the extra pressure from students once they get a look at their grade and think they could possibly get it changed by doing some after-the-fact extra credit. Then *we're* stuck with the poop load of extra work. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Give him/her a poop load of extra work to master in one week's time and if the student is willing to do it, and does, in fact, do it, then raise the grade. It's Christmas and the student might make a great X-ray tech. Don't know what else would predict success as much as desire. All this assumes the student faithfully really did attend class and take notes and try to master work in the first go-around but needs a second go-around to master it. (first goaround in your class as I understand it's not the first go-around so to speak.) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my ! ! g! ! ! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill
RE: [tips] A student request - Any comments
These rules are such common sense that I find it sad they felt the need to state them. I turned my grades in as late as possible this semester just to put off such emails from students. I've already had three requests to raise grades for a variety of reasons. From: Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:43 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments I suspect that this student wouldn't do a poop load of extra work anyhow. (I love Annette's flowery adjectives; a girl after my own heart, as the expression goes...) But words to the wise: At Plymouth State University, where I'm an adjunct, we received the following reminder which I think clearly addresses possible problems with Annette's suggestion: 1. It is against faculty policy to allow any student the opportunity to do any extra work over and above that described in the syllabus, to influence his or her grade, when the same opportunity has not been made available to all students. 2. No student may be permitted to perform extra work after final grades have been submitted to improve his or her grade. 3. Final grades may not be changed unless there has been (a) an error in computing the grade or (b) a documented violation of the Fair Grading Policy. Do other institutions have this policy? I think it's a good one, and it saves us the extra pressure from students once they get a look at their grade and think they could possibly get it changed by doing some after-the-fact extra credit. Then we're stuck with the poop load of extra work. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Give him/her a poop load of extra work to master in one week's time and if the student is willing to do it, and does, in fact, do it, then raise the grade. It's Christmas and the student might make a great X-ray tech. Don't know what else would predict success as much as desire. All this assumes the student faithfully really did attend class and take notes and try to master work in the first go-around but needs a second go-around to master it. (first goaround in your class as I understand it's not the first go-around so to speak.) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.commailto:drb...@rcn.com Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edumailto:tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i can turn in or email you that will raise my ! ! g! ! ! rade to a B. i need it for Radiology school. If i need to make an appoitment and come in i am willing to do that. thank you . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.commailto:drb...@rcn.com . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be
Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?
Five inches on the ground here in Lennoxville. I hope we don't get more from the south. We're tired of you people dumping your snowstorms on us. We give you cold fronts and oil; why can't you send us some good weather? On 19 Dec 2009 at 15:56, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: My favorite Christmas song is still I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, by Jimmy Boyd. 1952's #1 Christmas song, and no, I didn't like the Jackson 5 cover anywhere near as much when it came out later. In a spirit of ecumenicalism (if that word applies here), I must admit to being partial to Adam Sandler's Chanukah song, chauvinistic though it may be, and also over-the-top. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47MPHg Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking
Some psychologists might be interested might be interested in the compilation Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: This 1.7 MB compilation of over 200 annotated references and over 300 hot-linked URL's provides a window into the vast literature on Systems Thinking. Systems Thinking is characterized by the consideration of natural, scientific, engineered, human, or conceptual entities as systems in which the component parts interact with one another and with other systems so as to produce emergent properties which cannot be understood through analysis of the single parts of the system. Examples are provided by twelve quotes of systems thinkers. References are given in alphabetical order with superscripts that indicate their origin in the following categories: Ecology, Economics, Education, Engineering, Evaluation, General, and Physics. *** To access the complete compilation please click on http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/200RefsSystems2c.pdf (1.78 MB). Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University 24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands. rrh...@earthlink.net http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/ http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/ http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake REFERENCES Hake, R.R. 2009. Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking, online at: a. http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/200RefsSystems2c.pdf (1.7 MB); b. as reference #58 at http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/; and c. at http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/over-two-hundred-annotated-references.html (or in tiny URL form http://tinyurl.com/ybgsjpe) with a provision for comments. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] A student request - Any comments
Hi marty, It's the time of the semester... I had one case of kidney stones An uncle who died A sister who had open heart surgery Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net From: mbour...@fgcu.edu To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:21:53 -0500 Subject: RE: [tips] A student request - Any comments These rules are such common sense that I find it sad they felt the need to state them. I turned my grades in as late as possible this semester just to put off such emails from students. I've already had three requests to raise grades for a variety of reasons. From: Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:43 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments I suspect that this student wouldn't do a poop load of extra work anyhow. (I love Annette's flowery adjectives; a girl after my own heart, as the expression goes...) But words to the wise: At Plymouth State University, where I'm an adjunct, we received the following reminder which I think clearly addresses possible problems with Annette's suggestion: 1. It is against faculty policy to allow any student the opportunity to do any extra work over and above that described in the syllabus, to influence his or her grade, when the same opportunity has not been made available to all students. 2. No student may be permitted to perform extra work after final grades have been submitted to improve his or her grade. 3. Final grades may not be changed unless there has been (a) an error in computing the grade or (b) a documented violation of the Fair Grading Policy. Do other institutions have this policy? I think it's a good one, and it saves us the extra pressure from students once they get a look at their grade and think they could possibly get it changed by doing some after-the-fact extra credit. Then we're stuck with the poop load of extra work. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Give him/her a poop load of extra work to master in one week's time and if the student is willing to do it, and does, in fact, do it, then raise the grade. It's Christmas and the student might make a great X-ray tech. Don't know what else would predict success as much as desire. All this assumes the student faithfully really did attend class and take notes and try to master work in the first go-around but needs a second go-around to master it. (first goaround in your class as I understand it's not the first go-around so to speak.) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and assigments that were given in class by the professor. I am not a good test taker as you can see. I study for the tests and think i know the information. But when i am given the test i do horrible. Is there anything i can do, an extra paper or something that i
Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments
No grandmothers who died a second time? Beth Benoit On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Jim Matiya jmat...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi marty, It's the time of the semester... I had one case of kidney stones An uncle who died A sister who had open heart surgery Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's *Psychology in Action, *Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.nethttp://www.teaching-point.net/ -- From: mbour...@fgcu.edu To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:21:53 -0500 Subject: RE: [tips] A student request - Any comments These rules are such common sense that I find it sad they felt the need to state them. I turned my grades in as late as possible this semester just to put off such emails from students. I've already had three requests to raise grades for a variety of reasons. -- *From:* Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:43 PM *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) *Subject:* Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments I suspect that this student wouldn't do a poop load of extra work anyhow. (I love Annette's flowery adjectives; a girl after my own heart, as the expression goes...) But words to the wise: At Plymouth State University, where I'm an adjunct, we received the following reminder which I think clearly addresses possible problems with Annette's suggestion: 1. It is against faculty policy to allow any student the opportunity to do any extra work over and above that described in the syllabus, to influence his or her grade, when the same opportunity has not been made available to all students. 2. No student may be permitted to perform extra work after final grades have been submitted to improve his or her grade. 3. Final grades may not be changed unless there has been (a) an error in computing the grade or (b) a documented violation of the Fair Grading Policy. Do other institutions have this policy? I think it's a good one, and it saves us the extra pressure from students once they get a look at their grade and think they could possibly get it changed by doing some after-the-fact extra credit. Then *we're* stuck with the poop load of extra work. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Give him/her a poop load of extra work to master in one week's time and if the student is willing to do it, and does, in fact, do it, then raise the grade. It's Christmas and the student might make a great X-ray tech. Don't know what else would predict success as much as desire. All this assumes the student faithfully really did attend class and take notes and try to master work in the first go-around but needs a second go-around to master it. (first goaround in your class as I understand it's not the first go-around so to speak.) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com Subject: [tips] A student request - Any comments To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I got the message below yesterday from a student who, in spite of what she says did not attend approximately 1/3 of the classes. What you see is a copy of her email without editing. My syllabus states clearly that the grade is based on the four scheduled tests (and I offer an optional final exam so that a student who misses a test or who wants to try to improve their grade by replacing a low grade on one of the four tests). Her grades were 49, 60, 65, and 70 and she did not take the optional final exam. The syllabus also says there are no extra credit opportunities. Any comments? WWYD? Dr. Wildblood I know this is very late but after reviewing my grades for this semester I realized that my grade for your class, Psychology was my only grade that was below a B. I am applying to Radiology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Janurary and they willl not accept an application with a gade that i received in your class. I know that the grade reflects work that i did in your class,but i shpwed up tp class everyday and took notes and payed attention. This is my second time taking psychology because my credit from last year at UVA WISE did not transfer and i happened to have a B in that class. (go figure). Although the only thing that helped me receive that B was extra work and
[tips] Unique Christmas Song
Oh Come All Ye FaithfulTwisted Sister :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De47fjH6RKY - Original Message - From: tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:05:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? My youngest son (age 21) is going to New York for Christmas and New Years and is absolutely excited about all the snow. Frankly, I grew up on it (native Chicagoan) and if I never see another flake it will be too soon. Favorite christmas song this year: Stephen Colbert's Another Christmas song. You can get it for free on i-tunes if you download the free christmas album. Annette ps: not a flake in sight; just walked back from the pool :) Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of Winter Wonderland. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- Bill Hill, Ph.D. Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching Learning and Professor of Psychology Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Rd., Building 54 Mailbox #5400 Kennesaw GA 30144-5591 EMAIL: bh...@kennesaw.edu PHONE: 770-423-6410 FAX: 770-499-3253 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
