On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 21:07:03 -0500 (EST) Stephen Black
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...is the name of a recent book by Charles Wynn and Arthur
Wiggins. The rest of the title is
Where real science ends...and pseudoscience begins
(National Academy Press, 2001)
There's an interesting on-line
my current strategies to get students to attend classes regularly do not
seem to be working,so I am toying with this idea for the next semester:
I will only drop the lowest exam score for students with good attendance.
Will this work?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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You are
Why don't you make your classes interesting and purposeful enough that the
students want to come rather than merely luring them. After all, without
the lure, the bribe, what's the purpose of their attendance.
Make it a good day.
Title: Re: attendance vs.the lowest score
Come on, Louis, don't get all passive-aggressive on us and make us have to defend Michael Sylvester because you attacked him. A statement like the one you made implies that M.S.'s classes may not be interesting enough to attract students. Please give
Michael:
I hope your message to TIPS (regarding your class's scheduled test) was
meant as an April Fool's joke. If I was a student who had taken time away
from my other course work (not to mention family and other obligations) to
study for a non-test, I would be _extremely_ upset.
So, on whom
Louis_Schmier wrote:
Why don't you make your classes interesting and purposeful enough that the
students want to come rather than merely luring them...
If you can get students into class--no matter whether it is through
attendance sheets, frequent quizzes, or great entertainment--the
David, first if they learn under threat or bribe, you might get short
term results like a seal honking a horn with the prospects of getting a
fish as a reward. But, without the trainer or the fish, the seal won't
honk the horn or go looking for a horn to honk on its own. And so it is
with bribe
Ding! Ding! Ding!
In one corner, wearing the red trunks and garish blue fingernail polish is Louis,
claiming that low attendance is the result of instructors not making the learning
process interesting or exciting enough.
In the other corner, wearing the yellow trunks and condemining
Michael Sylvester wrote:
my current strategies to get students to attend classes
regularly do not seem to be working,so I am toying with this
idea for the next semester: I will only drop the lowest exam
score for students with good attendance. Will this work?
It
Hi everyone:
I just got an email from a colleague asking for my guidance in a potentially
unethical situation in his department involving research and informed
consent. I told him that I would like to submit this question to TIPS and he
gave me permission to do so. Please respond to me on
Greetings:
I just got an email from a colleague asking for my guidance in a potentially
unethical situation in his department involving research and informed
consent. I told him that I would like to submit this question to TIPS and he
gave me permission to do so. Please respond to me on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone:
I just got an email from a colleague asking for my guidance in a potentially
unethical situation in his department involving research and informed
consent. I told him that I would like to submit this question to TIPS and he
gave me permission to do
The Federal Regs say (see
http://www.med.umich.edu/irbmed/FederalDocuments/hhs/HHS45CF
R46.html), section 46.116
1. Basic elements of informed consent. Except as provided in
paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, in seeking informed consent,
the following information shall be provided to each
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