re: summary data on studying/academic learning

2006-04-02 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:48:10 -0700, Paul Okami wrote: Hello all Is anyone aware of a really good article, chapter, or book summarizing data pertaining to methods of improving academic learning, studying, memorizing, etc.? You might want to look at the following: Douglas Herrmann, Douglas

Re: Surge in online gambling by college students

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On 4/1/06, Christopher D. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can make whatever adjustments in your own system you would like, but the historical fact is that religion and rationalism have often been at odds with each other. Indeed, the major intellectual battle of the middle ages was whether

Re: summary data on studying/academic learning

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On 4/2/06, Paul Okami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone aware of a really good article, chapter, or book summarizing data pertaining to methods of improving academic learning, studying, memorizing, etc.? It's a bit broader than what you're looking for, but you should check out How People

Re: Interreligious hate and violence

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
Hi, Linda - I'll spare TIPS my reply, and send it just to you. I suspect people may be a bit sick of me at the moment grin. On 4/1/06, Linda Woolf, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Religion has long been used as a means to foster destructive hate and violence. In fact, as many generations

Re: Interreligious hate and violence

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
Well dang, that went right out to TIPS, didn't it? Oh well. I guess it's time to compose a rant about not being able to use a single email program for all of my various accounts, or maybe just admit that I'm just not adept enough at these things to remember which works what way. Paul Smith On

Re: Surge in online gambling by college students

2006-04-02 Thread Christopher D. Green
Paul Smith wrote: My point was about the current situation, as was Michael's original point, I think. Of course I could be wrong about there being a more friendly relationship between rationalism and religious belief in the current situation, but I do think it's worth considering. It is

Re: Should We Measure Change? YES!

2006-04-02 Thread Richard Hake
In response to my post Should We Measure Change? YES! [Hake (2006)], Ramona Morris (2006) of the Ontario Police College, Canada, responded in an AERA-D post of 31 Mar 2006: What is the most appropriate analysis to determine if/to what extent education has an effect on performance [in pre/post

RE: Surge in online gambling by college students

2006-04-02 Thread Louis Schmier
I think non-rationalist is a much better term than irrationalist when it comes to religious believers. I think this there is really an inherent conflict between rationalism and religion's non-rationalism. I do think the conflict occurs when rationalists and religious believers don't respect

reading lists for undergrads-clinical

2006-04-02 Thread Gerald Peterson
Tipsters: I am currently teaching a Scientific Foundations in Psych class using the Stanovich book. I suggested students could develop a good reading list from some of the books he discusses. Works like Dawes' House of Cards, and Gilovich's How we know what isn't so, and works by Scot